The editors of Outdoor Photographer Magazine choose Pre Dawn Dunes to be a finalist in this years Natures Colors Contest. There are many beautiful images this year and I am very flattered that they chose my image to be in the gallery.
Predawn Dunes-Limited Edition Fine Art Photography Print Release
This photograph was taken on a peaceful evening near Santa Barbara, California. To really appreciate this image i believe it needs to be seen large, the Channel islands can be seen in the distance as well and every detail in the closest rocks. I choose to shoot this with long exposure creating a smokey peaceful feeling to reflect the mood. The photo taken with a Canon 5d mark II, 17-40L lens, tripod mounted (feisol tournament tripod)
Halcyon-Limited Edition Fine Art Photography Print Release
Moments like happen once and are fleeting. From my office I saw the sky shaping up and felt it was going to be a great sunset. Along with a super low tide I decided to head to a beach location that I had scouted before earlier in the year. This is a nice locations with underwater reef formations only visible during a low tide. It’s always good to pre-visualize an image that you want to make, but it’s equally important to be flexible and aware of your surroundings. As I was heading to my destination I noticed these two surfers, (it looked like father and son) coming out of the water. I quickly changed my settings and timed the photograph just as they were heading toward to sun. This was shot handheld with a Canon 5diii and 24-104L lens wide open at f4. I then went on and was able to make another image I really like that I titled “kaleidoscope”-i’ll post that one in a week or so. Thanks for looking.
Winter Sessions Limited Edition Fine Art Photography Print Release
I’m usually not much of a pixel peeper but I wanted to do quick test to compare these two lenses. The comparison was done late morning iso 100 f/8 and these are crops from the the center of the lens. The comparison speaks for itself and it only gets worse towards the corners. Previous to this I’ve alway felt the 17-40L gave me great images and in the end its the photographs subject matter and emotional response that matters not the lens. Having said that, I want to have the best equipment possible when I’m out in the field.
There are plenty of reviews that say so. Check out www.kenrockwell.com and www.dpreview.com for two great reviews with totally different approaches. So when It came time to upgrade from my previous pocket cam (canon sd700) it really came down to the S90 or the Panasonic LX3. Overall the LX3 is too big for the pocket and the lens cap was a deal breaker. The main features of this camera is the large sensor, f/2 lens, and less megepixels. Basically the larger size 10 megapixel sensor yields less noise giving you a cleaner image (for a pocket cam, this is no 5d mark II replacement.)
Canon S90(S95) First Image at swamis
