Canon 300D , EF 70-200/2.8L IS USM + Extender EF 1.4x II @250mm , f/4.0 , 1/250s , ISO 800 , RAW

Two deer in our backyard were very curious about why I was pointing a threatening telephoto lens at them. As long as they were hidden in the brush, they felt safe, and were very cooperative subjects.

Canon 300D , EF 70-200/2.8L IS USM @200mm , f/20 , 1/3s , ISO 100 , RAW

A penny spinning on an aluminum sheet. As it spins, it travels, this particular time in a straight path.

Canon 300D , EF 17-40/4.0L USM @ 17mm , f/22 , 5s , ISO 100 , RAW , Polarizer

We took a drive out to Wahconah Falls, in Dalton, MA this weekend. It’s a neat little spot. This picture really captures the sense of the rocks rising up out of the little pond at the base of the calls.

Here are a few more shots I took at the falls.

Canon 300D , EF 17-40/4.0L USM @ 17mm , f/22 , 1/80s , ISO 200 , RAW , Polarizer

Taken on a beautiful day in Windsor, MA on the off-season site of a cross-country ski area. We were the only people around for miles, which would have been spooky if it weren’t so relaxing.

This was submitted for the freedom theme at DPChallenge.

Canon 300D , EF 17-40/4.0L USM @ 40mm , f/22 , 1/2s , ISO 100 , RAW

Another purple photo. You might remember this one, for a ThemeThursday entry. This one is for the color purple challenge at DPChallenge.

This is actually a blue vase, but the hue was shifted in photoshop. Also cloned out some of the reflections and dust spots on the vase.

Canon 300D , EF 17-40/4.0L USM @ 36mm , f/16 , 1/5s , ISO 100 , RAW

This shot was entered for the Advertisement Revisited challenge on DPChallenge.

I took two shots of mine from the front porch. One of a sunset, one of a beautiful blue sky. I desaturated the sunset, upped the contrast to make it look more ominous, then I faded the two together with a gradient layer mask. I printed the whole thing out on glossy 8×10 paper, then arranged the bottle and pills on it.

Taken with a 17-40L at f/16, focused on the bottle label for the proper DOF.

This shot never quite got to where I wanted it, mostly due to technical glitches with reflections. I wanted the orange of the Motrin tablets and bottle to really stand out, that is the product after all. But in shading the setup from direct sunlight, I made the mistake of using a colored envelope I had sitting around. That caused some orange reflections in the storm clouds when saturating it up, which I couldn’t remove due to basic editing restrictions. I then tried with a gray shade, but by the time, the light had changed, and I got tripod leg reflections. I covered the tripod with a black sheet, but that cut off light to the back of the Motrin bottle, casting it in an unprofessional looking shadow.

So I gave up, and went with this one. I still think it’s an effective ad shot, if not quite technically perfect.

Canon 300D , EF 70-200/2.8L IS USM @70mm , f/2.8 , 1/1000s , ISO 200

A view from a friend’s Ipswich, MA porch. Too bad about those phone lines cutting across the scene. This photo was combined from a digitally-underexposed photo for the sky and water, and a properly exposed original, to get slightly higher exposure contrast.