Jul 12 2011
Tiaras, cowboy hats, and crowns….
2011 Madison Fireman’s Parade (click on any picture to see the entire gallery from the parade)
Archive for July, 2011
Jul 04 2011
Graves’ Mountain Lodge Fireworks
This one was a bit of a mistake, it’s overexposed, but I liked the way the fireworks lit up the ground, and turned everything red…
1.3 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 800
And here are a few more. Click on any of the images below for a slideshow of more from last night. For the images below, I’ve included the camera settings in the caption in case that’s of interest to you. I prefer longer shutter speeds than is usually recommended for fireworks. You don’t get quite as good of detail in the fireworks themselves, but the longer shutter speeds give me a bit more ambient light, which I like.
10 sec. @ f/5.6, ISO 320
5 sec. @ f/5.6, ISO 500
13 sec. @ f/5.6, ISO 500
Jul 03 2011
….a few more…
These first three were taken with a 50mm lens and extension tubes, a relatively inexpensive way to make your lenses focus A LOT closer.
I don’t have protective filters on the front of any of my lenses (I’ve had glare problems in the past with filters, so I stopped using them). They’re not a bad idea since they protect the front element on the lens, but I like to live dangerously I guess…. Anyway, with the 36mm extension tube on the lens, I was so close to this bug I had to remove the lens hood… less than an inch way…he didn’t seem to like it very much!
