Happy Halloween!

Rain cleared out right before sunset tonight. The clock gets decorated every year.

450D, EX 10-20 @ 10mm, f/4.0, 1/10s handheld, ISO 400

Fall Hubris

Unapologetic in vibrancy. Full series Picasa albulm.
450D, Ef-s 18-55 @ 49mm, f/9.5, 1/125s, ISO 200, CPL.

Storm over the Toy Factory

No elves here. Just a lot of nerdy computer programmers. (Stata Center, MIT, Boston)
450D, EX 10-20 @ 10mm, 1/250s, ISO 200

Wirepass Slot Canyon

HDR Tonemapped to JPEG. Three exposures, 0/-2/+2 EV taken on a tripod. The aperture was f13 I think.

EXIF:Canon EOS 5D | 27 mm | ISO400

The Moods of the Cascades

A cross section of moods encountered on several hikes in the Cascades in the first couple weeks of August... (Full photo galleries here and here)

Playful
Little Annapurma summit, Enchantment Lakes region

Pensive
Kendall Catwalk, Pacific Crest Trail

Idyllic
Perfection Lake, Enchantments

Embattled
Gothic Basin from near Gothic Peak

Secretive
Gothic Basin

Angry
Pacific Crest Trail, Alpine Lake Wilderness

Montreal

Downtown Montreal at sunset. There were clouds behind, but the sun found a gap at the last minute.
450D, Ef-s 18-55 @ 27mm, F/4, 1/30s, ISO 200

A String of Lights

5d | 70-200mm | f/4 | 1/125s | not sure what else

Took this down in Sedona. Just wanted to post something since it has been a while.

UK Meanderings

Catching up on photos. Had a hard time narrowing down which to post. The rest are at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jon.hiller/UK09London
and
http://picasaweb.google.com/jon.hiller/UK09Scotland

A little skate park along the Thames. High ISO to slow things down, extra color noise fits right in!
450D, Ef-s 18-55 @ 43mm, 1/60s, ISO 1600

Detail of gatehouse at Edinburgh Castle.
450D, Ef-s 18-55 @ 39mm, 1/60s, ISO 200

Evening rainstorm over Ben Nevis (Highest mtn in UK at ~4300')

450D, EX 10-20 @ 12mm, 1/125s, ISO 200

HDR Frankie

My first time tooling around with HDR photography. This was taken in low light so the colors are pretty vivid.

After the Rains

Its been a rainy week, but things finally broke up yesterday.
450D, Ex 10-20 @ 15mm, multi-exposure combined manually in ps

Star Trails

5D with 24-70L at 25mm, f/2.8, ISO 160. Combined in photoshop with linear dodge (Add).

First attempt at star trails. Compiled in photoshop from multiple exposures, each 1 min. duration. Using shorter exposures rather than one long exposure reduces noise and lets you select which images you want. Also, if your battery dies in the middle of a long exposure, you lose the image. My remote trigger took images for about 47 minutes and I only used about 20 minutes as the beginning and end had clouds blowing by.

Google "Dan Heller" for some really cool star trails.

Seagull at Manhattan Beach

Canon 5D with 70-200 at 200mm, f/4, 1/500s, ISO50

Seagulls are dirty birds, but they can still be great subjects. Some were actually in the surf admirably trying to hunt for food, but this one was about to pearch on a trash can to feast on a soggy sandwich.

Sandpipers?

Taken at Manhattan Beach, LA

Canon 5D, 70-200 at 200mm, f/4, 1/1600s, ISO50

Evening Glow

Walking from my house to the Finger Lakes trail to backpack. Didn't even know this area was here.
450D, ef-s 18-55 @ 18mm, 1/30 sec, F/4

Minus Two

Manhattan from the ferry. It was a dull, hazy day so I had to drop to B&W to get any sort of dynamic. (via PS)
450D, EX10-20 @ 15mm, 1/256sec, F/13

Springtime in the Evening

I was mostly just tooling around, but I thought this particular photo conveyed a certain mood and feel of Spring transitioning into Summer, with warm hues and ample lighting.

Consider the Daffodils of the Field...

Mt. Vernon, Washington. We went to check out the tulips which should have already bloomed, but of course they hadn't yet. But daffodils make a nice substitution.

Rocky Mountain National Park

400D, 70-200 f4 IS @ 200mm, 1/200s, ISO 100

400D, 70-200 f4 IS @ 200mm, 1/250s, ISO100

Playing In The Dark, Pt. 3

When inspiration strikes, I respond. There was a hazy light coming through the window which made for this really cool scene. Cooling the hue and desaturating most of the colors gives it this cross process ektachrome feel.

Playing In The Dark, Pt. 2

Photoshoot for Waiting on David's live studio session. Very much a candid shot.

Playing In The Dark, Pt. 1

No real story with this one. Just thought some flowers I had on my table looked kinda cool.

Red Iron

Canon 400D, 70-200 f4 IS, 200mm, f4, 1/400s, PS Curve adjustment

Abandoned

Along the Colorado River, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon (South Bass Trail). Left here in 1918 according to the trail guide.

450D, EX 10-20 @ 10mm; 1/256sec, F/11
Hand-painted saturation + burn/dodge

Endless...

Weatherford hotel balcony (c. 1900), Historic downtown Flagstaff.

450D, EF 50'mm; 1/4000 sec, F/1.8
Crop and minor recoloring in PS

Courage

Jankity tripod, self-timer and a short sprint allowed me to take this picture. Reduced saturation, bumped contrast, and boosted shadows gives you what you see here.

Let's Go, Murphys!

Dropkick Murphy's show 2/23/2009. Their manager gave me a photo pass. Just used my kit lens and set my ISO to 3200. I used Lightroom 2 for the postprocessing - I'm quite pleased with the program!

Fire and Ice

Beebe Lake, Cornell Campus

HDRI composition from three shots, and a good bit of PS tweaking
EOS 450D, Sigma EX 10-20 @14mm, [F/11, 1/180 Sec :: F/8, 1/90 Sec :: F/6.7, 1/60 sec], ISO 200

A Delicate Safety

Cornell Campus and Cayuga Lake, from McGraw Tower
Minor ps tweaks...
EOS 450D, Sigma EX 10-20 @10mm, F/4, 1/11 Sec, ISO 200

Bird-bucks

EOS 400D, 70-200 f4 IS at 200mm, 1/160, ISO 200

Tiny Dancer

Rented an 85mm f/1.2L for the weekend.

Many Paths

Which is the right one?

450D, 18-55IS @ 34mm; 1/128sec, F/9.5
Levels, desaturation, and slight recoloring in PS

Sunset Peak

Rebel XTi, EF 70-200 f/4 IS @ 70mm, f/4, 1/160 s, ISO200

Rebel XTi, EF 70-200 f/4 IS @ 200mm, f/4, 1/250 s, ISO200

The Grand Canyon at Sunset.

Tattered Flag

Rebel XTi, EF 70-200 f/4 IS @ 200mm, f/4, 1/1600 s, ISO100

Shiny Things

1/250 sec shutter, ISO 100, f/5.6, 135mm, manual exposure.

Saturation/curve tweaking in RGB mode.

View the sharper, better, bigger version here.

Feel Good Lost

1/80 sec shutter, ISO 100, f/8, 135mm, manual exposure.


Lab mode + curves = love.

P.S. I hate the lossy compression algorithm they use. The real deal can be found here.

Curly Fry Eater

1/500 sec shutter, ISO 100, f/8, 28mm, manual exposure.

Cooled the hue down a bit in PS.

Orange Silhouette

2/5 sec shutter, ISO 1000, f/5.6, 135mm, IS, manual exposure.

Dollop of Snow

1/20 sec shutter, ISO 100, f/5.6, 135mm, IS, manual exposure.

Trichotomy

Three very different photos from meandering around campus with a 50mm prime at sunset today.

EOS 450D, 50'mm, 1/500 sec, F/6.7, ISO 200

EOS 450D, 50'mm, 1/90 sec, F/9.5, ISO 200

EOS 450D, 50'mm, 1/181 sec, F/9.5, ISO 200

All photos with various amount of photoshop tweaking (perspective, color, etc.)