One last long exposure from my first outing with the B+W ND110! Overall I’m really pleased with the first images produced using this filter and look forward to experimenting with it throughout the year. Gear: Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF-S 18-135mm Lens, B+W ND110 Filter Settings: ISO100, 18mm, f/16, 50 seconds Processing: Adobe Lightroom 3, Topaz Black and White...

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As a Christmas/Birthday gift to myself, I finally broke down and purchased a B+W ND110 “10-Stop” filter. This weekend was the first opportunity that I’ve had to get out and practice with it a little. The weather was perfect – overcast and gray with a slight breeze. I wasn’t able to spend much time working with it but it was just enough time to fall completely in love with this little glass disc. My workshop was...

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2012 is here and to kick things off I’m posting my first desktop calendar of the year. Between the weather, work and the holidays I’ve not had a lot of opportunities to get out and shoot so this month’s wallpaper is both my favorite and most popular post from last month. Download, share and enjoy! Click the links below to download! January 2012 Desktop Calendar 2560×1600 January 2012 Desktop Calendar...

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Ancient peoples marked the day after Winter Solstice as a celebration of light conquering darkness. It was observed as a time renewal and rebirth as the days would grow longer and the Earth would begin to come alive again. In keeping with of that idea, I thought I would post an image today that attempts to embody the feeling of emerging from an enveloping darkness. Gear: Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF-S 18-135mm Settings: 18mm, ISO100, f/8, 1/20...

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This is a different perspective on the same structure that I posted in Overflow a few days ago. With a little trial and error I was finally able to line up the direction of the clouds with the angle of the pylon. Other than a massive amount of spot removal (the wind was blowing dust everywhere) processing was pretty straightforward, after a few adjustments in Lightroom I passed the frame through Topaz Black and White Effects then Denoise....

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