Happy Hour

Cancun, Quintana Roo, MX

Last photo of the year from a recent trip.  Loved rediscovering the underwater capability of the Olympus TG-4.  Captured a different perspective of the poolbar during happy hour.

Olympus TG-4 @ f2.8 1/500 4.5mm (25mm equiv) ISO 100

Photographed 12/5/23

Towering Above

52 Assignments BW22 - Towering Above

Westin

Wheeling, IL

Tallest building with the shortest drive in the area for this assignment.  Also took my 52Frames shot for this week's challenge at the same location.

Sony A7IV @ f8 1/320 14mm ISO 100

Rokinon 14mm F2.8 Series II

Photographed 12/25/23

Knife To The Sky

52Frames - Week 52 - Redo

Went out to shoot B&W for another photo project and decided to redo 52F Week 5-Black & White, thereby accomplishing two assignments in one outing.  I could have done a 2Fer using the same shot for two assignments but didn't stretch it that far!

Rather than a literal redo of the original Week 5 image, this photograph takes a completely different approach to subject matter in executing B&W technique.

Sony A7IV @ f8 1/640 14mm ISO 100

Rokinon 14mm F2.8 Series II

Photographed 12/25/23

December Fog

Mundelein, IL

Leaving a restaurant after dinner with friends, wanted to capture the unusual enveloping fog on a December evening. I so wanted a person to enter the frame, however there was no way to convince my companions to do so or hang around in the damp weather.

Apple iPhone 15 Pro @ f1.78 1/40 6.86mm (47mm equiv) ISO 800

Photographed 12/23/23

Neural Networks

Primary and alternate shots for 52 Assignments - BW50 - Branch Out

Neural Network 1

52 Assignments BW50 - Branch Out

Independence Grove

Libertyville, IL

Sony A7 IV @ f4 1/2000 20mm  ISO 100

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Photographed 12/19/23

Neural Network 2

52 Assignments BW50 - Branch Out (Alternate)

Reed-Turner Woodland

Long Grove, IL

Technically cannot use this shot for the assignment since it is not of a single tree, hence an alternate.


Apple iPhone 15 Pro @ f1.9  1/640  2.69mm (30mm equiv)  ISO 25

Photographed 12/14/23

Waxing Gibbous

Moon phase at 65.4% according to the PhotoPills app.  First attempt with the new 400mm zoom lens. 20 images stacked and blended.

Sony A7 IV @ f11 1/800 400mm ISO 2000

Tamron E 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 A067

Photographed 12/20/23

Hanging On

52Frames - Week 51 - Unfinished

EC: Roll of 12 (used #7)

It's mid-December and this tree has not yet finished shedding its leaves for the season.

Sony A7 IV @ f8 1/800 23mm ISO 100

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Photographed 12/19/23

Illusion of Confusion

Reed-Turner Woodland

Long Grove, IL

What is the scene? What's real, what's reflected? IRL abstract.

Apple iPhone 15 Pro @ f1.78 1/120 6.86mm (41mm equiv) ISO 100

Photographed 12/14/23

Java Mountain

52Frames - Week 50 - Choose A Color

EC: Chosen For You (Dark Lava #483c32)

Ancient mountain inhabited by one of my grandson's pet dinosaurs.

Sony A7 IV @ f16 8" 50mm (75mm equiv) ISO 1000

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

Photographed 12/13/23

Swing

52 Assignments BW33 - Shot In The Dark

La Isla Shopping Center

Cancun, Quintana Roo, MX

Apple iPhone 15 Pro @ f1.8 1/40 6.86mm (24mm equiv) ISO 1000

Photographed 12/5/23

Exhale

52Frames - Week 49 - Just Breathe

A demonstration of the 2nd part of the breathing equation.

Olympus TG-4 @ f2.8 1/320 4.5mm (25mm equiv) ISO 100

Photographed 12/5/23