Handiwork

Dar and I went out to Chinatown today on our first photowalk in a while. We were very lucky with the weather and got a lot of photo opportunities. I spotted this fellow making these bundles at a sidewalk vegetable stand with his hands in the golden sunlight. It was an opportunity I couldn't miss. I still feel awkward photographing people on the street but he was attentive to his task and paid me no attention. 

 I used the 16-80 at 80mm 1/640th sec f4.5 iso 100

For Peter

While taking photos for Grey Of Light To Colour Of Dark I saw this. Muse is a band that Peter really enjoys so I grabbed some shots. Then I went to the HDR workshop. When I went home I thought this photo would be great in HDR. I think I was right.

 The Sony a55 with the 16-80 lens at 16mm. 3 exposures at f9 and shot at metered value then .7 stop under and .7 stop over. Iso 400. Combined and tone mapped in Photomatix.

Mount Baker In The Evening

One day not too long ago (well a few months now) I was driving home from work and I noticed Mount Baker was being lit by the setting sun in an interesting manner. The top of the mountain was in shadow to about half way down and the lower half lit by the setting sun. I started heading to a spot I knew would be a good vantage point to get a shot. As I drove the light went up until the whole mountain was lit. I figured it would still be a worthwhile photo. As I got closer the sun got lower and the shadow started to creep up the mountain. I arrived and jumped out shooting. Thought there was something wrong and then realized I still had the camera set to take photos inside at work. Did some quick adjustments and here is a result.

Shot with the 16-80 at 800mm 1/250th sec f5.6 iso 100

Don't Eat Too Many Or There Won't Be Mushroom For Anything Else

Another  corny title. I remembered that from a local mushroom ad years ago. Dale and I were wandering the agriculture part of the PNE when we came across a little air-conditioned room displaying mushrooms. I found this little display where I was able to isolate the mushrooms so they could be anywhere. An example of found still life. 

An Opportunity Taken

One day my friend Jessica came to work after a 4 day traditional Indian wedding. She had Henna done on her hands while there. It looked like a perfect photo op so we took advantage of it. Fortunately we sat across from each other back to back so I set up my flash on a stand with my newly acquired Lumiquest softbox LTp. We spent about 20 minutes taking photo's, fortunately not interrupted by work too much. We got several photos I was quite happy with and here is one of my favourites. I have been carrying some minimal flash equipment around with me and on this day it really paid off having it there.