Project 52 ⇒ My second 52, an assortment of images

[TomCofer]

Nice shot.
Sorry to hear about your computer problems WG.

[WesternGuy]

Nice shot.
Sorry to hear about your computer problems WG.

Thanks Tom.

Computer problems - it happens - I have been very lucky over the years as this is the first time I have ever had real problems. Fortunately, my new ASUS laptop is filling in very well.

WG

[WesternGuy]

Week 30, Prairie images with a different crop.

One of the things that has always been a "concern" for me was how to portray the vastness of the Western Prairies in my landscape images. On my recent visit to Africa, a friend showed me a crop that he had done of an Acacia tree on the Savanna. The Savanna is a very large area of grasslands with the occasional patch of trees, probably much like the Western Prairies were before the first settlers arrived. It struck me immediately, that maybe this was one way to show off the prairies with this 3:1 crop, a panorama crop as he called it. The result, showing hay bales in a field (it's that time of year), is shown in this image.

This image was shot with my 1D X and the Mark I 24-105mmL IS lens. Processing was in Lightroom CC and Nik's Color Efex Pro 4.



As usual, comments and questions are welcome.

WesternGuy

[WesternGuy]

Week 31 - What you can see by the side of the road...

I have been away for a week or so up in Canada's north to photograph the Aurora and do some landscape photography in the area as well - have a couple of weeks to catch up on posts. On the second day I was there (Yellowknife, NWT), I was headed back to my hotel when I drove by this guy sitting by the side of the road. I quickly turned around and sat in the car on the opposite side of the road with my 100-400 and a 1.4 extender on my 1D X and started to shoot away. The fox did not run from me, rather he sat and posed for some shots and then ran up and down the side of the road while I shot away. This is the first time I have ever had the good fortune to be able to photograph a fox in its natural habitat.

Shot with my 1D X, a 100-400mm L IS Mark II lens and a 1.4 Mark III extender. Processing was in Lightroom and Nik's Color Efex Pro 4.



As usual, questions and comments are welcome.

WesternGuy

[WesternGuy]

Week 32 - Light up the Night sky!

As I noted in my last post, I was up in Northern Canada for a week to photograph the Aurora Borealis. I had one so-so night and one where WOW wouldn't even begin to describe the lights in the sky. The rest of the time the nights were either cloudy and rainy, or just cloudy. For those interested in seeing a sample of my Aurora images, I have posted a selection on my Flickr page.

This image was taken with my tripod mounted Canon 1D X and a 16-35mm L IS lens using a remote shutter control. Processing was in Lightroom CC.




As usual, comments and questions are welcome.

This will be my last post on the "52 week" section of photoMentoris. I am going in for major shoulder surgery next week and will be out of "photography" commission for at least 2 months. I am not sure that I will start a new "52 week" session after that, but rather may pursue other aspects of my photography.

WesternGuy

[TomCofer]

Hey WG,
I'm playing catch up here.
the crop does a good job of showing the fastness of the paraies I think. Of course, another option would be to shoot several shots and merge them into an pano.

Really love the fox shot.

the shot of the northern lights is neat. Looks kinda other worldly.

[WesternGuy]

Hey WG,
I'm playing catch up here.
the crop does a good job of showing the fastness of the paraies I think. Of course, another option would be to shoot several shots and merge them into an pano.

Really love the fox shot.

the shot of the northern lights is neat. Looks kinda other worldly.

Tom, thanks for the comments, they are appreciated.

I did think about a multiple shot pano for the prairies, but I was looking for a way to try and show the "vastness" without resorting to multiple shot images. Single shots, cropped at the 3:1 ratio are easier to deal with when printing and framing images.

The fox shot was just serendipity - glad you like it. I happened to be in the right place at the right time and it totally ignored me. Reminded me of my trip to Africa where the animals simply ignore folks in a jeep and simply carry-on with their daily life.

Northern lights are another one of my favourite things to photograph, unfortunately, I have to travel about 1500 km north to do so and it isn't cheap as people come from all over the world to see and photograph them and this puts considerable pressure on the car rentals and hotel rooms because of the demands.

Anyway, as I said, these postings are my swan song as far as Photomentoris is concerned. Surgery and subsequent recovery precludes my doing anything much for a couple of months and then I am not sure what I am going to do. I will PM you about it when I get a chance.

WesternGuy

[TomCofer]

Best wishes with the surgery WG.

[WesternGuy]

Best wishes with the surgery WG.

Thanks, Tom.

WG.

[Ceropegia]

Week 31 - What you can see by the side of the road...

I have been away for a week or so up in Canada's north to photograph the Aurora and do some landscape photography in the area as well - have a couple of weeks to catch up on posts. On the second day I was there (Yellowknife, NWT), I was headed back to my hotel when I drove by this guy sitting by the side of the road. I quickly turned around and sat in the car on the opposite side of the road with my 100-400 and a 1.4 extender on my 1D X and started to shoot away. The fox did not run from me, rather he sat and posed for some shots and then ran up and down the side of the road while I shot away. This is the first time I have ever had the good fortune to be able to photograph a fox in its natural habitat.

Shot with my 1D X, a 100-400mm L IS Mark II lens and a 1.4 Mark III extender. Processing was in Lightroom and Nik's Color Efex Pro 4.



As usual, questions and comments are welcome.

WesternGuy

A truly beautiful creature perfectly captured! Hope your surgery and recovery go well and you returnto PM with more beautiful photography for us to enjoy.