"Good Morning, Chair". "Good Morning, Tree".

52 Frames - Week 5 - Chair

EC: Tell A Story

Cancun, MX

I photographed this scene a couple of times last week, so when this week's prompt opened up, I shot it again with foreground emphasis on the chair.  Claiming the EC as I imagined these two inanimate objects greeting each other as the sun rose.

Apple iPhone 15 Pro @ f1.8 | 1/20000 | 6.76mm (28mm equiv) | ISO 64

Photographed 1/26/26

Black & White In Cancun

When recently in Cancun, Mexico, I took my Nikon 35Ti camera loaded with some Ilford HP5+ black & white film.  Below is a collection of photos shot in late January & early February 2025.  Developed the film with my friend Steve and scanned the negatives at home.

Beach Day

Windy Day

Sunrise

Reserving pool chairs early in the morning.


Punch Pattern

Dusk Along The Lagoon

Chefs Extraordinaire

Cenacolo, one of our favorite restaurants in Cancun.

Room With A View

52Frames - Week 36 - Blue Hour

EC: Complementary Light Source (sun glow starting to peek over the horizon)

V&A Waterfront

Cape Town, South Africa

This kind of view never gets old.

Sony A7IV @ f6.3 | 1/125 | 20mm | ISO 12800

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Photographed 9/6/24

Blue Line

52 Assignments BW07 - Rise And Shine

Headed to downtown Chicago on the CTA Blue Line after a pre-dawn drop-off at O'Hare. This train runs in the median of the expressway and I caught this sunrise when going down to the station.

Sony A7IV @ f16 | 1/25 | 28mm | ISO 100

MD Minolta Celtic 28mm F2.8 (adapted)

Photographed 4/7/24

Breakwater

Wilmette, IL

Another image from my sunrise outing.  I captured several images of waves breaking against the rock outcropping and selected the one with the most interesting splatter.

Processing this image was a real learning experience.  I did my first pass entirely in LR.  Then took it into Luminar AI and did additional processing there.  When reviewing the next day, I decided it was entirely over-cooked in L-AI.  Finally, with some excellent mentoring from Chelsea London, I dialed back some LR settings and tweaked others to arrive at this final image.

Sony A6600 @ f8 1/350 105mm (157.5mm equiv) ISO 100

Sony E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS

Photographed 3/5/21

Morning Stroll

C.London52w10: Natural Light

From the C.London website: "Controlling natural light can be daunting as it is at first thought, well, uncontrollable. But, spoilers! You can control natural light. Find open shade, use a reflector/poster board, create shadows with your own hand. The possibilities are as boundless as your creativity."

I used my sunrise outing last Friday to kill two birds with one stone - 52Frames & C.London week 10 challenges.

This challenge for me was managing the natural light to create the image I had in mind rather than exercising control over that light.  Or maybe they are the same…you be the judge.  There were three primary considerations for capturing this image:

1.  Position myself where people could walk between me and the rising sun

2.  Shoot into the sun without the lens hood to create lens flare

3.  Close down the aperture enough to result in a sun star

Sony A6600 @ f13 1/200 44mm (66mm equiv) ISO 100

Sony E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS 

Photographed 3/5/21

Capture the Capture

52Frames - Week 10 - Negative Space

Despite the cold, I wanted to catch a sunrise along Lake Michigan since I was confident I'd find negative space photo opportunities for this week's challenge.  Several folks had the same idea.

Sony A6600 @ f13 1/60 22mm (33mm equiv) ISO 100

Sony E PZ 18-105mm f4 F OSS

Photographed 3/5/21

Wake Up

Via Flickr:
Downtown skyline at sunrise.
Denver, CO

Taken 11/30/12
Submitted for SliderSunday. HSS!

Sunrise at the Office

 
Via Flickr:
View out to the Bay before heading up to the office.

South San Francisco, CA
Taken 9/13/12 with Instagram

Submitted for ClicheSaturday - Sunrise