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Elkmont

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Elkmont

Originally uploaded by hawridger.


From the Elkmont campground area in the Smoky Mountains.

Shot with my Nikon D40, kit lens and tripod.

[tags]river, stream, elkmont, smoky mountains, slow shutter, motion blur, nikon, d40[/tags]

High Speed Flash Photography

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While this video demonstrates some high video frame rates, the shots below from flickr show off some amazing things captured with a still camera:

Both of the photos above are by flickr user nebarnix.

Want to know how you can do it too?

Check out the Guidebook over at HiViz with plenty of activities and different “triggers” to capture the perfect moment.

While you’re at it, check out the excellent galleries of Andrew Davidhazy.

[tags] photography, highspeed, high, speed, photo, pics, bullet, video, flash [/tags]

A Long Saturday Night

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A Long Saturday Night

Originally uploaded by hawridger.




Here’s another windshield shot from my Accord. Just sharing the love. Have a nice Friday afternoon.

Shot info: Tripod in rear floorboard. Canon Rebel XT and EF-S 18-55mm lens at f/16 for 10s and ISO 100. Pulled the curves down for the windshield in a separate layer to get the rich colors.

[tags]photo, pics, canon, rebel xt, windshield, car, night, lights, photoshop, layers, curves, digital, camera[/tags]

The Face of Victory

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The Face of Victory

Originally uploaded by hawridger.




Blogging has been a little slow here lately because I’ve been tinkering with the 1500+ shots that I took at the Tour de Georgia last week, which also required that I travel to Georgia. It was an exciting race and another great learning experience with the camera. I’ll get caught up soon . . . I hope.

By the way, this is Levi Leipheimer, who won Stage 3 and the Stage 4 Individual Time Trial that this shot was from.  Levi’s teammate, Janez Brajkovic, won the overall race.

[tags]tour de georgia, levi leipheimer, discovery, photos, pics, race[/tags]

Back to the Future

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Back to the Future

Originally uploaded by hawridger.




I’ve said before that I’m a sucker for these shots. That’s partly because I love taking them. This is my latest from several I took last Saturday night.

I used my Rebel XT mounted on a tripod in the rear floorboard of my Honda Accord. I anchored the tripod by hanging a bag from the center and then seat-belted the tripod with the center belt. I used my Canon RC-1 remote and set the exposure to: 10 sec @ f/16; ISO 100.

Initial adjustments and crop of RAW file in Lightroom and added some saturation and then a color burn layer and mask in Photoshop.

[tags]cars, light, photo, shutter, priority, long exposure, rebel xt, remote, howto, how to, setup[/tags]

Camera Tossing

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Camera Tossing (3 of 3)

Originally uploaded by hawridger.




I’ve been reading the Camera Toss Blog for some time now and admiring all the great abstracts that camera tossing produces. Until last night, I hadn’t tried it myself.

I was more than pleased with my first effort (above) at camera tossing. What’s more, it’s addictive like crack! Seriously, I blew through half an hour just getting warmed up.

It’s easier than it might look. Be warned though, you should take a browse through the beginner’s guide and Mini How-to over at the Camera Toss Blog (take note on the disclaimers stating that you can break your camera) before jumping full throttle into camera tossing.

Photo of the Day

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Alone

Originally uploaded by LuPi75.


You don’t have to have top of the line gear to take top of the line photos. This shot was captured with the Canon Rebel XTi/400D at 18mm, f/7.1, and ISO 100.

What makes this shot so great isn’t the camera – it’s the composition. The wide angle from the ground eye view adds some power to the lone tree on the horizon. Also, note the effective use of the rule of thirds for the horizon and the main subject.