nature

this is a shot paired with yesterdays. this is the same waterfall but as a panorama. it is a 66.8 megapixel shot (10963 x 6089 = 66,753,707 pixels) made of 25 shots with 8 second exposure each. it took awhile to complete (and even longer to assemble) but i’m happy i did it. i eventually plan on making it a 6 x 3 ft canvas or maybe crop to 4 x 4 ft square canvas.

i’ve been shooting a little bit, nothing too interesting. nothing too motivating (with my current gear setup anyways). then a gorgeous sunset comes like this. i shot this off my front porch and stiched together a number of shots to make this panaroma. its a 120 megapixel shot so if anyone wants to pay big bucks to have it enlarged on canvas, let me know! also, i realize at this width, the photo is a little small so i put a larger version here if you want to check it out.

ps firefox (or any browser for that matter) butchers this, oh well.

on saturday i went for a hike/photo outing with a few friends in the niagara region. it was quite the hike to get down to this place, though ive gone here with mike sicoli before…it was only in the winter. this place was much different in the summer, water levels very low that provided access to places i haven’t been before.

i used to see the leaves of this tree all the time around my old house. kind of miss them, i spotted them in sturgeon by the falls last weekend. i wouldn’t know the name of them but they do somehow represent old times for me.

i hope everyone had an amazing weekend. i was blessed enough to be able to travel up north this weekend and have some great weather as well. some pretty clouds in the blue skies. a few more shots coming up from the north. going out this tuesday for some more shooting, excited!

another beauty close-up of plants. that is all i have for updates from my little trip to the niagara parkway, so hopefully my next outing will happen soon as to not let this site be updated for awhile. thanks to all who keep checking it on a regular basis, i’ll have some new material soon.

another summer shot at a park. f 1.4 at 1/8000th of a second, iso 100.

a close-up of some flowers seen in niagara falls, one of the parks on the niagara parkway…not sure which one. sorry i haven’t posted much, i’ve been busy with work and the band…saving up for a new flash and lens still! i have a few more photos coming up over the next few days, so keep checking back, and thanks for checking in.

this is the same waterfall but taken from above. it was a pretty far drop, by my 80mmm (equiv) lens makes it look tiny. i’m not very happy with the composition, editing, or the colours of this photo. but i think the effect the gathering water at the bottom of the waterfall is too neat not to post. 30 second exposure with a tripod at f16, 2 neutral density filters (hoya nd8 and nd4), iso 100.

me and mike went out shooting again the other day. trying to find some new parks to shoot at, found this little place on ridge road in grimsby. had to do some intensive (and fun) climbing to get to the best waterfalls. 30 second exposure at f8, iso 100, using a tripod and a couple ND filters to make the scene dark enough for silky smooth exposures.

today my cat came in from outside looking like he fell into a huge…thing of…mud. so i took a few pictures of him and all the dried mud on him before we gave him a good washing…i think hes contemplating how embarrassing these photos of him are…

a few days ago i tried something new. i placed some flowers in the sunshine by a window and spent a good 30 minutes photographing them intentionally out of focus and at f/1.4. i have a lot of them that i love, so heres one of them.