Pemaquid Lighthouse

This week's photo also comes from my recent trip to Maine with my son.  Early one morning we went to Pemaquid Point arriving in the predawn hours.  The tide was low and we climbed down on the rocks below the lighthouse.  It was still over one hour before sunrise but there was an almost full moon so we began to shoot.  This is one of the shots taken in those predawn hours.

Techinical details: Canon 5D, ISO 400, 17-40mm lens at 26mm, bulb exposure - did not record the exposure time.  I processed this single file three different times in Lightroom and then blended the resulting files in Photoshop. 

Moonrise over Maine

I recently traveled to Boothbay Harbor Maine.  My son, a budding young photographer,  had  been engaged to photograph his cousin's wedding and he asked me to come along as his assistant.  I am not much of an event photographer, but I jumped at the chance to spend time with Greg and to visit a beautiful place.  The night before the wedding, as we sat on the porch of a waterfront cabin, the moon began to rise.  It was a beautiful sight.  Naturally I grabbed my camera and began to shoot.

 The photo you see here is the result.

Technical Details: Canon 5D, ISO 640, 17-40mm zoom at 17mm, two exposures blended in Photoshop.  One exposed for 10 sec for the moon and its reflection and the other exposed at 30 sec for the remainder of the scene.

By the way, the wedding went very well and I was amazed to see how Greg has grown as a photographer.  He has a talent for wedding photography and hopefully will realize his dream of becoming a full time photographer.  As for me, I found out that event photgraphy is very demanding, with long days.  I think I will stick to landscape photography!

Rocky Mountain Wildflowers

This weeks image was taken in the Cony Creek Drainage area of the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Technical details:  Canon 5D, ISO 100, 14mm f/2.8 lens - multiple exposures blended in Photomatix software.