4th of July Fireworks
Tonight, I tried my hand for the first time at photographing fireworks. It was a last minute decision and the place was not ideal, too far away and too many trees in the way, but the fireworks themselves were beautiful.
Despite having read previously about settings and techniques, the first photos were bad, too much brightness and no details. I realized I was waiting too long to release the remote shutter trying to put too much in the same picture.
At the end, I was able to get a few good shots. Now I'll have to wait until next year to try again.
Fireworks at Indian Hills Country Club, Cobb County, Georgia
Shades of pink and gold
Blue, red and gold
Gallery wrap canvas
I just printed my first PixelGraphs photomontage on a new smooth matte canvas. I finished with a top-coat of Glamour 2 Varnish and mounted it using the gallery wrap method. It looks really good. The colors have more vibrancy, the details more definition. I'm very pleased with the results and I will probably start offering my prints also on canvas.
Periwinkle Iris
My new camera
I gave myself a Nikon D-90 for Christmas. I got it with a 18-200mm zoom lens and later, my son found a couple of his old Nikon lenses, a very fast AF 50mm and a 180mm 1:2.8 AF telephoto lens, fast but without Vibration Reduction.
Now I started dreaming about a 500mm super telephoto or zoom. I’m considering several possibilities, though the Nikon super zooms seems to be out of my range.
Anyway, I’m having a lot of fun learning to use my new camera. Hopefully, the results will merit the time and money expended.
Iranian green
Today PixelGraphs' home page went green in support of the Iranian people because we believe deeply in freedom of speech and expression. Our hearts and prayers are with you.
Ceramics
Mother and child
Pierrot, Columbine and Harlequin
These are some of my ceramic sculptures.
