Welcome To The Tuesday View

Today's view is a quick snapshot I made in our backyard (aka the Cafe) when I got home from work. I thought we were done with snow for the season but I guess it's not quite ready to leave us alone and make way for warmer and dryer days.

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It looks pretty but I would love it if our yard wasn't quite so swampy from all of the rain and melting snow we've had recently.

Here is Yesterday's View...

Monday January 29, 2018

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Welcome To The Monday View

A few days ago I played around with low/no light photography. I guess very, very, very low but a tiny bit of light is more accurate but you know what I mean. Tonight I gave it another try. This time though instead of our Adirondack chairs by the fire pit I headed in another direction. I brought our indoor daisy outside and did a closeup. And this time I did a little more post processing than the last time. I kind if treated it like any other shot. And the results aren't too bad. There wasn't really any wind except for the lightest of breezes. I don't think it affected the daisy too much. Maybe a little. So here it is. Straight from the darkness of night and right to your screen.

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Just a tiny bit of blur at the center but better than I thought it would be. This is a 44 second exposure. Nothing near as long as the night shot a few days ago but I was only trying to capture the flower. If I had kept the shutter open for 8 or 9 minutes it would look like pure daylight.

Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View...

Sunday January 28, 2018

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Welcome To The Saturday View

With the weather being a little friendlier tonight I thought I'd set up in the back yard and play around with some long exposure photography. And for today's photo I am sharing this shot with you. It is a familiar scene with anyone who reads my blog. But it is different than previous versions. This was made in almost total darkness.

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An exposure time of just over nine minutes makes this look like it was shot during the day when in fact it was after 8PM. It was so dark I had a difficult time focusing the lens.

Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View...

Friday January 26, 2018

 

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Today's photo is a bit different. Last night, or rather very early this morning, I was putting some recycling in our outside bin and thought that since the weather was unusually warm for a February day that I would set up my camera and do some long exposure shots. And I think it worked out pretty good. Have a look.

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This was shot in almost total darkness somewhere between 12:30 and 1 am. I did no post processing aside from converting from a RAW image to a PNG. What you see is what the camera produced.

Technical Info

- Canon 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 18mm
- Manual Control and Manual Focus
- Aperture F14
- Shutter Speed 30 Seconds (Tripod Mounted)
- ISO (Film Speed) 2000
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Like I said there was no post processing so there is no "Before" image to share.

I do however have some video I would like you to see. I finally got a tripod for my GoPro and was able to set up in the Cafe. And it was busy!

As always this is best viewed at Full Screen at 1080p.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday February 24, 2017

And that will do it for now. But be sure to come back soon for some more photos and Part 2 of this morning's video.

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Until next time...