Shot with an iPhone.
Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Went
down to Cape Blanco this past weekend. I had expected to get some
remarkable shots of the area and really wanted to get some shots of the
lighthouse at dusk and at night. However, the weather did not want to
cooperate. Near constant rain throughout the weekend prevented me from
getting out and creating the images I had in mind. However, there was a
brief clearing in the weather for Saturday afternoon and I snapped a few
shots of the lighthouse. For this shot I used my trusty Canon 6D with
my 17-40mm F4 "L" series lens. I also used a circular polarizer mounted
to my lens with an additional 10 stop neutral density filter in front of
that. I really wanted to capture the effect of the wind on the grasses
and clouds and I achieved an rather nice capture of that. I at first
groused to myself a little bit when the gentlemen in the photo wandered
into my shot, but I realized that I rather like his presence there,
taking in the view of the ocean and the lighthouse. He also lends a
needed sense of scale to the building as well. I shot this at ISO 50 @
F14 for 25 seconds. The lens was set to a focal length of 32mm. Once I
got it into photoshop, I corrected the slight keystoning effect on the
lighthouse to make it look 'correct' (as opposed to wide on the bottom
and narrow at the top. I then separated the foreground, including the
lighthouse, and adjusted the curves to brighten it up a little. I also
added a little bit of dehaze filter, and bumped up the saturation a bit
as well.
Mt. St. Helens and Milky Way 1:57 a.m. July 3rd, 2016
Taken from the Loowit Viewpoint on the way to Johnston Ridge.
Canon 6D
Rokinon 14mm F2.8
ISO 3200, 30 sec. exposure at F2.8
This was a tough one for me. I had to setup quickly to get shots between rolling banks of fog that would come in suddenly, completely obscure the entire scene, then just as quickly pass through. Fortunately I snagged this shot as the last clear window of weather presented itself. I stayed until morning hoping to get a shot of the wonderful wildflowers on display with the mountain in the background, but the fog was completely socked in until at least 8 a.m. when I finally left to drive back home.
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