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OCF for a selfie.

OCF for a selfie

So, last night I was out doing some shooting and decided that I needed to do a “Selfie.” As you might have guessed, over the years, I’m not really in to taking selfies, especially with my cell phone (this wasn’t with a cell phone btw), but I decided that the moon was too cool looking with the haze from the fires out in the western US making the moon stand out in relief.

Selfie under the moon

Selfie under the moon

This was shot with a single flash, hand-held, no modifier for 8 seconds, 1600 ISO, f16. The flash was set at 1/128 power. Camera is a Nikon D700 with the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens.

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) of June 23, 2015

This morning I had the pleasure of capturing Aurora Borealis, otherwise known as Northern Lights. Tonight, if cloud cover doesn’t get in the way, should also be a great night to see some of the most beautiful natural features that we can see here on Earth.

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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.

Lonely Tree

Lonely Tree

Lonely Tree
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Taken with a Nikon D7000 using a Tamron SP 28-75MM F/2.8 Di lens. The exposure was taken at 75mm, f/8 for 1/125th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.4, and Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2.

HDR – Lonely Country Road in the Fog

Lonely Country Road in the Fog

HDR – Lonely Country Road in the Fog
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
HDR taken with a Nikon D7000 using a Nikon AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D lens. The exposure was taken at 50mm, f/8 for 1/160th 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.

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.

Stairs leading up from the East Arm of Lake Itasca in HDR

Stairs at East Arm of Lake Itasca

Stairs leading up from the East Arm of Lake Itasca in HDR
Copyright © 2010 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Single Shot taken with a Nikon D80 set on shutter priority using a Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/4.2 for 1/50th of a second at ISO 400. 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.

Birds

Oriole

Oriole
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG APO Macro HSM II lens. The exposure was taken at 200mm, f/8 for 1/50th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 4.4.

 

Oriole-2-3

Oriole
Copyright © 2013 CADDY .|. IMAGING
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG APO Macro HSM II lens. The exposure was taken at 145mm, f/8 for 1/100th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 4.4.

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