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Things have been quiet around here…been busy lately but hope to get out more with the camera. Tracie and I went down to Highland Park in Dallas to look at Christmas lights this weekend. Saw this tree and though it was beautiful. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 17-40 L handheld.
Here’s a shot of a Tufted Titmouse about to take off. Captured with a Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod.
Getting Close and Personal: 11 Tips for Close-up Candid Street Photography on Digital Photography School Quote: Street photography is not easy. It tests your nerves, your hand eye coordination and your instincts, and lord knows I’ve missed more ‘moments’ than I can count, but the satisfaction of capturing that split second where everything comes together [...]
Here’s a shot of a Tufted Titmouse. Captured with a Canon 1D Mark iII with Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod.
Can’t really tell if this is a Junco or not. What do you think? Captured with a Canon 1D Mark II with Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4x Extender.
The Real Deal by Joe McNally on Joe McNally’s Blog Quote: What I truly believe about a powerful picture is that after viewing it, you are never the same. You have been changed, forever. You might not realize it at that moment, but you are. There’s been an interior, seismic shift in your emotional substrata. [...]
Here’s another shot of a cardinal taken last weekend. Captured with a Canon 1D Mark iII with Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod. Light wasn’t great in this capture, but I liked the detail on the bird.
Went out to my regular birding location this weekend and captured this Cardinal while he was about to take off. The light wasn’t great but I liked this composition. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with the Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 tripod. see more photos in [...]
Captured this Red River Hog while a the Dallas Zoo a few months ago. Was looking through my archives and liked the perspective on this one. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. see more photos in my flickr photostream and on my website at photographyminute.com or order prints from my Zenfolio [...]
To Become a Better Photographer, Learn from Your Failures by David Saxe on Black Star Rising Quote: We all have good days and bad days in our photography — successes and failures.By failures, I don’t mean commercial failures. In fact, when I was shooting a lot of assignment photography, I never lost a client because [...]
Here’s another shot of Kolob Canyon from our trip earlier this year. Taken right before the Storm rolled in. Captured with Canon 5D and Canon 17-40 L handheld see more photos in my flickr photostream and on my website at photographyminute.com or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.
This is a capture I took while out at Zion National Park earlier this year. Taken at the side of the road while taking a break from driving. Not sure I love it, but I like it. Colors are great. Captured with Canon 5D with Canon 17-40 L hand held.
How Using Strong ND Filters Can Create Awesome Resultsby Chris Gin on Light Stalking Quote: As a landscape photographer I rely heavily on filters. The ones I use most often are my graduated neutral density (GND) filters which help balance the intensity between the sky and foreground. However another favourite of mine, and one which [...]
Here’s another shot of a cardinal eating seeds taken at Spring Creek Preserve a few weeks ago. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III + Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4x Extender. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.
How to Edit Multiple Files at Once in Lightroom | Light Stalking Quote: Adjusting several images at once in Lightroom is not only simple, but a huge time saver for batch editing. When you have many photos from a shoot that you want to adjust the same way – such as a wedding or sporting [...]
Here’s a Great Egret I captured at White Rock Lake a few weeks ago. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III + 400mm 5.6 L and Canon 1.4x extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.
7 Post Production Tips for Striking Landscapes | Light Stalking Quote: Now that you’ve captured some beautiful landscapes (hopefully in RAW format for optimal versatility in editing), it’s time to bring them into Photoshop and make some improvements. Confused on where to start? Below is a detailed, but certainly not exclusive, list of popular editing [...]
While at White Rock Lake spillway a few weeks ago, I saw these Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets hanging out looking at something. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with the Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from [...]
I captured this cardinal (looks like a juvi growing into his adult color) eating. This is a pretty heavy crop…nice and sharp Captured with Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4x Extender on my Induro CT314 Tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery [...]
Using Your Histogram & Exposing to the Right By Michael Clark on Pixiq Quote: When talking about how to expose an image, I am going to assume that you already know how to work with your camera by adjusting the shutter speed and aperture. Because correct exposure is such a critical topic to the success [...]
