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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.
Venus Transit 2012... Since the Venus Transit wont happen again for another 105 years, I made sure I was in a prime position to photograph it yesterday. A "Transit" is one of the most rare astronomical events due to the fact that orbits are tilted. It happens when either of the planets with smaller orbital paths than the Earth align and from our view here on the Earth, the planet appears and crosses the solar disk of the Sun. The Venus Transit happens in pairs 8 years apart, followed by a gap of over a century before the next pair. Only 8 Venus Transits (including 2012) have occurred since the invention of the telescope and only 4 since the invention of the camera. Here is the transit as the Sun sets over the horizon in Chicago Il. FYI: I had someone message me about "dust" on my sensor and I wanted to clear up any confusion. There are two spots on the solar disk in this photo. The large one is venus, and the smaller one is sunspot AR1494, which is caused by intense magnetic activity and harbors energy for C-class solar flares...
Cloudy Afternoon @ Crested Butte After seeing some clouds in the far off distance and driving about 4 hours to reach those clouds, I ended up in Crested Butte Colorado. This awesome mountain town is known for its sick back country ski/snowboard terrain, summer mountain biking, and just generally awesome vibe! I didnt get to spend a lot of time here, since right after my sunset chase, I started the 250 mile drive to Ft. Collins. I cant wait to go back and spend some more time exploring this outdoors mecca!!!
Purple Sunset Over Lake Irwin The purple glow from the setting Sun made for a beautiful Sunset over Lake Irwin in Crested Butte Colorado. I ended up driving 3 hours out of my way to get this shot, since Kebler Pass is still closed for the winter and I had to turn around. It was totally worth it!! :)
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...
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!!!
GOLDEN SUNSET Pretty sick golden spring sunset with Burnham harbor in the foreground. Soon this harbor will be filled with boats and traffic, so this is the calm before the summer storm!!!
Canada Goose in Flight
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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