Photo Album 6

 Different perspective

This shot was taken while testing my new fisheye lens. I already knew that this lens would have an extreme depth of field so I tried to find a subject which could become the "centre" of my image. With an 180o angle of view, this is more difficult than it sounds since you have to find a scene which contains nothing but one key element. The camera was placed just 1 meter from the boat and a small aperture was selected to increase the depth of field even more. The flash unit was also used, as a fill in, to reveal some detail on the boat which would otherwise come out too dark because of the extremely high light levels (reflected from the sky, the sea and the sand).

Photo by George J. Reclos

Shooting Data:

Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: AF Fisheye Nikkor 10.5 mm f/2.8 G ED
Sensitivity: ISO200
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec, f/19, Aperture priority mode
Flash: SB-800 in i-TTL mode
Image: RAW, converted in Photoshop CS, sharpening and contrast adjusted, saved in JPEG, levels adjusted, cropped + USM added.  

Frozen stream (Albany, NY)

I took this photo on a Sunday afternoon out behind my garden. It's the natural way to get those "frozen streams" which resemble pictures of flowing water taken by using slow shutter speeds.

Photo by Kenneth A. Pass

Shooting Data:
 
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Zoom Nikkor AF-S DX 18–70 mm f/3.5–4.5G IF ED @ 40 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/400s - f/10 - Aperture priority mode
Flash: none
Image: NEF edited in Photoshop CS2, levels adjusted, color saturation, smart sharpening added and resized.

Hymettus mountain framed

While walking on the mountain, I saw this wooden fire watch tower and decided to take some photos of the mountain using the side openings of the tower as a frame. Fill in flash was used to maintain some detail of the dark interior.

Photo by George J. Reclos

Shooting Data:
 
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Zoom Nikkor AF-S DX 18–70 mm f/3.5–4.5G IF ED @ 22 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/60 sec, f/22 Aperture priority mode
Flash: SB-800 in i-TTL mode
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS2, levels adjusted, smart sharpening added and resized.

Lake George (NY State, USA)

Heavy clouds were in the sky and the rain was falling when the skipper (Roy) found a nice place to stop the boat. This was a nice opportunity to take a photo of the lower branch of a tree touching the water surface. e water had already started to evaporate creating this kind of "clouds" amongst the dense vegetation. The dull colors of that moment created a completely different picture of the lake, which only lasted for a couple of hours.

Photo by George J. Reclos

Shooting Data:
 
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens:  Nikkor AF 50mm f1.8D
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/60 sec, f/5.3 Aperture priority mode
Flash: SB-800 in i-TTL mode
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS2, levels adjusted, smart sharpening added and resized.

Early sunset at Red Rock

A view southeast from a campsite fire at Red Rock Bay on Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.
 
Photo by Roy Stevens

Shooting data:

Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Lens: 8.9 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed: 1/70 sec @ f/2.8
Flash: None
© copyright 2005 Roy W. Stevens