Photo of the Week #181

We were on our way home from a drive in the country when I found this beautiful tree in this setting. I haven’t been out a lot but from what I’ve seen, the autumn colours seem to have been pretty good. The peak has passed but there are still interesting scenes if you search them out.

Photo of the Week # 180

We went out exploring the area Yesterday. The area we chose was still in colour but a bit more spotty than expected. This is a more intimate shot in a wooded area off of the road to Wesport.. We spotted the scene and a few minutes later, the sun came and lit it for us, couldn’t have planned it any better. Sometimes it works according to plan.

Photo of the Week #179

Lately I’ve been exploring the use of black and white in my concert photography. it has been said that photographing in black and white is photographing the soul of the person. There is certainly something about a good black and white that just looks great. Hue and colour all of a sudden mean nothing, you are dealing with tonality and composition, nothing else. I’m really liking the experience, it is making me look at photographs differently.

Patrick Simmons, The Doobie Brothers

Photo of the Week #177

Since I switched to Nikon a few years ago, I have missed having a second body to set up another lens. I fixed that recently, I got a really good deal on another body for this purpose.Thia particular body was reported to be extremely well known for high ISO/Low Noise and by looking at my tests thus far, I think it’s better for noise than my D810! What did I get? a D750. The photo below was made at 12,800 ISO and is plenty usable. I applied a little noise reduction but it’s fairly clean considering.

50mm, ISO: 12,800 f2.2 (Unedited)

50mm, ISO: 12,800 f2.2 (Unedited)