Halloween Hounds

It's that time of year again. Oscar and Nittany are dressing up as a Pig and a Chicken this year for Halloween. I made up some photo composites to celebrate.

Color on the Rise

There is nothing artistic here, I just liked the colors this morning of the incredible sunrise. Just absolutely beautiful.

New York Power Authority

View from Devils Hole State Park I made this 14 image pano of the Niagara Power Plant.

Sunset test

I have been getting familiar with the new Aurora 2018. If you like HDR images, this program is a must have. This sunset in my backyard was four images. I am looking forward to getting out to better locations to do some fall shots soon.

Rail Road to Canada

The international rail road crossing the border from Niagara Falls to Canada.

New Aurora 2018

The new Aurora 2018 has put a huge smile on my face. This is just a quick test from my backyard to experiment. So far I like what I see. I would highly recommend taking the free tutorials that come with this program to fully understand its capabilities.

Power Vista

The upper gorge trails offer some excellent views. this is a twelve image panorama merged in Photoshop CC and finished off in Aurora 2017. A new version Aurora 2018 will be available on the 28th. I will be upgrading.

Niagara

Barely visible in the mist the Maid of the Mist defiantly battles the turbulent waters to give the tourists a thrill of a life time view of the falls.

North Bridge

Four images stitched together in Photoshop CC created this impressive view of the north Grand Island bridge. Click on image to enlarge.

Peyton

Our newest edition to the family a beautiful grand daughter named Peyton.

Rushing Waters

An almost abstract image of the rushing water of the rapids in Niagara.

Upper Niagara Rapids

Todays pano of the upper Niagara rapids was made with 4 images stitched together in Photoshop CC and finished with Aurora 2017.

Solar Eclipse Series #001

Here in Niagara we didn't get a total eclipse but it was still interesting. Here is a view of the partial with my Canon Powershot sx50 hs racked out to a 35mm equivalent of 4800mm. you can see the moon crossing over the sun from the right and actually make out a few sun spots on the sun.

Live Macro

My first attempt at living macro insects. Almost all my work previously has been with deceased insects but now I want to challenge myself outside the box. This yellow jacket is ok but I prefer more depth of field. I may need to switch to another camera.

Solar Eclipse (test)

My image of the sun in preparation for the upcoming eclipse. I think this will work for me. I didn't want to spend a lot of cash for special optics because we won't get a total eclipse here and it could be rainy or cloudy that day. I used my Canon powershot sx50 hs. I placed an R-79 red filter with two 2X neutral density filters on the lens. This shot was a test and handheld but for the real deal I plan on using a tripod.

Beautiful Rainbow

Maybe this rainbow I saw today means good fortune for some lucky person at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

Moonscape

In the planning stage of preparing for the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21st. Open daylight image of the moon shot with Canon powershot sx50 hs.

Removing People Update

The client liked the first draft but request the dude in the middle wear long sleeves and was made a little thinner. Here is the final revised edit from the post below.

Removing People

I just love a challenge. A former client of mine asked me to crop and remove the two women in a photo of these biker dudes. I think this works just fine.

The Black Knight

This wasp looks evil. Focus stack of 27 images with Zerene stacker to gain maximum depth of field. Image was then cleaned up and finished with Aurora 2017 and Photoshop CC. Shot with Canon powershot sx50 hs.

Free Poppy

Close up shot of a poppy we grew from a package of free seeds from Cheerios. http://www.cheerios.com/BringBackTheBees