Travel- Sheldon Church Ruins
Location: Sheldon Church Historical Site (near Beaufort, SC, USA)
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, Induro CT213 tripod, Induro BHD2 ballhead, Cokin ND Grad filter….and some sweet tea!
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Travel- Sheldon Church Ruins
Please be kind with your comments guys…I am still trying to learn this world of HDR and still retain the realism of the shot. This is a compilation of five exposures to try and keep the highlights in balance and the details in the shadows. This image was shot at the Sheldon Church Ruins on the way to Beaufort, SC. This area is marked as a Historical Site..but, that little old site marker is the ONLY thing marking the lcoation of the beautiful area. It is said that many, many weddings are held here and there is a phone number available to reserve this site for such events.
Doesn’t just looking at this make ya want to take a sip of some fine Mint Julip or some Sweeeet ice Teeea? lolol..lucky for me a had some sweet ice tea, ’cause is was sure hot out there! I do have to give credit to those grand shade trees though, VERY comforting sitting in thier shade with that southern breeze blowing though….
Location: Sheldon Church Historical Site (near Beaufort, SC, USA)
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, Induro CT213 tripod, Induro BHD2 ballhead, Cokin ND Grad filter….and some sweet tea!
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Classic Curves and Lines
Combining a classic auto as a background to a classic beauty holding a classic guitar…and a classic black and white post production effect, I hope my viewers agree, is a classic combination of classic lines and curves.
Model: Kristeena (a young mother of one)
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR lens, a single SB900 fired through a shoot through umbrella (model right) and a soft silver reflector (model left).
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Travel
This is a closer look at that lead boat in the previous image. The Lady Linda is located near Beaufort, SC, USA and works daily as a fishing vessel. She is also famous for being featured in a movie…it featured such stars as Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand…can you name the movie? It was not until later after photographing this image that I learned of her legacy from a local that was also enjoying the early light of dawn (at a different lcoation). He had asked if I had photographed the boat. When I replied with yes, he began to tell the tale and also educate myself and my fellow photographer Neil Owens about the boat and the area of Beaufort, Fripp Island, Hunting Beach, and the A.C.E Basin…ya just never know who you are going to bump into out there! I grabbed this shot just seconds before the first direct rays of light fell on the Lady Linda and the marsh.
Location: Beaufort, SC, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, Induro CT213 tripod, Induro BHD2 ballhead.
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Fishing Boats at Dawn
Sometimes, if your patient, you can be blessed with catching those very first rays of light at the sun comes over the horizon. Some of this image is still in the shadows while the marsh grass, boats, and some of the clouds begin to recieve those first golden rays of direct sunlight.
Location: Beaufort, SC, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, Induro CT213 tripod, Induro BHD2 ballhead, and a Cokin reverse ND filter.
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Tug Boat off the North Carolina Coastline
Location: North Carolina, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens
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Landscapes and Seascapes
Early morning on the marsh near Beaufort, SC, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, iNDURO ct213 tripod, Induro BHD2 Ballhead.
Camera settings: Focal length 24mm, f13, 1/500s, ISO 100
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The most peaceful feeling………
I posted a similar image in my blog already, but just could not decide which on I liked best…this has the sail boat sailing away from the sun, the previous image has it sailing into it (the benefit of being at the right place at the right time I guess!). Hope this one brings even warmer feelings for everyone.
Location: The Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens
Camera settings: Focal length 70mm, f13, 1/500s, ISO 100
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Landscapes and Seascapes
Waterfall in North Carolina
Sorry guys, not exactly sure which park this was in (whirlwind photo safari, many stops!) I was trying my hand at the “post card edit” style of editing, hope this is good enough for you guys! I can tell you there is an upper falls (with an overlook) and a lower falls (where this shot was taken) and I hiking all the way down to the plunge basin for this image. I will caution anyone who make the hikes up here…take plenty of water! It is a long way down, the change of socks came in handy, as did the trail mix and protien bars! And the hike back out is…steep! The portion of the falls visible here is about eighty feet, there are two more smaller falls about this final drop bt those remain hidden in the rocks. The river above that feeds this looks so calm and peaceful, then it drops rapidly down and makes a couple of twists before finally flowing out from this lowest level of the falls.
Location: North Carolina, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, Induro CT213 tripod, Induro BHD2 ballhead.
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The final light of the day, and a lone star.
Note: This image was grabbed under duress! lolol…the ferry was about to leave, I had one chance to get this. Shot this image at ISO 6400, f/3, shutter speed 1/60th, minus 1/3 exposure compensation, hand held! Focal length 24mm.
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens.
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Peaceful, Easy Feeling.
Location: OBX, NC, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 VR lens
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Travel
From the Summit of the Zugspitz, it seems you can see forever. The frozen breath, the snow covered ladder, cables and ledges…crevasses adorned in icles and snow that has yet to be touched by man…solitude, peace, and one’s perspective on life can be felt and pondered.
Location: Garmisch, Germany atop the Zugspitz.
Equipment used: Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300 VR lens, lots of cold weather gear.
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And now a black and white version. Your thoughts?
Location: West Coast of Florida
Model: the lovely and talented Marlese
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200 VR 2.8, SB900 fired off camera to camera right.
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Not a “finished product” yet, but I am curious to see what style is more appealing. This is a work in progress to create a look for a poster, book cover, etc…
Please share your thoughts! I will be posting another of the images from this session in black and white.
Location: West Coast of Florida
Model: the lovely and talented Marlese
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200 VR 2.8, SB900 fired off camera to camera right.
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And here is the black and white version
Light after sunset (about 2 minutes after)
Gorgeous scenery after sunset in Key West, FL, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens, Induro CT213tripod, Induro BHD2 ballhead
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Light after sunset (about 2 minutes after)
Gorgeous scenery after sunset in Key West, FL, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens, Induro CT213tripod, Induro BHD2 ballhead
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And here is the color version of the cabin in Garmisch Germany.
Location: Garmisch, Germany
Equipment used: Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200 VR lens.
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Travel
The bench! Time for a break in the steep trail of Garmisch, Germany.
Location: Garmisch, Germany
Equipment used: Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200 VR lens.
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Travel
Steep trails and snow everywhere, hiking along this trail in Garmisch I stumbled upon the cabin. No one home but the break in the steep climbing was much enjoyed!
Location: Garmisch, Germany
Equipment used: Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200 VR lens.
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Knock, knock, knocking on Heavan’s door
Location: Gatlinburg, TN, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, Induro CT213 tripod, Induro BDH2 ballhead
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Voyagers
for many…into the mystic, for others; simple and pure freedom.
Location: Key West, FL, USA
Equipment used: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens, Induro CT213 tripod, Induro BDH2 ballhead
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Post Cards From the Road
Sunset over Key West – Filtered
Filtering helps photographers bring out colors, remove distractors, focus on and highlight the main subject, and make an image more appealing and the subject more “attractive”.
When filters are applied to life…you can do the same thing: filter out the bad stuff, while enriching, highlighting, and making your views…more “attractive”.
Again, know what filters to apply, when to apply them, and to what degree to apply them…is a recipie only you can create and..”season to your own taste” (sly grin to Smidge!) Seeing things in this way may not change the harsh realities of life, but they might just add just the right amount joy and happiness to keep those cruel shadows of reality at bay (wink out to RL!). Just as we choose the best clothes and accessories to complement those moments of life we deem important for us to “look our best” (Yeah Resa, you do WONDERS for those actors!) and bring out those splendid hints and twists in a novel ( Jill, gotta throw a Kudo out to ya, Author extrordonnaire!), and finally..we are so very careful to choose only the most exact words for our poems (Dean J. and Mari..wow guys…wow!). Maybe if we apply the same zeal in how we “see” things, people, places around us…Life could get just a little bit easier for us all. I know for fact…I would not be as happy and as joyful as I am today, were it not for learning to see things in a different light. And, I know that ALL these things are possible…with a little help from our firends! Thank you so much to ALL of my friends, followers, and guests, for helping get this far in my blogging and my photography.Each of you play a part in my passion and motivation to get out there and bring back the very best I can for you guys to enjoy!
And …Sometimes…I get to see things a little bit more clearly and beautifully myself. Learning to see with your soul….can become a passion! Stay safe out there everyone! Until next time …write it, photograph it, tell it, cook/ bake it…live it…from the soul, with passion! Oh, and Tracie…can ya pass that rum back over here? I hope your spending some time out there on the front of that sailboat…riding happy and free in your sea of inspiration and amazing imagery!
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Post Cards From the Road
Sunset over Key West, FL, USA
The sun is actually setting over Sunset Island. This image was shot from Zero Duval Street, Key West, FL, USA. The famous saying here is “Start your crawl, at Zero Duval”!
I chose to post this UN – filtered image to illustrate how we percieve life. Only minor adjustments in Adobe Lightroom. SO, we can call this Life- UN filtered. aka “it is what it is”, seeing things how they are, take nothing for granted, don’t read anything into it, here it is, take me as I am, etc..etc..
So very often in life, all of these things are true…at least to some degree. MODERATION I feel, it the key to success. Know when, how, and how much to apply…priceless!
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Post cards from the road
The Gate and Walkway
This is the walkway of a private boat dock in Shem Creek, and area in Mt Pleasant, SC, USA just across the bridge from Charleston, SC, USA.
A path represents a lot of different things in our lives, as does the gate. For me, a paths show several things; one being the way we came. how we arrived at where we are now, all the good choices and bad choices, all recorded along the way. All the values and morals we have developed, discarded, re-assesed, and tweaked. The gate can serve several purposes; to keep unwated traffic out, lock you in, allow you to pass, or even make you wait for the approriate time to act or move along your new path..or, retreat back down the way you came. The path itself is elevated above the pitfalls and dangers below it, and branches out offering you more than one avenue of egress or ingress. But at its very best, it still remains, a path. It is up to you to choose where you will go, when, and how far. And as for me…when my special someone walks the path with me, at the right time of day, with glass of wine and time to relax and enjoy where we have been, where we are at, and where we are going…Sometimes, wow…I might need to close the gate for a lil while (wink!)
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