Fellow Photographer

I spotted this fellow at Reliant Stadium attending last weeks Titan vs. Texans game. He looked like he was rigged for serious photography so I didn’t think he would mind if I took a picture of him.

Tech: Oly E-3 w/ 12-60 Zuiko @60mm, f4.5, 1/80, ISO1250 Post Processing: Duplicate Background>High Pass Sharpen>Merge Visible in Overlay Mode @ 68%>Merge Visible w/ B&W and Levels Adjustment Layer>Merge Visible w/ Lens Distortion Vignette.

Queen of the Parade

This little girl was definitely the Queen of the City of Baytown Parade this year. I don’t know if that was her actual title or not, but if it wasn’t it should have been.

Tech: Oly E-3 w/ 12-60 Zuiko, f5.0, 1/125, ISO1000, 60mm, Oly FL56R Flash Fired TTL Mode Post Processing: Crop>Duplicate Background>High Pass Sharpen>Merge Visible on New Layer>TA “Radiance”>Merge to Blur Background Layer>Merge to Brightness Layer to Darken Background

Plenty of Time

Here’s a shot from Sunday’s Houston Texans Vs. the Tennessee Titans football game at Reliant Stadium. Like most shots the pros take – they make it look easier than it really is!

Technical Info: Texas 13, Titans 12

Field Trip Shots

Last Tuesday night out photo club, the Bay Area Photo Club of Clear Lake, met for our monthly Honors Program. It’s an opportunity for members to submit works in either an “Open” category or an “Assignment” category. I enter the “Assignment” category because I like the challenge of conceptualizing and shooting [or just lucking into] shots for a specific topic. This often forces me to take shots and develop techniques I might not otherwise try.

Tuesday’s assignment was “Field Trip”- any shot you like from one of official club field trips for the calendar year of 2008- and these were my entry. The photo of the train was taken on our field trip to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Parade early in the morning. I darkened the photo, added the moon, and highlighted the lighting to give it an overall more mysterious mood. The two toy figures where on our Galveston filed trip. The figures where laying on the loading dock of a post-Ike Strand retailer along with other washed out fixtures, merchandise, and junk. I spotted them and, after setting them into position, snapped this shot.

Chupacabra

I usually photograph squirrels, birds, insects, and domestic animals in my back yard on the Texas Gulf Coast. However the other day I spotted this fellow [I believe it’s a Chupacabra] perched on a tree limb and just managed to snap a picture before he scampered off. I know they are not native to the Houston area so I suspect he probably came up from Mexico following the great herds of migrating goats that typically winter in South Texas before heading South again in the spring.

Tech: Panosonic Lumix 12X Superzoom, f3.6 & 1/15 @ -1 @ ISO 100, 60mm Post Processing: Duplicate Background>Level Adjustment Layer>Merge Visible to New Layer>High Pass Sharpen>Topaz Adjust “Simplify” Preset>Merge Layers>Lens Correction Vignette

Fireperson On Parade

Today’s post in another from the City of Baytown Christmas Parade. I like the photo because of the, to me anyway, surprise factor. Even in a parade you expect to see a big burly fireman hanging on the side of the fire truck, not an attractive blonde female.

Tech: Oly E-3 f5.0 & 1/25 @ ISO 1000, Zuiko 12-60 @ 60mm, On Camera FL56R Flash Fired TTL Mode Post Processing: Duplicate Background>Topaz Denoise>Levels Adjustment Layer to Lighten Mid Tones>Merge Visible >Lens Distortion Vignette

Clear Lake Park Triathlon

The Bay Area Photography Club made a field trip of a local Triathlon held at Clear Lake Park in Houston earlier this year where I captured this image. It was the first such event I had attended and was very interesting to watch and photograph. These participants are in the cycle staging area setting up there gear before the race.

Tech: Oly E-3 f5.0 & 1/25 @ ISO 125, Zuiko 12-60 @ 19mm, Flash Post Processing: Open in Photomatix Pro and Create Pseudo HDR>Open in PS2>Duplicate Background in Darker Color Mode>Color Balance Adjustment Layer>Merge Visible to New Layer>Lens Distortion Vignette