Around the bend

During my latest trip to Holtwood earlier in the week. I noticed a really nice high the water level. So Saturday I made a little trip over to Tucquain Glen, which is the same vicinity just over some ridges to Holtwood. I used a Topez Simplify filter here. The meta data for this was an ISO100, shutter speed of 1 sec at f-22. On another note for the last couple of weeks I have been shooting in straight up Manuel. For the last couple of years I have just stayed in aperture mode. I was content with controlling the amount of light that I was letting in. I'm noticing some good results by staying in Manuel. I hope you enjoy.


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Nick

Spring Falls

It's amazing how time flies by in between post. The other day I realised that for the past couple of week's all I shot were portraits. To get back into the swing of spring. I made a quick little trip to Holtwood. The last time I was here it was all snow & ice. First time in awhile the water was this high. I hope you enjoy.


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Nick

The view from Jefferson Memorial

Before we got soaked in DC we had a little thunderstorm go through the area. Thankfully we were inside the Jefferson Memorial. I took this shot while it was raining and the clouds took up half of the Washington Monument. When it had begun to clear up I took it again with better results. On our way back to the hotel it began to torrential downpour. Now I know my camera bag is waterproof.


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Nick

Night Images

I wanted to post another blog focusing on the night images. I took this HDR image the night after all of the rain. The only thing that was an issue was the high winds. Which threw any type of peaceful reflection shot right out the window. But I knew with long shutter speeds I could smooth over the water. The wind was creating about foot high waves off the reflecting pool. I hope you enjoy.


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Nick

Washington DC

This past weekend I got together with some friends for a photo jaunt of the cherry blossom's in Washington. I'm still working on processing of the images but I think this best exemplifies the trip. Full of rain and crowds high school field trip groups. We spent most of the time capturing some great night shots of the Mall but we also saved time to get completely drenched during the day. luckily the camera stayed dry. I hope you enjoy.


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Nick