outdoor photography

Whoooper Swan Lake Eola also has several Whooper Swans.  These swans are native to Europe, but here they are in Orlando, FL. They resemble Trumpeter and Tundra Swans to me, but with much more yellow on the bill. These birds can way over 25 pounds, making them one of the world's heaviest flying birds. Whooper Swan

9x Multiple Exposure (rotating between exposures) With the announcement of Canon's new EOS 1Dx, both Nikon and Canon have DSLRs with the ability to shoot multiple exposures.  I don't own any of these, but when I shot film SLRs, I used to love multiple exposure photography.  Even without a DSLR, you can duplicate the effect of multiple exposures with Photoshop.  I like to do multiple exposures in two ways.  First, I rotate the camera between exposures (above).  With the photo above, I rotated the camera 10 degrees between exposures, so that I started horizontally and ended vertically.  And second, I'll move the camera up/down or left/right between exposures (below). Multiple Exposure (panning up between exposures) If you have a camera that can shoot multiple exposures, here's how you do it.  Check your camera manual to find out how to activate multiple exposures on your camera.  You'll need to underexpose each exposure to compensate for...

Trees, Panning Composition Sometimes I like to throw caution to the wind and try something completely abstract.  I'm not as practiced in this type of photography, but I think it's something we all should try from time to time.  If nothing else, it's an exercise in the basics of composition.  In abstract compositions, all the fundamental elements of composition come into the foreground and the "subject" recedes into the background, figuratively speaking. My favorite approach to abstract compositions is through motion blur.  I focus on a subject such trees and the light coming through them, and move the camera during a long exposure.  The images I'm showing here I believe were 2 sec exposures.  In the shot above, I moved the camera up nd down during the exposure.  In the shot below, I zoomed the camera.  In the last shot, I panned the camera in a largely diagonal direction.You can try any number of movements: zooming, panning, rotating, to ge...