Photography, Techniques and Whereabouts of Kevin Raber
Well, it’s Birthday day for me. Feeling great and loving life!
This photo today was taken on an evening Zodiac cruise. We would drive around in zodiacs looking for photos. This giant Iceberg had floated into the chennel and we circled it and shot it froma lot of angles. I loved the intense blue color and shot this froma low angle. When we awoke in the morning this iceberg was gone and drifted along on its journey.
It’s pretty hard not to take a good photo when visiting Antarctica. I’m asked many time how you shoot in Antarctica and what to bring. I travel as light as possible. You won’t need a tripod. It’s bright enough you can shoot handheld all the time. Almost everything you shoot from bounces around. Zodiacs and the ship are always moving so handheld is a must. I travel with a 5dII and 16-35, 34-105, 100-400 lenses. In addition my main camera is a Phase One P65+ with 74-150mm, 28mm, 45mm, 210mm lenses. A bunch of batteries, CF cards and portable external hard drives for duplicate back-ups. I work entirely in CApture One to work my images and shoot RAW all the time.
This image was taken from the deck of the boat looking over an ice flow we were moving through. There was a storm off in the background which was just great looking. I was lucky when I spotted a seal on the ice flow and I just waited until we moved to a point where the shot looked good.
A few days ago I posted an iceberg image shot it the iceberg graveyard. Today is one of most fascinating and one of my most favorite images every shot. This shot by those that were there has been called many things. The Parthanon sticks though. We were cruising in the zodiacs and we saw this beautiful smooth lagoon and we crossed the lagoon and came through the arch seen in the middle of the this monster iceberg. We turned around and then saw this. You could swear it was hand carved but this si the result of nature and tides eroding a giant iceberg that was grounded. This is a massive iceberg. Most likely 450 feet long and 75 feet high. Needless to say we shot this from a number of angles. It’s always amazing when you are out shooting and then find one of those once in a lifetime shots. This is one of those. To visit and see more of my Antarctica Images Please CLICK HERE.
Happy New Year DAy…I hope this new year brings all the good things in life to everyone.
This will be Antarctica week for images. Seven days of images from the bottom of the world. Todays image is shot of an iceberg with more icebergs behind it as the light is about to go away. It never really gets dark in Antarctica in December and January. There is kind of like a 3 hour sunset – sunrise. Absolutely gorgeous light. This was shot with a Canon 1dsII with a 400mm lens.
We get so caught up in color and how easy it is to make great color images in this digital age. Sometimes it is nice to re-visit B&W. This image was shot near Golden Bay in the South Georgia Islands. This was a magnificent day with blue skies, high winds, great clouds. The renticular clouds that formed over the mountains, the snow and layered lower level clouds all combine to make an excellent photo.
Happy New Years Eve . . . party well and party safe.
On one of my trips to Antarctica we visits a place called the Iceberg Graveyard. It was called this because Icebergs would drift into this large bay, ground themselves in the shallow waters and essentially die there. During the process though water would do its thing and erode these monster size pieces of ice into works of nature art. Here’s one shot there. I love the color, shape and sky and added to that the reflection. Enjoy.
It’s Wednesday morning and my return trip driving from FL to IN starts today. Good music, and a lot of time to think and contemplate will make this a good road trip. Today’s iamge was hot in Bryce Canyon. I shot this P45 a few years ago and while everyone was shooting a hill-side I focused on the distance and this si what I got. I love the glow in the image and the feel. Bryce is a cool place to visit but be warned to get the good picture there you need to be up early.
Today’s iamge is a shot I did of a rail car at an old rail yard near Indianapolis. I love peeling paint, rust and such. This is one of those peeling paint shots. It was shot with a P65+ and then worked a bit in Photoshop and on the iPad. Then output for this blog. Just something I was having fun with.
I am in Naples, FL and it is freezing cold. What’s that all about? At least the sun is out. I was in one of my rusty moods today so I present Rusty Ship. This was photographed in Buenos Aires along a dock where there were dozens of abandoned ships. Looks like they just tied them up one day and walked away. I have a lot of nice images shot at this location, so count on seeing more. Everyone that knows me knows I like rusty things. Just a bit of an FYI about this image for the techies out there. There was a rope going across the frame. I removed it using content aware tool in Photoshop then used Nik – Viveza to work the colors a bit. Makes for a nice shot.
Penguins, boy do I have penguins. At one time I honestly could say I had the highest resolution penguin images in the world as I shot this image and many others with the only P65+ at the time to visit Antarctica. These are amazing creatures and over the year and my three visits to Antarctica I have amassed a large library of penguin images. This is a fun shot as three penguins march forward and seem to be on a mission. These are very busy creatures. They always have something to do and they seem focused on getting the task done. This was shot with a P65+ and 75-150mm lens. The detail in this image is amazing as you can zoom in and see the crystals in the snow. I’ll publish more penguin images over time.