Month: May 2016

This bark is interesting! Look at the dark areas. They look like canyons to me and draw attention.

Enjoy and keep on working on your images

 

Photographing “bark” is an exercise that I love to go back to. Some of you might have done it in the past and for some it will be the first time. You will learn so much about structure and light. I challenge you to do this exercise during different times of the day and notice how different light creates different images. As always be passionate about your photography and have some fun with your camera.

I decided to go closer this time and I also decided to create only landscape images so I will be able to compose a collage at the end of this exercise.

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When i was a child I already loved the big wheels of the engine. In order to to draw attention to the large piston and the wheels I slightly burned the edges of the image.

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The more I photographed parts of the steam engine I realized that I liked the area around the big wheels the best. I created this image with the help of a 60mm prime lens which I used wide open (f2.8)

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This front end of the locomotive was sometimes called the “cattle catcher” or “cow catcher.” The purpose was to remove obstacles out of the way before they could case any real damage.

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This is the large piston of the engine. Enjoy and keep on photographing!

This week I challenge you to go out and photograph an engine. You can pick a car, truck, train, boat etc. As always, have a fun and grow in your photography with this assignment.

I discovered this beautiful steam engine in historic old town Sacramento. Since I love monochrome images I converted this original color image into black and white.

A low pressure system is currently moving through central California. This is a great opportunity to photograph the moon and the clouds.

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This is another “night shot” that i created in my neighborhood. I framed the house in between the two trees. In addition I love the shadows in the street.

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After coming home tonight from Sacramento, CA I took the dog and the camera for a walk. walking around our house I saw these beautiful shadows and I decided to photograph them.

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