Tag: Phase One P65+

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Merry Christmas – Delicate LIght

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

Trees In Olympic National Park

I’ll keep this entry short as there is so much to do to get ready for the Raber Christmas Morning.  All of my boys are here with one wife and one significant other.  Going to be a fun day.  After gifts and a brunch I will start preparing the traditional (Raber) dinner of Beef Wellingtom, Potatoes, Waldorf Salad, String Bean Almonde, with a beautiful chocolate chip cake for dessert.

Todays picture was made in the Olympic National Park which is just beautiful.  Deep in the woods I found this tree and it was catching just a hint of the sunlight coming through.  Simple and works.  Shot with a Phase One P65+

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Deception Bay – Antarctica

Deception Island - Antarctica

Good day, hope you are ready for Holiday cheer.  Two of my bus and their wive and girlfriend arrived last night.  My third son will be here today.  Going to be  a great weekend and Christmas.  This shot was made on one of my three trips to Antarctica.  It is in Deception BAy.  THis is actually a collapsded volcano and it is really hard to get into.  The place is huge and beautiful with an old whaling station on it.  Very seldom do you find a crystal clear day like the one I did this picture on.  I just love Antarctica and I am working on organizing a Photo expedition there in 2013.

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Church In Iceland

Bible in church in Iceland

While in Iceland last year I kept driving a route along the coast and I kept seeing this church way on top of a hill.  I shot images of the church with long lens as clouds descended on it and birds flew around it.  Finally one day I decided to find the church and searched for the roads leading to the church.  It was a small church and I found my way to the top of the hill it sat on.  From its vantage point you could see the ocean and coast for miles and the beautiful landscape all around.  Of course I expected the doors to be locked but I was surprised to see them open.  Inside was a warm cozy beautifully maintained interior.  I had to shoot pictures so I shot the interior of the church and the organ, pews and alter as well as todays shot of the church bible.  I was using a P65+ so detail was something I knew could be captured.  I really liked this image because of the way the light came though and hit the awl and bible.  Maybe I should have lit the candles, but I had no matches.   Anyway the detail is so good that on the 30×40 print you can read all the works on the bible’s open pages.  Maybe I’ll post the organ form the church in a future blog. I actually did a four exposure stitch of that one.

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Redwoods

Redwood Forrest

Here is a shot that shows how simple a nice image can be. Made in the Redwood Forrest of N. California I used the elements in the scene to keep your eye moving yet settle. This was shot with a Phase One P65+ and the detail is amazing. I call it immersive imaging. Meaning you step up a 4×6 foot print and you are ten feet away looking at it. You see something and you move up to an inch away to see the detail you can’t see everyday. Thus, the image has immersed you.

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Big Blue

Big Blue

Got cold here today (chilly) but none the less I thought ice.  So, it’s iceberg picture time.  Another image from thousands that I have of ice and cold in Antarctica.  This was a beautiful blue iceberg that slipped into a bay where our ship was anchored.  we did a Zodiac cruise around it and I shot a number of angles.  I like this low angle and the deep blue.  Shot with a Phase One P65+ and a 28mm lens hand held.

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Black and White Waterfall

Iceland Waterfalls

When I shoot moving water – like waterfalls, fast moving streams and such I do what is called dragging the shutter.  This makes a very sur-real image that is somewhat magical.  This waterfall is in Iceland and I loved the way the water ran off the rocks at the bottom of the fall.  I converted the image to BW and settles on this effect.