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