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This is a HDR shot I took in Homer Alaska on the beach. I shot it for the depth of field. The end of the branch is only about 18 inches in front of the lens. It was shot with the Tokina AT-X AF 11-16mm f/2.8. EXIF Data: D90, Tokina AT-X Pro AF 11-16mm f/2.8, ISO 400, Focal Length 16mm, f/22...

I have a North Georgia Regional Photo Club competition coming up in September. About a dozen clubs from around North Georgia will be entering photos in six categories with a limit of three per photographer. It will be a juried and judged competition. That means a jury of six people will select...

This is the second shot that placed in my photo clubs recent competition. It won honorable mention in open class out of 39 entries. This is an entirely different style of shooting from that used with the RR shot. The RR shot (posted yesterday) was a completely planned shot. This one is a shot of...

This photo won first place in my photo club 2011 2nd quarter competition. The theme was Transportation and it was competing against 43 three other entries. I took the shot almost two years age and it just made the two year time limit for entry. Another of my shots I recently took in Alaska was...

This is a shot of a very important facility in the State of Alaska. Only in south and south east Alaska is there running water to houses or sewer lines. It just gets too cold. Permafrost dosen't allow for underground water lines or sewer lines. So the next best thing is the old fashion out...

Attached are five shots if a Bald Eagle taking off in flight. It was late in the afternoon and I had to shoot at f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/250 at 300mm (70-300mm lens). I was banking on the VR to eliminate the camera shake, it got rid of some but not all. The bird was 70 to 100 feet away and these had...

These are HDR shots of two different types of Alaskan Tundra. The first one is a shot of the Polychrome Valley in Denali NP. It's an altitude tundra, over 7,000 feet above sea level which is well above the tree line at 5,000 feet. Nothing grows there except small leafy plants and various types...

Attached are three shots of kite surfers off the coast of the Kenai Peninsula, Homer Alaska. They were leaping anywhere from 10 to 12 feet. I came upon them as I was heading to the hotel at the end of the day. I only had about 30 minutes shooting time before they wrapped it up and came on shore.

This is 15 shots merged into 5 HDR photos and then stitched into a panorama. This is the Kenai Fjord Glacier located on the coast of the Kenai Peninsular, Alaska. Taken off the back of a moving 125 ft. twin hull catamaran. This is a hugh file. I had to cut the pixel numbers in half and even then...

The first shot of Mt. McKinley is not an HDR. It was shot from the back of a river jet boat doing about 35 mph. I only had only a matter of seconds to get a shot. Pick up the camera and shoot. This is a view that only 30% of all Alaska visitors ever see, a clear view of the top of the mountain...

Attached are three shots taken at the Mendenhall Glacier and Nugget Creek Falls, Juno Alaska. All three shots are HDR. I will be posting more shots of my recent Alaska trip as I get them processed. I have over 5,200 snaps to go through, many of which are HDR. The EXIF data follows each photo...

I recently purchased the Tokina 11-16mm, f/2.8 DX lens. I've been asked about the distortion I've experienced shooting at 11mm. To demonstrate the distortion you can expect with this lens I found a brick wall and got six shots, one each, over the zoom range. This is not a scientific test but...

I just got an 11-16mm Tokina AT-X DX f/2.8, and this is the very first shot with it. This is taken in downtown Atlanta, Hard Rock Cafe at 10 pm. The EXIF data: D90, 11-16mm Tokina, ISO 200, f/20, Focal Length 16mm, Tripod Mounted, Shutter Speed 8.0 sec., Auto White Balance, Aperture Priority...

I took this shot sometime after noon today. It was shot from the Eastside of Piedmont Park in Atlanta looking west across the park lake. Unfortunately the wind was blowing and I was unable to get good reflections of the skyline. I'll keep checking the weather reports over the next couple of days...

If you have ever wondered what the Alaskan Eskimos do during the winter, it's Eskimo indoor kick ball. A sport you don't see very often. The ball is suspended in the air over your head and you have to come up off the ground and kick the ball with your feet. There are two starting positions...

For those of you who like to shoot the Moon, this Saturday, March 19 the moon will be full and at it's closest point to the Earth in 18 years. It will be a mere 356,577 Kilometers away and is called a lunar perigee. If you have a favorite spot to shoot a moon rise or moon set this is probably...

I went through some of my older shots and came across this one of Multnomah Falls in Oregon. I took it in 2007 on a trip to the North West. I shot it with a Nikon E8700, a high end point and shoot. It was a good camera but still a point and shoot. Soon after this I upgraded to the D80. EXIF...

I just spent the day at my wife's behest building and hanging a Screech Owl nesting box. It's made from a 12'x1"x12" white pine board. The box is 18" high x 10" wide and 10" deep. The back board is 32" long and weighs about ten pounds. We have at least two owls around the house and another two...

I shot this on a trip to Alaska on a cruse. This is Hubbard Glacier which was one of several the boat stopped by for us to see. I happened to have the camera pointed in the right direction when the calve broke off and splashed in the sea. I thought the colors in the ice were fantastic. I always...

This is another HDR shot from a series of lighthouses I took up in Cape Cod last year. This is one I'm considering for a photo contest later in the year with a theme of transportation. The EXIF Data is: D90, 18-105mm Nikkor, ISO 200 Focal Length 21mm, f/22, Shutter Speed 1/25, White Balance...