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Shakey
Jan-26-2005, 09:19 AM
Here in the Great White North there are many days that flat light puts such a damper on my photography. My skills are not that good yet and I can make many mistakes. Today the sun was fighting to emerge and I try to capitilize
what I can.

My view from behind my house. 9:00A.M ish I have got to go down and check the light in the valley.
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837648-M.jpg

First shot ; I rolled down the window of the truck no parking allowed on the small bridge I was on.


http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837511-M.jpg


And seeing that Ann is from Edmonton and Edmonton and Calgary have a large albiet fun rivialry I must take a fence shot too.(I concede that hers is better:bow )Does it look like there to much POST on these posts?

http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837509-M.jpg


Well the light did'nt do what I wished for as I was taking some shots for the challenge (I'll post those in the 31 challenge thread)
So I tried a Bokeh shot.
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837510-M.jpg

Lastly I tried to recreate a photo I took last year under similar conditions however I only had a Canon A80 4 meg pix. Nice camera yet not as powerful as the Digital SLR.
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837512-M.jpg
I thought it came out quite good.:dunno


Thanks for viewing my fight for light.


Tim
TristanP
Jan-26-2005, 09:33 AM
The last pic of the beach is great and has a real sense of humor to it. The pic of the fence is good, but from what I can see in it, I would've framed it in landscape rather than portrait orientation. Otherwise, it looks fine.
Shakey
Jan-26-2005, 10:48 AM
The last pic of the beach is great and has a real sense of humor to it. The pic of the fence is good, but from what I can see in it, I would've framed it in landscape rather than portrait orientation. Otherwise, it looks fine.Thanks Tristan you are right I do not know why I did not take two aspects.
I usually do.
Getting old and senile I guess:scratch

Tim
Harryb
Jan-26-2005, 10:57 AM
Hey Tim,


All of them are fine but I love that last shot, outstanding. :thumb

Harry
GREAPER
Jan-26-2005, 11:00 AM
All outstanding if you ask me. I really like the first one and the frost on the web.
LouBuonomo
Jan-26-2005, 11:19 AM
Great stuff.. Love the dew covered webs.


Lou
Ann McRae
Jan-26-2005, 02:39 PM
Hi Tim! Love this one:



http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837511-M.jpg


And seeing that Ann is from Edmonton and Edmonton and Calgary have a large albiet fun rivialry I must take a fence shot too.(I concede that hers is better:bow )Does it look like there to much POST on these posts?

http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837509-M.jpg


http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/14837512-M.jpg
I thought it came out quite good.:dunno


Thanks for viewing my fight for light.


Tim
LOL re; the rivalry. Good thing there is no NHawful this year!:rofl :rofl

I like your fence - it has great structure and texture and is a great subject. I also like that you can see all of the grass whereas mine was buried in the white stuff. :clap

And the beach shot is great - but I am confused - where in Calgary is there a beach?????:scratch :scratch

ann
Shakey
Jan-27-2005, 12:46 AM
Harryb, Greaper, LouBuonomo Thanks for the nice comments.

Tim
Ann this beach is at a man made lake in Calgary's Fish Creek Provincial Park.
It is basically a shallow pee pool for kids :rofl .

Here is a summer shot a few days before opening early June 2004.
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/5203330-M.jpg

It actually is a nice place to bring the kids and it is just minutes from my house.
having Canada's largest provincial urban park as a backyard is nice ,not as nice as living in the country but... maybe one day :D .

Thanks for the comments
Cheers
Tim
yvonne
Jan-27-2005, 01:00 AM
I Love the Beach Closed shot! It's brilliant. I also really like shot number 2.. the warm coloured misty haze. Lovely.