Single-Serving Photo

I walked along a few random trails at Mohegan Park up in Norwich today, snapping anything I thought looked promising. This is a fairly good example of how bright, mid-day light can still be completely usable (if not indispensable) when shooting under the forest canopy.

For this one, I made sure the sky wasn’t visible and compensated -2/3 EV; perfect tonal range.

This one’s one of my favorites. During the conversion to black and white I darkened the yellows and lightened the greens to emphasize the contrast on the ferns’ leaves in the foreground.

Here are a couple of cutesy ones.

In this piece, a creative vignette adds drama and depth to an already shallow depth of field.

I love tree bark.

I swear I actually found this lying there, just as it is.

I admit it. I’ve been holding out on you. Let me just say, with all of my heart, I am sorry.

I went shooting for a while after work today and it got me to thinking about this whole collection of downtown New London photos that I’ve never posted anywhere. So, I spent a bit of time in Lightroom getting them sorted out, and now, without further ado, here they are. Okay, well, four of them anyway.

These were taken on the Amtrak Excela tracks that run along the pier. I can hear the train whistle basically all day, which would be great if it wasn’t tremendously irritating.

I see this fellow on many mornings when I walk to work. He always stops and steps out of the way so that I can pass him on the sidewalk. I’m not sure if everyone is home upstairs, but he’s a charming man. He has good taste in waterfowl, too.

After spending a few days in Yosemite National Park (photographing from before dawn until after dark each day), we came out to Santa Cruz to spend some time on the California coast. I have never been here before, but to say that I love it would be an understatement.

In search of recreational as well as photographic opportunities, I decided to spend a couple of hours walking around the University of California Santa Cruz’s arboretum, which is open every day from nine to five and is completely free (always a plus). I took a lot of photos there, but here are a few of my favorite “textural” ones. These aren’t intended to be strict foreground/background, subject/backdrop photos, but rather as tangible shapes and textures.

I will be posting a lot more Santa Cruz and Yosemite photos in the coming week, so don’t forget about me!

I was at Harkness Memorial State Park (again) and had to break out the Lensbaby 3G for a bit more fun.

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder, treason, and plot.
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

More games with the Lensbaby 3G starring my good friend, Guy Fawkes.