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Sunrise at the Rocks Remixed.... I have been trying a few new techniques in the digital darkroom the past couple of weeks to so I decided to take a look into the archives and try a re-edit of one of my older shoots to see if I could get them looking a bit better. Im really happy with the look and feel of this shot and its a look that I could never quite get with the skills I had at the time.
English Barley Field Sunset... Ok first off, photographing the English countryside is a royal PITA. All of the roads have these thorny bushes that extend like 10 feet high, so when you reach the top of a hill and expect to see a nice open landscape, thats just not the case 9 times out of 10. Im assuming these bushes are here for 3 reasons, first, they act as sound dampening for the roads to keep noise pollution to a minimum. Secondly, the keep cars from running off the road, and lastly, they keep people for trespassing on their land and stealing their crops. I totally understand the concept, but it makes it really difficult for taking pictures of the rolling English countryside from the roadside. Anyways, after 3 days of complete overcast on our trek through southwestern England, the sky had opened up a bit and I had a feeling that sunset would be a good one. In England at this time of year, sunset isnt till around 9:45pm, and since you are pretty far north, it last's forever and doesn't get totally dark till around 11:30pm. Armed with this knowledge and fully realizing that I was in a completely foreign country and had no idea where to go, I headed out at about 6pm. I started driving around, thinking I had plenty of time to find a workable composition that had a north western view so I could see the sunset. Boy was I wrong! I drove around for the next 3 hours, desperately searching for a view that I liked as the time slowly slipped away. At around 9:20, I started getting worried that I wasnt going to find a location I was satisfied with and time was starting to slip away. The one route that I was fully confident about took me to three military roads that all had signs saying, "Authorized Military Personnel only, Deadly force is authorized to all trespassers" or something along those lines. Definitely not going to chance that, lol. I continued on and continued west down motorway M26, thinking that all of this effort was going to be for not. It was just then that I past an opening in the thick bushes in the side of the road and this barley field came into view. I quickly grabbed the e-brake on the little stick shift Peugeot 207 rental car, skidded around while downshifting to first, then quickly turned around and parked the grass next to the opening. I grabbed my camera and hopped the fence into this field of barley, setup my tripod and relaxed a bit while I got to witness this amazing sunset.
South Loop Sunset Sunset over the south loop was definitely decent on this day... I had to stop and shoot from this elevated position for a bit...
Lunchtime A Blue Heron enjoys a fish in the creek at the Morton Arboretum...
Stormy Springtime Sunset... Todays stormy weather made for a spectacular sunset over Itasca!!! Its days like today that inspire me to keep getting out there to shoot!! Some days dont work out like you expect and it can be a bummer, but sometimes you get surprised by mother nature and get to witness amazing light!!!
Common Grackle A common Grackle bathes on a warm spring afternoon.
CARDINAL IN THE CITY... Today is a prime example of why I always carry my camera with me!!!! I was running some errands today when I passed a man who was photographing something in a tree. I quickly stopped, grabbed my camera, got out, and approached the man slowly. When I asked him what he was photographing, he pointed at this guy... Awesome!!!! I havent seen a Cardinal in years!!!
Funky Tree This funky tree was in a random field on the way to watch some eagles on the Mississippi
LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE... A cow pasture outside of Chicago after the recent and only snowfall of this mild winter.... This was taken on the way to eagle watch on the Mississippi river....
Sunrise at the Rocks Remixed....

I have been trying a few new techniques in the digital darkroom the past couple of weeks to so I decided to take a look into the archives and try a re-edit of one of my older shoots to see if I could get them looking a bit better. Im really happy with the look and feel of this shot and its a look that I could never quite get with the skills I had at the time.
Sunrise at the Rocks Remixed.... I have been trying a few new techniques in the digital darkroom the past couple of weeks to so I decided to take a look into the archives and try a re-edit of one of my older shoots to see if I could get them looking a bit better. Im really happy with the look and feel of this shot and its a look that I could never quite get with the skills I had at the time.
Sunrise at the Rocks Remixed....

I have been trying a few new techniques in the digital darkroom the past couple of weeks to so I decided to take a look into the archives and try a re-edit of one of my older shoots to see if I could get them looking a bit better. Im really happy with the look and feel of this shot and its a look that I could never quite get with the skills I had at the time.
See photo in original gallery.
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