Focus Stacked Orchid
After doing a Macro and Close-up webinar for PSA yesterday I decided to do a focus stack of an orchid that is blooming in our kitchen.
This was photographed with the Lumix S1R, the Irix 150 mm f/2.8 lens coupled with the Sigma MC21 on the Novoflex Castel Cross-Q focusing rack.
Exposure triad: f/8, 1/13 sec, ISO 1600 with the lens at CFD.
Valley of Fire Panorama
This is a 9 image panorama stitched using PTGui. The images were captured a little more than an hour after the sun had set. The rocks become intensely red in the afterglow.
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Panasonic Lumix S1R, 24-105 f/4 lens. Exposure triad: f/16, 1 sec., ISO 200.
Valley of Fire
I had a little time to myself today so I decided to check out Valley of Fire State Park. It is a little over an hour from Las Vegas. By the time I got there, it was Noon and the light was not good. Also disappointing was the sky. There were no clouds even though while driving there the sky looked promising.
The image above was taken as the sun dipped behind one of the many ranges in the park. I was using the Lumix S1R with the 24-105mm f/4 lens. Exposure triad: f/16, 2 sec., ISO 100.
The next image is from a more direct viewpoint and captured shortly after the first image. For a brief moment, the colors in the sandstone just came alive. Exposure triad: f/16, 2 sec., ISO 100.
Photo Geek Weekly Episode 97 – A Piece of the Pie
I just finished a great podcast episode with Don Komarechka, the host of Photo Geek Weekly and Inside the Lens.