The Beauty of Nothing II Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 100, Pattern Meter I started out the day and I thought the Photo of the Day would be something from Horizon Forbidden West. The reason being is that I am on the final quest and will likely be done very soon. But I changed my mind when I saw some iris’s poking through the ground. Spring and warmer weather is really on the way. I took […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2 L – 1/80, f/2.2, ISO 100, Eval Meter I thought it would only be appropriate if I took a shot of what I worked on most of the day. It’s more organized now than before – cleaned up for picture taking purposes. Yep, today was me working on taxes! The only thing that would have made this shot better was adding in our checkbook; Damn the Taxman! About the shot – this was […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm L – 1/8000, f/1.2, ISO 100, Spot Meter This is gonna be short. Today was Summit Day at Nima and Beave’s. We had lunch at Rollie’s Pizza in Terre Haute – the pic below is Beave and I’s lunch. The Photo of the Day was taken on their patio. As you know, I like silhouette photos and I like how this one turned out.

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/60, f/6.3, ISO 2000, Eval Meter Today was a ‘What’s Happening’ day. For starters, this is Day 91 which means we are 25% into the Photo of the Day. OK, technically, tomorrow morning at 6:00am is 25%, but I’m not gonna split hairs here. Anyway, I thought I’d do a 25% photo which turned into a self-portrait, sort of. For the shot, I tried this with and without flash. I was working […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100mm Macro with Ext Tubes – Einstein 640W Strobes – 1/125, f/32, ISO 100, Spot Meter Today was a prep day for warmer weather when I can get outside and do more creative macro shots. This Photo of the Day was technically difficult to capture. I chose a spool of butchers twine as it was off-white and pretty consistent with little contrast. The 100mm prime had 3 extension tubes attached and the twine was about […]

Tired 5D Mk IV – EF 70-20mm L II – 1/160, f/7.1, ISO 400, Evaluative Meter Today’s shot was intentional and, I hope, considered artistic. Remember the Day 84 Photo of the Day where I said Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? This is the same concept but less impulsive. I’ve had my eye on the boots for awhile for a potential photo shoot. Today was nice enough outside that I thought I’d give it a try. I […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/800, f/3.5, ISO 125 Did not take many pictures today.I had to run into town this afternoon. When I pulled into the store parking lot, I saw all of these pallets loaded with folded and packed boxes. I thought it looked pretty cool and liked that the cardboard was going to be recycled – maybe save a few trees. In any case, I only had the small G7 X but it does a great […]

5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm L II – 2x Doubler – 1/400, f/5.6, ISO 100 I was looking up at the sky a few days ago and saw some contrails which got me thinking this would be a good Photo of the Day. It’s also a good time to brush up on some Euclidian Geometry! Why you ask? Well, as I looked at the contrails in the sky, I realized those planes were miles away. I could barely see […]

5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm – 2x Doubler – 1/400, f/5.6 ISO 100, Evaluative Meter Spent a lot of time smoking ribs today so not really focused on taking pictures. I did throw on the 70-200mm lens with the 2x doubler and saw this group of birds silhouetted in the trees. The ribs turned out great, and I think the pic looks pretty cool too. Another pic I took is not a great composition, but I love the detail […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/60, f/1.8, ISO 125 OK, all you need to know is this turned out to be a Guba weekend. These 2 beers were our last beers at the Lafayette Brewing Company. These beers are both the same, and notice they are served in a goblet; there’s a reason for that. The beer is called Lafinator Doppelbock and it’s served in a goblet because it’s a whopping 11% ABV. In any case, the shot was […]

The Beauty of Nothing 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm Macro – Einstein 640W Strobes – 1/125, f/11, ISO 100, Evaluative Meter Today’s Photo of the Day stemmed from my drive back from the grocery store. As I was pondering what the Photo of the Day would be (I ponder about that subject more and more every day…), I began to listen to a song from a group called Crack the Sky. The song is called ‘The Beauty of Nothing’. […]

PS5 Photo Mode I have been playing Horizon Forbidden West for 5 weeks now; I’m about 60% complete. I did a Photo of the Day several weeks ago of HFW, but that was taken with my camera. Today’s photos were all taken from within the PS5 app in Photo Mode. It has a lot of flexibility – you can set exposure, f/stop and depth of field, set color levels, vignette’s, etc. I took these 4 pics, but honestly, I didn’t […]

DJI Mavic Mini – 1/240, f/2.8, ISO 100 Not entirely happy with this picture but given the circumstances, it will do as the Photo of the Day. I was hoping to get the drone up for a quick shot of the sky. We had a possibility of severe weather, particularly due east of us, hence why I thought a drone pic would be cool. I got everything ready and went outside. It was very, very windy when I got the […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100mm Macro – MT-24 EX Macro Twin Lite – 1/200, f/6.3, ISO 100, Evaluative Metering So I was kind of lazy today. I’ve been making Egg Drop soup for some time now, and I decided I’d make some today for lunch as well since it was raining and in the upper 40’s. After I made this batch, I was amazed at how well it looked. I grabbed the camera – it was set up exactly […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100mm Macro – MT-24 EX Macro Twin Lite – 1/200, f/6.3, ISO 100, Evaluative Metering It was a very nice day today; sunny and a high of 72. The Photo of the Day is a macro image that I took handheld and outside. Right outside the studio window is a small area enclosed by the upper and lower decks with the deck stairs on one side, and the house on the other. In the center […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/800, f/1.6, ISO 100, Spot Meter Did a lot today. Made it halfway through Horizon Forbidden West – awesome game! Then Roxie and I went to Prophetstown to do a shake-down bike ride at Prophetstown. Took the Vados and worked through the post-winter kinks on what we forgot from last season. It was fun, but we relearned a lot on loading the bikes, and riding them. The bottom pic is on the […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100 f/2.8 Macro – Einstein 640W Strobe – 1/125, f/13, ISO 100, Spot Meter I was thinking about what would make for a Photo of the Day today when Roxie reminded me that today was the last day of winter. Well, it was kind of a crummy day weather wise – temp was 39 degrees and rain. But my eye caught this little child’s book and I thought of my grand kids. That put a […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – Einstein 640W Strobes – 1/125, f/13, ISO 100, Spot Meter Simple day today. High key picture taken in respect for Purdue winning their first game in the NCAA tournament against Yale: 78 – 56. They looked real good. Hope they can keep it up! As for the photo, I used the 50mm prime lens set at an aperture of f/13. I was pretty close to Boilermaker Pete and I didn’t want a […]

5D Mk IV, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II – 2x Extender – 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 640 Today turned out to be a telephoto day. It was 73 degrees outside so I sat on the back deck with camera in hand and waited. Lot’s of birds with a smidgen of squirrels running around the yard. The silhouette photo was one of the first pics I took. I saw the bird, later on, go into the tree branch so there must be a […]

DJI Mini 2 – 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 100 Beautiful day today so thought I’d get a drone photo. The Photo of the Day is actually a 2-image panorama of the Hoosier Crossroads Wind Farm out our back yard. I took the drone up to 400 feet and snapped a couple pics. I also looked south toward Indianapolis to see if I could see the smoke from the Walmart Distribution Center fire; they say the smoke had risen to over 10,00 […]

5D Mk IV – EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II – 1/250, f/6.3 (AV Priority), ISO 100 – HDR Art Vivid setting Today was a test day – kind of like yesterday – but less artsy. Like the Multiple Exposure setting, the 5D’s creative button also has a High Dynamic Range functionality where a user can take photos across a selected number of exposure values and have the camera do the work in processing and merging into one image. Dynamic range refers […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/125, f11, ISO 100 & EF 70-200mm – 1/1250, f/3.2, ISO 100 Well it turned out to be an artsy photo day! The 5D Mk IV has a feature called ‘Multiple Exposures’ that I have never used. The Photo of the Day was the first time I have used it – well, I did try some practice shots initially today. I set the Multiple Exposures settings to handle 2 photos; I could […]

5D Mk IV – SpeedLite 580EX II off-flash on Pocket Wizard – 1/200, f/10, ISO 100 Decided I’d continue working with the new 50mm prime. I feel it seems somewhat idiosyncratic in its focusing. I used it yesterday with mostly moving subjects – the focus wasn’t bad, but I feel it could have been better. Since it was nicer weather today, I went out on the back deck. I chose the hummingbird feeder in the direction of the deck stairs. […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/250, f/2.2, ISO 100 Today we visited family so lots of pic opportunities. I brought the 50mm prime lens and the 70-200mm. I ultimately didn’t use the big lens and stuck with the 50mm. One thing I’ve noticed with the 50mm (and, the same goes for all lenses) is that even though it has a wide open aperture of f/1.2, it benefits greatly with lots of light. Most shots today, I would […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100mm Macro – Einstein 640W Strobes – 3 Extension Tubes – 1/125, f/22, ISO 100 Decided to do some macro today. Found a suitable subject and got things set up. Took out the trusty 100mm Macro lens and put it on the camera with 3 extension tubes coupled together (12mm, 20mm, and 36mm). This allowed me to get much closer to the subject – it almost looks like we’re inside the tube. In an upcoming […]

5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II – +2x Extender – 1/500, f/6.3, ISO 400 Putting some more yard wildlife pics up. Both of the photos on this page were taken with the +2x extender attached which doubles the focal length of the lens. The only problem with using this is it removes two stops from the lens. If there is not enough light, the camera will lose the ability to autofocus. That didn’t happen today. I was in […]

5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II – 1/1250, f/4, ISO 100 Today I drove to Prophetstown State Park to try and get some wildlife shots. I learned one basic thing, it was very windy, which made it very cold, which limited the time I was going to spend outside – It also limited the number and kind of animals available. Yes, these two pictures were all the animals I saw in the park. The geese were over by […]

5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II – 1/200, f/4, ISO 100 I continued today with working on understanding the complexities of the 5D autofocus system. I am doing things now that I’ve never done. Today, I set up back-button focusing with the AF Servo mode. I then fine tuned that button with a specific use case, and that is what I based today’s shots on. In the past, I have shot almost predominantly with One-Shot mode where I […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/50, f/4, ISO 3200 I’ve been thinking about working and testing two different things: 1. the complex autofocus system on the 5D Mk IV, and 2. taking high ISO photos. I take most photos (>95%) in the ‘One-Shot’ autofocus mode. I’ve noticed lately that I’ve been missing focus on some shots, so I’ve undertaken some self learning to better understand the AI Servo mode of autofocus. I think this will be a […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100mm Macro – Macro Twin-Lite Flash – 1/200, f/2.8, ISO 100 Took lots of photos today but settled on one picture (okay, 4). It was not as nice of a day as yesterday – about 48 degrees and really windy. By chance, I happened to see this little bee on a dead plant so decided to try and get it. I slapped on the 100mm Macro lens and the Macro Twin-Lite flash. The problem, I […]