Monday, March 30, 2009

Through the trees


Through the trees, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

It had been cloudy most of the day. The sun was casting an orange glow as it came out from behind the clouds towards sunset. 6 exposure HDR. It was a bit windy too as you can see in some of the fine detail in the trees.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Our House lit by the rising sun

The orange glow of the rising sun illuminates the North side of our house.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Sunrise at the River


Sunrise at the River, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

The Sun was rising behind me but not quite over the horizon. 3 shot exposure down by the Zumbro River by Zumbro Falls.

Taken with a Nikon D80.


* Aperture: f/13.0 [+]
* Focal Length: 10 mm [+]
* ISO Speed: 100 [+]

Monday, March 23, 2009

Tomato on the Rise


Tomato on the Rise, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

German Red Strawberry Tomato plant - age 17 days - planted 3-8-09. These were my favorite tomatoes from the 2008 season. See the large red tomato in this photo - www.flickr.com/photos/christensen_carl/2785098751/in/set-...

Taken with a Nikon D80.

* Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200) [+]
* Aperture: f/11.0 [+]
* Focal Length: 85 mm [+]
* ISO Speed: 200 [+]

Strobist: SB-900 into reflected 60" Impact umbrella camera right. SB-800 into 45" reflected Impact umbrella camera left. SB-600 bare aimed at backdrop and to the left. On board flash providing on axis fill light.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Walking on Sabbath afternoon

Jon and Carrie came over for lunch. We then went for a walk through the fields. Brent is just out of the photo on the right (although you can see his john deere green sweatshirt). Pictured is Danielle with duke by her. Then comes Natalie walking Angel. In the distance you see Carrie and Becky with Jon behind.

Danielle reading her book

I bought a socket that converts a plugin to a screw electrical bulb socket. I put one of my 100W equivalent CFL flood lights into it to use as a modeling light. I then called Danielle up to my photography room and let her read her book while I played around. I needed to shoot a close head shot because I neglected to have her brush her hair prior to coming up. Hopefully Becky won't have a fit when she gets home and see the photo!

Strobist: SB-900 into 60" Impact reflected umbrella camera right and above. CFL bulb in socket used for modeling light.

Sabbath Sunset


Sabbath Sunset, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

My sister Carrie and her husband Jon came over for Sabbath lunch. At the end of the day as they sat inside talking to Becky, I stepped outside to photograph the setting sun. I grabbed my tripod, put the Sigma wide angle 10-20mm lens on. I shot this as a bracket of 3 images and processed with some mild HDR. It was a beautiful day and we had a great walk through the country.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Orchids - my new hobby

I prefer this one. I bought some orchids for Becky. She said, "Yeah, right! You bought them for yourself to photograph".

No! Really! They are for you my dear! :-)

Strobist info: SB-900 into 60" Impact reflected umbrella camera right and above and behind. SB-800 into 45" Impact reflected umbrella camera left above and behind. SB-600 behind flower and to the left shooting at background to over expose. On board flash providing minimal on axis fill at 1/64 and 1/32. See setup photo for visual representation.

Orchids - my new hobby

I bought Becky some orchids. It is now my job to try make sure they live. At least they will live on in photos if they fail my green thumb. While this white one is nice, I prefer the purple one.

Strobist info: SB-900 into 60" Impact reflected umbrella camera right and above and behind. SB-800 into 45" Impact reflected umbrella camera left above and behind. SB-600 behind flower and to the left shooting at background to over expose. On board flash providing minimal on axis fill at 1/64 and 1/32. See setup photo for visual representation.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Sunset over the snow


Sunset over the snow, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Taken with a Nikon D80.

* Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60) [+]
* Aperture: f/4.0 [+]
* Focal Length: 10 mm [+]
* ISO Speed: 400 [+]