Posts Tagged ‘seagulls’



Night descends upon Oregon’s Seal Rocks, and I was lucky enough be there to take it all amid crashing waves, glowing moon, and flocks of gulls. The day was spent mostly checking the weather like a compulsive crackhead and murmuring expletives under our breath at the thick fog. But after stuffing our faces at one of my favorite local seafood shacks, we showed up to find clearing weather and promising conditions.

This is a blend of many different exposures all taken within a minute or two. Two exposures for wave action, an exposure for the sky, a zoomed in exposure for the moon (as it was hardly noticeable in a 14mm shot), and an exposure for the seagulls with the is0 kicked up to 3200 to freeze them in flight. Piecing them together was a little time consuming. As my tripod was sinking in the sand and being moved around by getting drilled by wave after wave, the exposures didn’t line up perfectly, and Photoshop has less than stellar when it came to attempting to auto-align them. So I had to manually align them with some focused warping. Not hard to do, just boring and time consuming.

So anyways, I just recently released a new post-processing instructional video. It’s packed with some unique techniques and theories about processing you may not find anywhere else. People seem to really be enjoying the videos and have had nothing but great things to say, so I *think* they are helping people… it’s been awesome to see the many before/after shots people have been emailing me. Be sure to check the videos out if you are into that sort of thing. It’s all on my website, as well as more photos, photo tour info, processing instruction via Skype like everyone else is doing, etc, etc. Also I have a fun tour scheduled next week with Mark Metternich. One of the attendees suffered an injury this week and had to cancel, so we have one spot left if you want to have some last minute fun!

2015 Tour Schedule
Arctic Light Workshop – With Arild Heitmann (FULL)
Winter Wonderland Workshop – With Mark Metternich
Processing Tutorial Videos
Processing Instruction via Skype

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Had abit of a muck around with Photoshop CC and created this Composite shot of The Milky Way over Military Jetty in Caloundra, Australia.

Foreground: |Iso100|f/16|45secs|18mm|Canon60D|
Sky: |Iso1600|f/3.5|30secs|18mm|Canon60D|

Hope you enjoy this shot, Feel free to share.

http://500px.com/photo/61879083


My dad and me threw the carcass of some salmon that we had finished with and I set up on a chair and took a bunch of photos of the chaos of the feast. So many seagulls!

Taken February 3rd, 2014 on Denman Island, BC, Canada.

I believe it is a Glaucous Winged Gull (Larus glaucescens).

http://500px.com/photo/59940254


My dad and me threw the carcass of some salmon that we had finished with and I set up on a chair and took a bunch of photos of the chaos of the feast. So many seagulls!

Taken February 3rd, 2014 on Denman Island, BC, Canada.

I believe it is a Glaucous Winged Gull (Larus glaucescens).

http://500px.com/photo/59940252


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A couple of kayakers enjoying an evening paddle on Malmo’s canal
with the sun guiding their way .

http://500px.com/photo/59761910


One flying seagull chasing another for food, it seems. In Santa Monica Beach, California. A sunny and breezy day.

http://500px.com/photo/59308802