Niagara Falls

My wife and I drove to Niagara Falls this past weekend to “get away” for a few days. This very often means there will be an opportunity for me to get in some photography. I have to say thank you to my wife for putting up this. It can’t be easy to be married to a man who wants to point a camera at anything that moves, and for that matter, anything that doesn’t. But she’s a trooper and tolerates the long periods of just waiting for the light.

We spent two days at the falls with bright, sunny skies. I would’ve liked to have had at least a few clouds in the sky. However, when you’re viewing these magnificent falls, you find it hard to complain about such things. We spent all of our time on the Canadian side on this trip. Next time we’ll try the American side. There’s a good view over there, where you can look across the American Falls and have the Horseshoe Falls in the background. I’ll get that next time for sure.

Anyway, here are a few of the shots I have processed so far. I hope to get the rest of them up on my gallery site within the next week or so.

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At the Edge – Horseshoe Falls
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Horseshoe Falls
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American Falls Light Show
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Spectators at Horseshoe Falls
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Skylon Tower

For more photographs of Niagara Falls, please visit my Niagara Falls gallery.

Adobe Lightroom – Tonal and Color Corrections

Matt Kloskowski shows you how to use the Develop module to do tonal and color corrections. These are the two types of edits you’ll do most often in Lightroom.

Run time: 9:10

This video is from the show: Learn Lightroom 2.0
 
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Spotlight Photograph: Foggy Autumn Morning on Lake Logan

Today’s Spotlight Photograph is “Foggy Autumn Morning on Lake Logan”. Last weekend I made my way down to the Hocking Hills region of Ohio. I know, what else would I be doing during the Fall color season here in Ohio? On my one hour drive down there from Columbus, I went through some pretty dense fog banks. It had me wondering if I’d even be able to shoot once I arrived.

When I got to within site of the Lake Logan, my fears became reality. I couldn’t see more than 30 feet out onto the lake. Not good. Not good at all. So I decided to drive to a spot where I knew I’d have the best opportunity for success. I set up my gear and I waited…and waited…and waited. Luckily, as the sun rose higher in the sky, it finally began to burn off some of the fog, but not all of it. Enough of the fog remained to give the scene a nice mood.

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Foggy Autumn Morning on Lake Logan

For more photographs of Hocking Hills region, please visit my Hocking Hills gallery.

Spotlight Photograph: Yellow Rose

Today’s Spotlight Photograph is “Yellow Rose”. I came across this little gem one morning while I was attending a local rose festival here in Columbus Ohio. It wasn’t an optimal day for doing close-up photography, but I was determined to get something on this day. It was windy, the light was pretty harsh and the festival attendees were none too fond of my tripod. Eventually some clouds rolled in to give me some softer light. All I had to do now was wait for a lull in the wind. If I was out in the fields, I wouldn’t hesitate to use a plamp to hold the flower in place…carefully of course. However, I think the caretakers of the festival would frown upon that idea. Anyway, my patience paid off and the wind died down for a little while. This was the result:

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Yellow Rose

For more photographs of plants and flowers, please visit my Plants gallery.

Time Saving Features in Adobe Lightroom 2

Join Julieanne Kost as she shows you a multitude of Adobe Lightroom 2 features that can make a huge difference in your overall workflow.

This video is from the show: The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost
 
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