Monday Morning at the USDGC

Up at the USDGC for Monday Qualifying.  Got here at 7am for sunrise.  Couldn't resist setting up the camera for a glass lake ND filter.  So amazing.

Canon 6D; 16-35mm f2.8; ISO-100, 30s, 16mm @ f11, w/10 Stop ND

Neutral Density Filters

Some ND Filter images I took earlier this year.  Since then I've picked up some new Lee filters from 2Filter.com, Amazing people and very helpful.  I'm looking forward to getting to do some more long exposure shots soon.

Canon 6D; 24-105 f4; ISO-100, 30s, 24mm @ f4.5, w/10 Stop ND

Canon 6D; 24-105 f4; ISO-100, 30s, 50mm @ f4, w/10 Stop ND

Canon 70D, Lighting and the Moon

This was almost right above head.  The 70D was practically pointed strait up.  Maybe I should have gone inside, but then I wouldn't have this shot!  (:

Canon 70D; 24-105 f4; ISO-100, 1/2s, 24mm @ f4
(updated and fixed the colors)

Oh and this one too!

Canon 70D; 24-105 f4; ISO-100, 1/2s, 24mm @ f4

Fun with Lightning

Some more lightning.  So much fun and getting better at it too.  (:

Canon 6D; 16-35 f2.8; ISO-100, 2s, 35mm @ f2.8

Canon 6D; 16-35 f2.8; ISO-100, 2s, 35mm @ f3.2

Today's activity... Lightning!!!

This is my first attempt at it, so I only ended up with two decent shots.  But hey, I'm in Florida, I hear we get a lot of this.  (:

Canon 6D; 70-200 f2.8; ISO-100, 1s, 70mm @ f11

Canon 6D; 70-200 f2.8; ISO-100, 1s, 70mm @ f11

A long overdue update.

A few pictures from the last several months.

Canon 6D; 70-200 f2.8 /w 2x multiplier; 400mm @ f5.6

Canon 6D; 100-400 f5.6 /w 2x multiplier; 800mm @ f11

Canon 6D; 70-200 f2.8 /w 2x multiplier; 400mm @ f5.6

Canon 6D; 100 f2.8

BOOM!

Last night was my first attempt at shooting fireworks.  Nothing too fancy, just some locally here in our neighborhood.  It was quite a challenge to guess what direction and when they would be set off.  But I did manage a few interesting shots.  I also learned some very neat information for taking pictures of fireworks.

1) Lower your ISO.  You really want to be down in the 100 range if at all possible.

2) Exposure seemed to be best for me between 2.5 - 3.2 seconds.  Basically just long enough to see the flare trail as it was being sent up.  Press the button and let the exposure capture it.  This differed drastically from everything I had previously been told.

3) f-Stop.  I started at a f8 and had to keep lowering it until eventually I was at a running at a f5.

4) IS and AF.  Turn them both off.  While obvious to turn off Auto Focus, it's not so obvious to turn off Image Stabilization.

Anyways,  here are the results after a little time in Lightroom 4.

Canon 6D 70-200 f4 IS USM

93mm,  f6.3,  8 sec,  ISO 100

Canon 6D 70-200 f4 IS USM

127mm,  f5.6,  2.5 sec,  ISO 100

Canon 6D 70-200 f4 IS USM

111mm,  f5,  2 sec,  ISO 100

So those were the highlights.  Hopefully I'll get more at some point.  We're considering some options to allow more chances at fireworks.

We'll see how it goes.  (: