Photo of the Day: Badlands Twilight

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Last light in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Nikon D800e with 70-200mm f/2.8 AFS G VRII Nikkor zoom. 1/8s @f/11, ISO 400

Last light in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Nikon D800e with 70-200mm f/2.8 AFS G VRII Nikkor zoom. 1/8s @f/11, ISO 400 (click to enlarge).

When you shoot landscapes, keep in mind that sometimes the best light happens after the sun has already set. This image was captured about 2 minutes after sunset in Badlands National Park during my photo safari with Deborah Sandidge. High winds made a tripod mandatory, and I used mirror lock-up to prevent softness from mirror-slap. Although the original file wasn’t quite as spectacular, a quick trip to Color Efex Pro 4 brought this image to life.

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Quick Updates: Badlands Safari and Lightroom 5 Released

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Last light in the Badlands

Last light in the Badlands (click to enlarge).

Hi all, I just wanted to check in as the last few weeks have been extremely busy. First of all, I’m back from another photo safari adventure, this time to the South Dakota Badlands. Deborah Sandidge was my brilliant co-pilot instructor, and we took a group of eight clients to some pretty awesome places. Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day: Folded Flyer

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Commemorative Air Force F4U Corsair visiting Colorado Springs, CO.

Commemorative Air Force F4U Corsair visiting Colorado Springs, CO. HDR image captured with a Nikon D4 and 16-35mm f/4 AFS G VRII zoom Nikkor lens.

Colorado Springs is home to the United States Air Force Academy, and this week is graduation. To celebrate the event, a group of WWII aircraft from the Commemorative Air Force arrived in town on Monday. These beautifully restored aircraft were on public display, so I grabbed my Nikon D4, 16-35mm f/4 AFS G VRII lens and went to check it out. Shooting in mid-day light isn’t the best scenario, but I was able to use the D4 to capture ±2EV bracketed sequences in continuous high-speed advance mode at 10fps. I processed the images using HDR Efex Pro 2 and then finished the image in Color Efex Pro 4 (part of the Nik Collection).

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