Views of the natural environment & climate change
People love science when it treats their ills or results in a new iPhone. But when science brings our fundamental beliefs into question or threatens our comfortable way of living we revert to medieval thinking.
A Prophet of Doom Was Right About the Climate .
I am stretching things a bit because today’s post does not focus on the natural environment, rather one that is human-made. According to the “rules,” the harsh light of mid-day is the worst time to photograph. However, today’s unsettled weather found the sky filled with clouds moving at a good clip so I got my “Big Stopper” filter and went out to photograph Rochester’s iconic bridge, the Douglass-Anthony Memorial.
My camera set to ISO 100, lens @ 29mm, f/22 @ 30 secs., here it is:
Our annual June show is fast approaching! My entry’s theme is Winter’s Simplicity. Shot on film during those cold winter days that would seem never to go away, the photos show the season’s essence.
Stop by to say hello and ask any questions at the reception on June 9.
Best regards,
-Steve
As winter is simple, spring is complex as a variety of life re-emerges. Plants are budding, even though we had record lows and snow, earlier this month. Here are just a few photographs of what I found.
Winter is not the most popular time to photograph. Not only is it cold but everything is so drab. However, winter is a great time for us black and white photographers. So, I donned my winter gear and spent some time in the woods in late February looking for some good tree compositions to photograph after dark. My idea was to use my flash to highlight a particularly interesting tree so it would stand out against a relatively dark background, much as you might do in a studio with a black, felt background cloth.
Once finding the compositions, the trick was finding the same shooting spot after dark. Accomplishing that, I set my camera on a tripod; then using Kodak Tri-X 400 film I set my lens to f/2 and the shutter to bulb. While handholding my Speedlite flash off-center from my camera, I opened the shutter just long enough to manually trigger the flash. I took three shots of each composition at 1/1, 1/4, and 1/8 power. Twenty-seven frames later, here are the best (click to enlarge).
