LENS CAPTURE

Vol. 2 No. 27


While Worldwide Photo Walk Officials sought out the problems encountered with the contest deadline, I thought I would share some of my captures.  Since I lead the walk, I am not eligible to compete.  I will be selecting a local winner who will go on to compete against other photo walk winners worldwide for some great prizes.


So here are a few of my shots...

Vol. 1 No. 45


Had a great time at our Sunset Meet in Brooklyn Bridge Park as we welcomed a few new faces in the group.  The weather cooperated with a very dramatic sky.  The photo below is a 7-capture high dynamic range (HDR) image. I bracketed the captures about 15 minutes before sunset.



The sharing of ideas and various technique flowed throughout the group.  Images resulting from Doug Palmer's creative tip on zooming during long exposures are already appearing on the Flickr LensCapture Group. I also enjoyed Katy's imaginative lighting of the Manhattan Bridge.

As twilight took hold, the lights of the city began to burn brightly providing a magnificent compostion begging to be memoralized.  And we all took up the challenge. Slow shutter speeds, small apertures, low ISO and long exposure in-camera noise reduction went into the making of the image below.



I was asked numerous times during the Sunset Meet for the spot of the next photo walk.  I'll be revealing the location for October's gathering later next week.  As it stands now, it will probably be an early morning start on Sunday, October 25th.  Just putting together the final details.

Remember, if you attended the meet, please share an image or two up in the Flickr LensCapture Group.


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Vol. 1 No. 42


Join me for a sunset photography session at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursday, September 24, 2009. We will meet promptly at 6:00 PM along the shoreline steps. Sunset is at 6:51 pm and the light waits for no one. The park is located along Plymouth Street between Main Street and Washington Street in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn.

Here's where we will meet.

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Bring a tripod if you can. Sign-up here.


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Vol. 1 No. 24

Spent last Monday enjoying the sights along the Brooklyn waterfront. The Inspiration came from a friend's recent post on this site. An avid photographer, Conrad Tinney shared his review of the Nikon School. His photograph showing the Manhattan Bridge framed by the Civil War era coffee warehouse archway, motivated me to check out the view firsthand.

Here's my take on Connie's theme:

The Empire State Fulton Ferry Park and the adjacent Brooklyn Bridge Park offer fantastic vantage points to make some incredible photographs. Bordered by the Manhattan Bridge to the north, the Brooklyn Bridge to the south, and the Manhattan skyline to the west, photographic opportunities are everywhere.

The view even moved me to take a quick jaunt over to the Manhattan side so I could capture the images I needed for this panorama.

I created this image by taking a series of 12 portrait-aspect images and stitching them together in Photoshop's photomerge using perspective mode. I was careful to shoot this using a tripod (only way to make a quality multi-image pano), in manual mode, manual focus and a preset white balance. Using auto modes will definitely screw-up a panorama. Each of the images used in this pano was shot with a Nikon D300 at 18mm focal length, f/11 at 1/800 sec ISO 200.

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