Radnor Lake Sunrise

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Tuesday morning at Radnor Lake ๐Ÿ™‚

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Florida Seagulls

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Scenic Gulf Drive, Destin Florida

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Aaahhh, the beach…

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Can you hear the waves crashing?

From Destin, FL

iPhone Photography from Destin, FL

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Just a few photos that I took with my iPhone while in Destin, FL. Be looking for the “real” photos soon! ๐Ÿ™‚

 

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Game Day!

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I’ve had this idea for a while, but I wanted to save it for the football season. I’m a big Tennessee Titans fan so I always get excited when the season starts!

 

Here are some alternate shots:

 

The flare to the right is actually the second flash, not the sun ๐Ÿ™‚

 

 

 

 

 

Had to get the kids involved! Loved this one, lol

 

 

 

 

The Set Up:

 

The set up was actually more complicated than it looks! It took my wife and I awhile to get it just right.

Goes like this:

Canon 7d with a Sigma 10-20 lens in the cooler propped up, beer bottles leaning all around :

 

 

I used a remote with a 10 second timer to fire it.

 

I have a Cowboy Studio wireless flash trigger that I used to fire two flashes. One flash was an Alien Bee 800 in a softbox set to about 3/4 power (which is kind of high, but the goal was to beat back ย the sun). The box is sitting right next to the cooler, firing up into my face:

 

 

 

The second flash is a 580exii on a light stand on camera right, set to 1/2 power just to add a little fill:

 

 

And that’s it! Once I got the set up working right, I just took several photos with different poses. Don’t worry if the neighbors look at you funny ๐Ÿ™‚

 

Also, check out my “Game Day” shot from a couple years ago. This one was a 3 exposure HDR, processed in Photomatix ๐Ÿ™‚

 

 

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Simplicity

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I liked the simplicity of this shot taken at Fall Creek Recreation Area on Percy Priest Lake.ย I thought it looked good in both color and black and white. Couldn’t decide which to post, so here are both ๐Ÿ™‚

 

June’s New Spot – Center Hill Lake

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June’s “New Spot was AMAZING, and one I’ll definitely be going back to. The weather cooled off significantly in early June after a pretty hot May. So I packed the car and took the kids camping out at Center Hill Lake. Though I have been on the lake before, I have never been there to shoot it. It’s really a beautiful lake, the best in the area that I’ve seen.

I started off the trip with a stop to shoot the bridge on HWY 56 that crosses the lake and a shot from the over look on HWY 56:

 

 

We then headed to the camping spot at Floating Mill Park. The campsites are all very close to the water and they face the sunset. The skies were great with fast moving clouds all weekend so I tried several long exposures:

 

 

 

And of course, the clouds made for great sunsets:

 

 

 

 

This one is my favorite of the trip, actually taken after sunset.

 

I also loved this one, my view one morning from inside my tent ๐Ÿ™‚

 

I can’t wait to visit this lake again, in fact I may be planning something for next month…

 

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May’s New Spot – Percy Warner Park

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I can’t believe I had never been to Percy Warner Park. It’s very close to Radnor Lake, so I guess that explains it. In the past, if I was in the area I would have ended up at the lake instead of Percy Warner. This park, however, has so much to offer. There are miles and miles of hiking trails and driving trails. That’s right, there are scenic driving loops that you can ride around on.

The steps that you see in the main shot are at the main entrance to the park. This is at the top looking down. Here is another view from the bottom looking up:

 

Along the driving loop, there are several nice overlooks.

 

 

 

Overall, a very nice place. I’ve visited a few times after this with my kids for short hiking trips.

 

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