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Sabattier Effect

After reading about the Sabattier Effect on Digital Photography School I had to try it. Here is the link if you want to give it a go yourself. This image is not an HDR but it does have an HDR like effect. http://digital-photography-school.com/the-sabattier-effect/

Sabattier Effect

Sabattier Effect

First Impressions using the Lee 10 stop Big Stopper ND filter

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 12mm, f/8 for 25 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.

Last Friday I received my Lee Big Stopper 10 stop nd filter from Adorama. My youngest had been asking me all day to go to the lake to go swimming, so I decided it was time to give in. Here was a chance to play around with my new gear. I hadn’t been sure if the filter was going to fit since I use the Cokin Z Pro filter holder and I wasn’t looking forward to holding the filter against the lens for an extended period of time. I had checked that the filter would fit the thickness but I had also noticed that the pins on the holder didn’t allow the filter to move down far enough to make a good seal shut out all the light. We arrived at Lake Bemidji State Park at about 7pm on a bright, mostly sunny day. As my youngest ran to the beach to go swim and my oldest left to go for a walk, I grabbed my camera, tripod, filter holder and a remote, wireless shutter that I had also just purchased, an Aputure Pro Coworkder Wireless Remote, and headed down to the beach.

After about an hour of playing around with settings, and a couple of different set ups testing long exposures on the water, we headed back home. The boys had fun, I had fun, and now I want to get back out and shoot some more long exposures.

My first impression… I love this filter. Second impression… it didn’t work very well with the Cokin filter holder. So my options were to either figure out a way to make the filter sit in the holder better, or go with the Lee filter holder. The filter, as of the time of this writing, was $140. Purchasing the Lee holder and the lens adapters would run me another $250 or so. A little steep for this stage. So after looking around on the internet, I modified my Cokin holder by turning the pins around in their slots, then filing off the remaining edges that were still sticking out. Now I really do have to get back out and shoot some more!

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 14mm, f/14 for 25 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 13mm, f/8 for 30 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/14 for 30 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.

Cameron Park, Lake Bemidji HDR

This three-shot HDR was captured before the Cameron Park remodel. It now looks much different. I’ll have to go back and shoot a new series from this location.

Cameron Park, Lake Bemidji

Cameron Park, Lake Bemidji
Copyright © 2010 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Single Shot taken with a Nikon D80 using a Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens. The exposure was taken at 18mm, f/22 for 1/50th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 4.4, Photomatix Pro 4.2.7 and OnOne Software Perfect Photo Suite 7.

HDR Landscapes

Fishing off the dock

Fishing off the dock at Deer Lake.
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) lens. The exposure was taken at 28mm, f/2.8 for 1/3200th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 4.4, Photomatix Pro 4.2.1 and OnOne Software’s PERFECT PHOTO SUITE 7.

Deer Lake Sunset

Deer Lake Sunset
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) lens. The exposure was taken at 28mm, f/5.6 for 1/160th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 4.4, Photomatix Pro 4.2.1 and OnOne Software’s PERFECT PHOTO SUITE 7.

Diamond Point Park

Diamond Point Park
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) lens. The exposure was taken at 28mm, f/16 for 1/30th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 4.4, Photomatix Pro 4.2.1 and OnOne Software’s PERFECT PHOTO SUITE 7.

Tree

Tree
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) lens. The exposure was taken at 70mm, f/2.8 for 1/5000th of a second at ISO 200. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 4.4, Photomatix Pro 4.2.1 and OnOne Software’s PERFECT PHOTO SUITE 7.

Nymore Beach

This shot, taken at Nymore Beach on Lake Bemidji, shows the night scene of Bemidji, MN.

Nymore Beach Panoramic, Lake Bemidji, Bemidji, MN

Nymore Beach Panoramic, Lake Bemidji, Bemidji, MN
Copyright © 2011 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 12mm, f/10 for 30 seconds at ISO 800. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 and Adobe Photoshop.

Night Lights

Sometimes, you just have to love what you see. This shot, from Cameron Park on Lake Bemidji caught my eye.

Cameron Park Panoramic, Lake Bemidji, Bemidji, MN

Cameron Park Panoramic, Lake Bemidji, Bemidji, MN
Copyright © 2011 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/10 for 30 seconds at ISO 800. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 and Adobe Photoshop.

The Chase

While Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) are large birds-of-prey, they still flee when harassed by smaller aggressive, territorial birds.

The Chase

The Chase – Bemidji, MN
Copyright © 2011 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on aperture priority (AE) using a Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG APOMacro HSM II lens. The exposure was taken at 200mm, f/2.8 for 1/800th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3.