When I go out to do photography I sometimes go with an idea of an image that I want to try to make.  This particular evening I saw that the weather forecast was dicey so I figured I might have a chance of getting good clouds and light over downtown Cleveland.  Fortunately the light on downtown never materialized and because of that I was watching for other things to shoot.  As the sun was setting this tug motored out to meet two incoming freighters.  The water texture and the sun glinting off the hull make this image for me.

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Well it’s been a while since I posted.   It’s also been a while since I was out shooting.  Hopefully I can make up for it with some portraits from the Monday night CPS photo shoot down at Voinovich Park.  From what I have heard everyone had a good time.  So here are some of the shots I took.

Exp: 2.5sec @ f/11, ISO 100
Gear: Canon 40D, 17-40F4L @ 17mm, CPL, 0.9ND

Well after two days of snow and about 8 or so inches later, I figured I’d venture out and do some shooting.  I only had about an hour of light left after going to a great photography exhibition at the Brecksville Center for the Arts.  They are featuring 6 photographers from the Cleveland Photographic Society.

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Exp: 1/200 sec @ f/4.0, iso 640, 113mm
Gear: Canon 40D, 70-200F4L

Here is a quick post from last Friday at the zoo.  The only really interesting thing about how this shot was taken is that persistence was used.  We visited the koala exhibit and couldn’t see the joey but decided to stop by on our way out and were rewarded for our trouble.

Exp: 1/400 @ f/5.6, ISO 400, 400F5.6L, converted to B&W in Lightroom

Today I had a productive day at the zoo.  I got some pretty good shots.  It was overcast so that made me do a lot of shooting at higher ISOs.   The cooler weather made for some very cooperative subjects.  I was fumbling a bit with the camera today. So I definitely need to get out and shoot more.  Photography, like everything else, you need to keep practicing to stay on your game.

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