Posts Tagged ‘lensbaby’
The Big Kahuna
Today’s image was inspired by Jon Cornforth during our recent trip to the Big Island of Hawai’i. We were at Place of Refuge for a sunset shoot, but the vog was so bad that we never even pulled out our cameras. On our way out, I wanted to snap a picture of the Place of Refuge sign for my trip memory. While I was doing this, Jon snapped a similar portrait of this head using his iPhone. I loved how it looked – so I turned my Lensbaby Composer-equipped Canon 5D Mark II up at the totem and took this image. This guy was part of the park entrance sign along with a few other totems.
Vital Stats: Canon 5D Mark II w/Lensbaby Composer – ISO 800, 1/200 sec.
Mauna Kea Parrots
These two fellas (or ladies – I truthfully don’t know how to tell them apart) are permanent guests at the Mauna Kea resort on the Big Island of Hawaii. Jon and I drove there for lunch and to relax a little on the beach between shoots. Actually, I’m pretty sure it was the Ovaltine malt that was the real reason we were there.
These two were in a big cage in the breezeway of the hotel and the spacing of the bars was just big enough to shoot through with my Lensbaby. I was pleasantly surprised how sharp this picture turned out in the sweet spot – the Lensbaby is really capable of high-quality imagery!
Vital Stats: Canon 5D Mark II w/Lensbaby Composer and the double glass optic, ISO 1600, f/5.6 ring, 1/15 sec.
Last Rays of November
Now, why on earth don’t I get sunsets like this when I’m on a nature shoot? The late November sunsets right off of my deck have been spectacular lately – and yesterday’s was no exception. I was actually running out the door to go over to my wife’s cousin’s place when I saw this out the window. I grabbed my camera (which still had the Lensbaby mounted) and I caught this beauty.
Again, like yesterday – I’m using my new Lensbaby on this picture. It progressively blurs out from the ’sweet spot’ calling attention to the focal point – in this case.. the farm.
Vital Stats: Canon 5D Mark II w/Lensbaby Composer ISO 100, f/5.6 plate, 1/30 sec.
What I’m Thankful For
This Thanksgiving weekend, I want to give a special shout-out to the one that I’m really thankful for – my beautiful wife. Her unending love and support is the sole reason that I’m able to undertake the fun photographic business journey that I’m on now.. and I’m hugely grateful. I’ve got so many blessings this year – but that one in particular needed some very public recognition.
This shot was made with a new addition to my arsenal – the Lensbaby Composer with the Macro attachement. It’s a really cool lens that has a very unique look – it gets gradually blurrier once you move out from the ’sweet spot’ of focus. I can’t wait to use it more!
Vital Stats: Canon 5D Mark II w/Lensbaby Composer + Lensbaby +10 macro adapter. ISO 400, f/2.8 ring, 1/80 sec.