Canon 5d II – Page 7

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Heavy Metal

trainblog — TRain Restoration, Noblesville, IN

Close by to where I live there is a transportation museum. This museum is mainly focused on trains. There are a lot there. Most of them rusty and falling apart. I just love that. They do a fair amount of restoration on these trains and have a special building just for that. It is fun to shoot there and catch restorations in progress which is what this shot is all about. Made with a Canon 5dII in multi expose mode then using an HDR program I made it the gritty look. Then on the iPad using SnapSeed I worked on focus and some selective color to come out with this image.

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Time For Some Rust Again

steam train — Steam Engine Restoration, Indiana

So many images. I now have quite a library stacking up for the daily blog here. Thought I would change it up today and put some rust back into the blog. Close by where I live there is a transpiration museum and the place has a ton of old train cars in various rates of disrepair and well as restoration and completed cars that are restored. I love wandering this place and also visiting the train shop where the work is done. This is shot is of an old locomotive that is being restored. I have kind of enhanced it a bit and made it somewhat vintage looking to add to the overall feel.

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Lonely Fisherman

I love this shot. This was done off the coast of Newfoundland while out whale watching. We saw this guy in his dory like fishing boat and it just looked so cool. I shot a number of images of this. It was funny because we were not finding whales and we motored up this guy and he pointed in a direction and sure enough we found the whales where he pointed. He was a crusty rough looking fellow.

Also, The blog may have fewer posts over the next three weeks. I fly out to Austrailia tonight and then by this weekend to New Zealand to run a PODAS workshop there. I’l post when I can. www.podas.info if you’d like to follow the workshop.

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Making You Look

Saugutuck ship pix 0057 — Boat in Saugutuck, MI

Sometimes it is fun to shoot something that you can recognize but had to stop and think about it for just a minute. Maybe, this is one of those shots. Did you know what it was when you first saw it? It is a shot of a bow of a ship. An old lake ferry boat located in Saugutuck Michigan, one of my favorite towns to visit. Shot with a long lens to compress the perspective and cropped tight makes this image work.

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Gritty Denmark

One of the most visited areas in Copenhagen, Denmark used to be one of the grittiest. It’s known as Nyhaven an area where all the ships and seedy bars used be. Now it is the main tourist destination. I tried to put a little grit back into one of the more colorful areas of Copenhagen.

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Man In Row Boat

This is a shot that I always liked and finally decided to post. It was shot in Buenos Aires which is an interesting place to visit. Lots of rust and abandoned ships and buildings. This guy was just rowing his boat up this extremely busy and dirty river. He had a mission and purpose. I messed with the image a bit and grunged it a bit. I love the way his face peeks out and the splash from his oar.

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Kevin Raber — 1 Comment

Antarctica Sunset

It seems that when you visit Antarctica you can point your camera in almost any direction and take a great photo. It is an overwhelming landscape. This shot was taken during one of the three hour sunsets and encompasses much of what i know Antarctica to be. Water, ice, icebergs and exceptional light.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Made You Look

chicago 344 — Water Tower Place, Chicago

It’s fun to make images that make you stop and look twice. Something to exercise the mind as it searches for a definition of what it is seeing. This image is kind of like that. What is it? What do you see? The answer- it’s shot from the top floor balcony of Water Tower Place in Chicago looking down an an atrium like setting. Kind of cool isn’t it?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

London Bridge

I have been spending a lot of time with an ice pack around my shoulder later as I mend from surgery. Each day is getting a bit better. So, while sitting I use my iPad and sometimes mess around with images. Here is one I found from several years ago that I played with in SnapSeed. Enjoy.

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Kevin Raber — 1 Comment

Anchor

Make an anchor look good. I love objects that are peer of other, and I have been drawn to anchors after shooting some cool rusty ones in Argentina. I didn’t have to go far to shoot this image though. It was made in Saugutuck Michigan at and old lake passenger ship museum. Lots of very graphic elements at this ship. More to come soon.