Inland Grain Terminal

Inland Grain Terminal just outside Weyburn Saskatchewan

 

 

 Pointed my camera in the opposite direction to get this shot from the same location.

Sunset at Telford Lake - composition

As I live close by this lake, and it makes a such a good and willing subject, I shall forewarn you, there will be many photos of this subject.

I was working on composition tonight and had a difficult time deciding which looked best.

 

Shutter Bug Skill - #1

A brief reminder of what I was trying to achieve here.

Skill 1:

Find a stationary object and photograph it from the same position at sunrise, 12:00 noon, 6:00pm, and sunset. This is to show the color temperature, soft and hard light, light direction and shadows.

I think perhaps I took the sunrise one a little too soon, but with the angle that I had to take photo from, my spare room, I was limited as the sun shines directly on my window, which incidentally these photos are taken through. I did have an advantage here, that I could set up my tripod and take the same picture at the different time intervals.

                                                       Sunrise 6:16 AM

 

Noon 12:16 PM

                                    
                                                                6 PM

              Notice how the shore line on the left seems to be more highlighted.

                                                               8:30 PM

 

Such dramatic difference between the sunrise, sunset (softer) - but the day ones I notice the  blues and greens are more intense at 6ish.

 

Another new skill learnt - how to make a collage of my pictures.

 

 

 

Shutterbug Twilight Photo Walk

Tonight we went on a twilight walk and did some night shots as well. This is Edmonton Alberta's high level bridge across the Northern Saskatchewan River.

 

 

                      A view of both the High Level Bridge and the LRT bridge.

                       Below the LRT bridge featured in this picture is a pedestrian bridge.

The only real Twilight shot that I managed to get. This is one of my fellow photographers.

 

My last shot of the evening. I finally managed to capture the train on the track. I was hoping for the blurred vision. So many skills to learn and so much fun learning them.

 

Shutter Bug Skill - first attempt

Skill 1:

Find a stationary object and photograph it from the same position at sunrise, 12:00 noon, 6:00pm, and sunset. This is to show the color temperature, soft and hard light, light direction and shadows.

I didn't fair too well on this first attempt. Took lots of pictures. Sunrise was really beautiful, however the day clouded over so task was put on hold. I had trouble setting the camera and getting a good focus.

 

                  Here the sun is overexposed, but I did love the effect it had over the lake.

This was my 6pm shot and even though it was cloudy, I like the composition I got, however one does have to be careful as you can see the blinds reflected on the left side of the photo.

 

Sunset - well, shall we just say, I'm not too good with the 24 hour clock - so the sun was long gone when my alarm went off. Live and learn.

Easter Tulip

One of the lovely Tulips I had at Easter

 

Pine tree silhoutte

Taken with my Coolpix 6300, while out walking in Leduc, AB