Silk Flow
Nikon D40 - 10/2/2011 - f-22 - 1 sec - ISO 200 - 33mm eqv.
An unusual overhead slow shutter photo of the Amnicon River. This is one of my favorite slow shutter photos because of the perspective.
mintCast Cover02
Software: GIMP - CC-BY-SA License
This particular piece of artwork was not totally complete in my view. I wanted to find a more readable font for the main text. It was my second complete artwork for mintCast. The background took me a number of tries to get the proper texture and 3D look to it. I started with a flame fractal rendered by the flame plugin included in GIMP. This was then colorized and mapped to a gradient which were combined to give a subtle shift to the highlights. Next I made a drop shadow for the visible parts of the flame, which was accomplished with the help of depth mapping based on brightness. Finally I added texture via a number of different plugins. All of the text was very simple.
Fading Fall
Nikon D40 - 9/29/2012 - f-5.6 - 1/500 sec - ISO 400 - 82mm eqv.
This image is one that I took of the fall colors, but became bored with the standard pumped colors you see in most photos. I decided to edit it with GIMP to have a old/grunge look. Once I had the BW conversion, I decided that it should have some color, so I reprocessed the raw to give strong colors and dropped it on top of the BW. The new layer is in overlay mode with low opacity, with a duplicate to add a little more to the dirty look.
Branch
Nikon D40 - 9/23/2012 - f-6.3 - 1/320 sec - ISO 800 - 82mm eqv.
This image is an apple branch against the evening sky. The crooked shape against the sky was a striking picture.
Square Sky
Nikon D40 - 9/23/2012 - f-8.0 - 1/400 sec - ISO 800 - 69mm eqv.
This was a really spectacular sky following a sunset. The skyline is from Duluth MN, taken from the rose garden parking lot.
Farie Forest
Nikon D40 - 3/12/2011 - f-4.2 - 15 sec - ISO 1100 - 45mm eq.
A candle lit path through Amnicon Falls State Park Wisconsin. This particular night there had been a fresh snowfall, creating the perfect white frosting on the trees.
Stars
Nikon D40 - 4/6/2012 - f-3.5 - 30 sec - ISO 560 - 27mm eq.
A starry night just as the nearly full moon was rising. The clouds were nearly invisible to the naked eye, but they traced themselves nicely onto a long exposure.
Milkweed
Nikon D40 - 3/24/2012 - unknown f-stop - 1/40 sec - ISO 400 - 82mm eq.
This is an image that turned out better than I thought it would. I was in a hurry when I took the photo. I really like the texture on the pod.