Vegas at Dusk

There was a time on this blog where I would tag all images with the gear I used to capture my images. I did it for a few reasons but the biggest reason was because I would get quite a few inquiries as to what gear I used. So the lazy side of me decided that it wold be easier to include information on each photo instead of responding to the emails. I soon realized that the gear used isn't important. You don't ask the chef at your favorite restaurant what brand of grill he used to cook your steak. My blog is a place for me to share my images and thoughts, I want the images to speak for themselves.

With that said I'm making an exception today to point out that I really enjoy the images that my FujiFilm X100 produces. I take it with me at all times and love the quality of the images this little camera takes. It's quickly becoming my favorite camera ever. I leave my big Canon camera at home now and only use it occasionally.

These two images are straight out of the camera and shot in JPG mode. The image above was taken from the viewing deck of the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas Nevada. The image below is a panorama taken with the built in panoramic mode of the X100 taken at the top of the Stratosphere Casino in Las Vegas Nevada.



View the large pano here

Leading Lines and Shadows

 

I just noticed that It's been a little over two months since my last post.  I've taken that time to re-prioritize a few things and am happy to say that it's paid off.  I hope to share more images here as time allows.  This image was taken at one of the outdoor art sculptures in Washing DC.

Project [52] - twenty one

Pisa is city in Tuscany located in central Italy.  The leaning tower of Pisa is well known throughout the world so I apologize for the boring photo above.  I'm sure it's just like all the other thousands of pictures that were taken that day.  Whenever I visit famous landmarks I always try to find a location that gives me a different vantage point.  This place has been photographed so much that I had a hard time finding something that I considered unique.  I was able however to capture a few images that I considered unique that I am sharing today.  The first image is the traditional shot that everyone takes as the pass through the main entrance.  It's a great site to see these massive buildings as you round the corner.  The second image was taken with a very wide angle lens (16-35mm).  I was able to stand about 20 feet away from the bell tower to get this shot.  The tower stands at around 183 feet so I was pretty impressed with my full frame camera and this wide lens.   The last shot was taken with my iPhone 4 and processed with Cameramatic app, still a traditional angle but I liked what the iPhone was able to capture.

The Club

North Beach in Black and White

Canon XTi * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 1/640 second * f/4.0

I recently purchased some photoshop actions ( will blog about them later) that have some great conversions to black and white.

I was loooking through my archive this weekend and ran it through an action and really like the shadow detail in the buildings.  I spent quite a bit of time in San Franciso on business so my archive is full of buildings like these.  Hopefully I will have time to process through them - enjoy!