Beer Bottle

Beer Bottle, by Suprada on Flickr.
Beer Bottle in Panther Beach, CA.
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Exposure: 1/6s at f8.0
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Date: October 31, 2009
Filter: Singh-Ray Neutral LB Polarizer
Jim Bales Place

Jim Bales Place, by Suprada on Flickr.
Jim Bales Place on the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Fall, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee
From the awesome guide book by Bill Campbell and Nye Simmons:The Smoky Mountains Photographer’s Guide
“Jim Bales Place
mile 3.8
This is just across the bridge from the parking area on the left. There is a cabin, crib and barn located here.”
About Roaring Fork Auto Tour trail from the Smoky Mountains National Park Website:
“The Roaring Fork area is a favorite side trip for many people who frequently visit the Smokies. It offers rushing mountain streams, glimpses of old-growth forest, and a number of well-preserved log cabins, grist mills, and other historic buildings. To access Roaring Fork, turn off the main parkway in Gatlinburg, TN., at traffic light #8 and follow Historic Nature Trail to the Cherokee Orchard entrance to the national park. ”
“Just beyond the Rainbow Falls trailhead you have the option of taking the one-way Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. This narrow, but paved, road twists and turns for six miles beside rich forests, waterfalls, and mountain streams. Buses, trailers, and motor homes are not permitted on the motor nature trail. An inexpensive booklet available at the beginning of the motor nature trail details landmarks along the route. ”
“Roaring Fork†is the name of the stream which the road roughly parallels. It is one of the larger and faster flowing mountain streams in the park. Drive this road after a hard rain and the inspiration behind the name will be apparent. ”
This photograph was taken between Mile 3.4 and Mile 3.6 on the motor nature trail.
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Exposure: 1/90s at f8.0
Focal Length: 40mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Date: October 26, 2009
Dappled Forest

Dappled Forest, by Suprada on Flickr.
Fall colors, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee
Sunset through clouds and the golden forest in Fall.
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Exposure: 1/20s at f4.0
Focal Length: 40mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Date: October 25, 2009
Green

Green, by Suprada on Flickr.
Fall colors, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee
Florescent green forest during fall.
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Exposure: f4.5 at 1/20s
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Date: October 25, 2009
Golden Gate Bridge at Night – 1

Golden Gate Bridge at Night – 1, by Suprada on Flickr.
Golden Gate Bridge at Night – 1, San Francisco, California.
“A night photograph is a collection of time and light.”
My first keeper with my new Canon 50D. The camera came on Tuesday evening and after playing with it for a bit, I was itching to take it out for some real outdoor shooting. The opportunity came when we had to go to San Francisco on Friday to attend an event. After the event, at 2.00AM, we made our way to a pull out past the Golden Gate Bridge. It had been drizzling a while back, but it was nice and clear with patches of fog rolling in and out while I was shooting this image. It is extremely magical photographing outside at night. I feel like an an outsider looking into a new world all ready to be discovered.
Currently reading / looking at Michael Kenna: A 20 Year Retrospective and getting super-inspired. Love how “quiet” his images are. I am now contemplating on “quiet night” images…is there such a thing?
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
Exposure: 30s @ f8.0
Focal Length: 23mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Date: February 13, 2010
Location: 37.82883333,-122.48600000
El Conte at Night

El Conte at Night, by Suprada on Flickr.
El Conte draped in Fall colors, at Night, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee
I happened to visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last October. Fortunately for me, right then, fall colors were at their peak. We drove in on a Friday to the tourist town of Gatlinburg. That night, I decided to head out and try night photography. I had recently taken a night photography workshop by Harold Davis and was very eager to try the techniques and methods out.
By the time we reached the Sugarlands visitor center, it was getting dark. The ranger there talked about Campbell Overlook, on the NewFoundland Gap Road being a good sunset spot. So I decided to head there for the night shoot. An excerpt from the “NewFoundland Gap Road Auto Tour” booklet: “From here you are looking toward Mt. El Conte, the third highest peak in the smokies, but Bull Head in the foreground keeps you from seeing all of El Conte”.
The Campbell Overlook is at Mile 4 from the Park entrance at Gatlinburg. It is 3.7miles from the Sugarlands Visitor Center. There are two large parking areas on the left providing views of Sugarland Valley and Mt. El Conte. Of the two, the second pullout is named for Carlos Campbell, who wrote Birth of a National Park: Great Smoky Mountains. The book tells the story of how “a citizen park movement in North Carolina and Tennessee made Great Smoky Mountains National Park possible”.
This is the thing about night photography: its a lonely affair, especially for someone who likes company – the long time on spot taking the many really long exposures in the inevitable cold. Luckily for me, I had people to give me company while I was shooting.
This photograph is a combination of many exposures taken over 1 hr at the same spot. The photographs were then processed and stacked using Adobe Photoshop Extended CS4.
For more about night photography, you can read Harold Davis’s excellent book titled Creative Night: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques. Y
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Exposure: Stacked Exposure
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Date: October 24, 2009
Ripples at Sunset

Ripples at Sunset, by Suprada on Flickr.
Ripples at Sunset, Everglades National Park, Florida.
A gorgeous sunset on the Pine Glades Lake at Everglades National Park – made all the more exciting by this little alligator – about 4 feet long, swimming towards us. He wanted to be quite friendly, coming almost on the shore. Our suspicion was that some other humans had fed him making him more comfortable with us and he was looking for food. As he drew nearer, we kept moving along the bank, and he kept drawing nearer to us.
After that, my thought of staying back after dark to do some night photography took a nosedive.
Other photos in the everglades:
Everglades in Infrared – 1: http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/922
Everglades in Infrared – 2: http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/929
Everglades in Infrared – 3: http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/947
Everglades in Infrared – 4: http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/951
Everglades in Infrared – 5: http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/953
Everglades in Infrared – 6: http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/955
Sunset in the Everglades: http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/963
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Exposure: 1/10sec at f/4.0
Focal Length: 40mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Date: October 10, 2009



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