Thursday, March 31, 2011

Purple Sunrise over Minnesota Snow

Via Flickr:
The sunrise the other morning began with a purple hue throughout the sky. I photographed this facing North with the beginning sunrise to my right.
1/40 sec at f/7.1 ISO 800 with "18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR" at 56 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000 - Visit my profile page at www.flickr.com/people/christensen_carl/ and at carlchristensen.zenfolio.com/ for prints.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Purple Sky Above Frosted Trees

The sunrise the other morning began with a purple hue throughout the sky. I photographed this facing west with the beginning sunrise to my back.
1/40 sec at f/7.1 ISO 800 with "18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR" at 82 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000 - Visit my profile page at www.flickr.com/people/christensen_carl/ and at carlchristensen.zenfolio.com/ for prints.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Survival - A persistent wildflower at the top of the world.

On the trail, Top of the World, on the top of one of the Teton mountains in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, I found this little yellow flower sticking out of the rock and gravel. The wind howled over the top of the mountain traveling from the west in Idaho over the mountain into Wyoming. Somethings can survive no matter what it seems.
1/250 sec at f/10 ISO 100 with "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM" at 10 mm focal length on a Nikon D80 - Visit my profile page at www.flickr.com/people/christensen_carl/ and at carlchristensen.zenfolio.com/ for prints.

Breathtaking Scenic Overlook in the Grand Tetons

While vacationing in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, we hiked down from the top of one the Teton mountains. This view looks out towards the southeast.
1/250 sec at f/10 ISO 100 with "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM" at 18 mm focal length on a Nikon D80 -

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Arianna Combo


Arianna Combo, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

8x10 ratio

Strobist: SB-900 into 64" Silver PLM with white diffusion cover at camera left and above. Triggered with pop up flash in commander mode wtih Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.

Carr Family photo


Carr Family photo, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

8x10 ratio

For the weekend we had Greg and Cheryl Carr, Janae Carr Rowe, Jon and Carrie Carr with baby Arianna, my parents, Terry Kaiser, Stefen and Crystal Kaiser with their two children, Carisse and Micah. We had a great Sabbath lunch of haystacks. For desert we had fresh cut strawberries over an angel food cake and an Italian cream cake that I had made with a home made cream cheese frosting with lime zest in it.

Strobist: SB-900 into 64" Silver PLM with white diffusion cover at camera left and above. SB-800 into 60" Impact white reflected umbrella camera right. SB-600 bare above and behind for a bit of hair light. Triggered with pop up flash in commander mode wtih Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/200 sec at f/8.0 ISO 640 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Carrie and Arianna


Carrie and Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

8x10 Crop

After photographing the group, I photographed Carrie holding Arianna.

For the weekend we had Greg and Cheryl Carr, Janae Carr Rowe, Jon and Carrie Carr with baby Arianna, my parents, Terry Kaiser, Stefen and Crystal Kaiser with their two children, Carisse and Micah. We had a great Sabbath lunch of haystacks. For desert we had fresh cut strawberries over an angel food cake and an Italian cream cake that I had made with a home made cream cheese frosting with lime zest in it.

Strobist: SB-900 into 64" Silver PLM with white diffusion cover at camera left and above. SB-800 bare above and behind for a bit of hair light. Triggered with pop up flash in commander mode wtih Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/250 sec at f/4.5 ISO 200 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Monday, February 21, 2011

Carrie holding Arianna

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After photographing the group, I photographed Carrie holding Arianna.

For the weekend we had Greg and Cheryl Carr, Janae Carr Rowe, Jon and Carrie Carr with baby Arianna, my parents, Terry Kaiser, Stephen and Crystal Kaiser with their two children, Carisse and Micah. We had a great Sabbath lunch of haystacks. For desert we had fresh cut strawberries over an angel food cake and an Italian cream cake that I had made with a home made cream cheese frosting with lime zest in it.

Strobist: SB-900 into 64" Silver PLM with white diffusion cover at camera left and above. SB-800 bare above and behind for a bit of hair light. Triggered with pop up flash in commander mode wtih Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/250 sec at f/4.5 ISO 200 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Carr Family photo


Carr Family photo, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

8x10 ratio

For the weekend we had Greg and Cheryl Carr, Janae Carr Rowe, Jon and Carrie Carr with baby Arianna, my parents, Terry Kaiser, Stefen and Crystal Kaiser with their two children, Carisse and Micah. We had a great Sabbath lunch of haystacks. For desert we had fresh cut strawberries over an angel food cake and an Italian cream cake that I had made with a home made cream cheese frosting with lime zest in it.

Strobist: SB-900 into 64" Silver PLM with white diffusion cover at camera left and above. SB-800 into 60" Impact white reflected umbrella camera right. SB-600 bare above and behind for a bit of hair light. Triggered with pop up flash in commander mode wtih Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/200 sec at f/8.0 ISO 640 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Carrie and Arianna


Carrie and Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

8x10 Crop

After photographing the group, I photographed Carrie holding Arianna.

For the weekend we had Greg and Cheryl Carr, Janae Carr Rowe, Jon and Carrie Carr with baby Arianna, my parents, Terry Kaiser, Stefen and Crystal Kaiser with their two children, Carisse and Micah. We had a great Sabbath lunch of haystacks. For desert we had fresh cut strawberries over an angel food cake and an Italian cream cake that I had made with a home made cream cheese frosting with lime zest in it.

Strobist: SB-900 into 64" Silver PLM with white diffusion cover at camera left and above. SB-800 bare above and behind for a bit of hair light. Triggered with pop up flash in commander mode wtih Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/250 sec at f/4.5 ISO 200 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Hiking down the mountain and surveying the valley below.

When we visited Jackson Hole, Wy and Teton Village, we hiked all the way down the mountain. At about this point, we were stumbling from the hours of walking down the trail. It was a beautiful day and the valley in between the mountains was beautiful.
1/320 sec at f/10 ISO 100 with "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM" at 11 mm focal length on a Nikon D80

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Purple Star Field During Winter

The temperature had warmed up to the mid 20-30s. I went out and photographed around 8 pm. I stood in the backyard in the shadow of the house. I wore coveralls, coat, face mask and heavy gloves. Amazing low light performance out of the D7000. This is ISO 6400 at 10 secs. I even managed to get a shooting star/meteroite.
10.0 sec at f/3.5 ISO 6400 with "18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR" at 18 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Arianna


Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Arianna


Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Arianna


Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Mom holding Arianna. I think Mom is having the more fun of the two.

Arianna


Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

She has lovely sleep expressions most of the time. That one time must have been a bad dream!

Arianna


Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Arianna


Arianna, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Frowning at what's going on or just relaxing, she is cute.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Natalie - Golden Ratio Crop

Strobist info: SB-900 Camera left and in front - into 64" Silver Alien Bees Parabolic Light Modifier PLM with white diffusion cover. SB-800 into 43" Wescott white satin shoot through umbrella camera left and behind for hair light. SB-600 into Impact 45" white satin shoot through umbrella camera right and behind model for hair light. 2 Fluorescent strip banks - one left, one right, each one 4 foot, each holding 2 4' tubes 40 watt 5000k providing rim lighting. Triggered with pop up flash of the D7000 in commander mode with Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/250 sec at f/4.0 ISO 100 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Becky


Becky, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Strobist info: Camera left and in front - SB-900 into 64" Silver Alien Bees Parabolic Light Modifier PLM with white diffusion cover. SB-800 into 43" Wescott white satin shoot through umbrella camera left and behind for hair light. SB-600 into Impact 45" white satin shoot through umbrella camera right and behind model for hair light. 2 Fluorescent strip banks - one left, one right, each one 4 foot, each holding 2 4' tubes 40 watt 5000k providing rim lighting. Triggered with pop up flash of the D7000 in commander mode with Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/250 sec at f/4.5 ISO 200 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 50 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Becky


Becky, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Strobist info: Camera left and in front - SB-900 into 64" Silver Alien Bees Parabolic Light Modifier PLM with white diffusion cover. SB-800 into 43" Wescott white satin shoot through umbrella camera left and behind for hair light. SB-600 into Impact 45" white satin shoot through umbrella camera right and behind model for hair light. 2 Fluorescent strip banks - one left, one right, each one 4 foot, each holding 2 4' tubes 40 watt 5000k providing rim lighting. Triggered with pop up flash of the D7000 in commander mode with Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/250 sec at f/4.5 ISO 200 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Brent


Brent, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

Strobist info: Camera left and in front - SB-900 into 64" Silver Alien Bees Parabolic Light Modifier PLM with white diffusion cover. SB-800 into 43" Wescott white satin shoot through umbrella camera left and behind for hair light. SB-600 into Impact 45" white satin shoot through umbrella camera right and behind model for hair light. 2 Fluorescent strip banks - one left, one right, each one 4 foot, each holding 2 4' tubes 40 watt 5000k providing rim lighting. Triggered with pop up flash of the D7000 in commander mode with Nikon SG-3IR IR Panel.
1/250 sec at f/2.8 ISO 200 with "Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D" at 85 mm focal length on a Nikon D7000

Stop the flood waters


Stop the flood waters, originally uploaded by Carl's Photography.

In September of 2010, excessive raining combined with a dam that broke resulted in the flooding of Zumbro Falls, Mn. Ten feet of water passed through town.
1/160 sec at f/8.0 ISO 400 with "18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR" at 200 mm focal length on a Nikon D80

Vibrant Fall Colors leading to Cold Winters

Photographed the begining of October of 2010. We had taken a weekend trip to the Minnesota/Wisconsin border to a cabin on a campgrounds for a retreat. Beautiful foilage and colors.
Base HDR exposure 1/8 sec at f/5.6 ISO 200 with "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM" at 10 mm focal length on a NIKON D80

Mountain Hiking to Harney's Peak in Black Hills National Forest

We started hiking at Sylvan Lake in Black Hills National Forest Park. This photo is taken about hour up the trail. Already you can see a long ways into the distance. The foreground of the photo shows the dead pine trees because of the beetle infestation. It was hard to get an unobstructed view of the sky, and so I had edit out a couple of trees that blocked part of the view. I like seeing the different layers of hills in the distance.
1/125 sec at f/14 ISO 100 with "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM" at 20 mm focal length on a Nikon D80

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Ready for our Hike to Harney's Peak in Black Hills National Forest

Becky is photographed with the tripod bag and water backpack on her back. She was such a good sport! This is at the trail head begining close to Sylvan lake.
1/125 sec at f/13 ISO 100 with at 10 mm focal length on a Nikon D80

Ready for our Hike to Harney's Peak in Black Hills National Forest

I handed the camera off to Becky and she photographed me in the same location as I had just photographed her. This is the trailhead of the hike to Harney's peak starting close to Sylvan lake.
1/125 sec at f/13 ISO 100 with at 12 mm focal length on a Nikon D80

Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota

After making a Family photo, here is another view I photographed.

3 photos shot in raw NEF. Processed in Photomatix Pro two different ways and combined in layers in photoshop. A variety of layers adjustments applied.
Base HDR exposure 1/10 sec at f/11 ISO 125 with "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM" at 10 mm focal length on a Nikon D80

Mount Rushmore from an Alternative angle

In 2010, we spent some time in the Black Hills National Forest Park and at Mount Rushmore. Here is a view from the side after following the road away for awhile.
Base HDR exposure 1/50 sec at f/13 ISO 200 with "18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR" at 44 mm focal length on a Nikon D80

Purple Spring Sunrise over Green Grass

Posting this during the winter with tons of snow on the ground it makes this look pretty attractive. I made this photo in May of 2010. We had an early spring and everything was lucsious and green.
Base HDR exposure 0.6 sec at f/11 ISO 100 with "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM" at 20 mm focal length on a NIKON D80