The VLA

While in New Mexico the other week, we had an afternoon off and made a trip down to the Very Large Array.  the VLA is a set of huge radio antennae that measure 82 feet in diameter.  There are 27 of them, arranged in a Y pattern.  While they were in a pretty compact pattern for our visit, they can be moved and spread to cover an area 22 miles in diameter.  The science and technology behind this array is pretty amazing, and the images they produce are spectacular.  It was well worth the drive to visit this place, especially since we ended up with a pretty fantastic sunset while we were there.

Learn more about the VLA. . .

Sunrise and Stars

My good friend, Dave is picking up his family and heading to New York to start a new adventure and a fantastic opportunity.  We decided that a final light painting expedition was in order, so yesterday afternoon, we headed out to the middle of nowhere, just past Lucin, UT to the Sun Tunnels.  We've been out here before, you've seen these tunnels in my images in previous posts.  This has become a favorite spot to paint, shoot some stars, and hang out with friends.  We had an amazing time, and came home with some great images.  You'll see them in the next few days.  As we wrapped up out painting, we set up our cameras to catch some stars.  There was no moon, and the few clouds we had seen had cleared, so we had great conditions for stars.  These shots came as sunrise was starting show.  I love the combination of the early morning light and the fading stars.  Good stuff.

This first image is from a set that was captured with a fisheye lens at 15mm on a full-frame camera.  I purposely placed the horizon low in the frame, causing the landscape to warp.  

This second image was captured using a 10-22mm lens on the cropped-sensor 7D.

Time Lapse

I've been doing a bunch of reading about time lapse photography lately and I figured it was time to give it a try.  I shot this sequence from my office building today.  This is a series of 978 images, shot at f/22, 1/20 sec, ISO 100.  They were shot at 2 second intervals and the total elapsed time is just over 30 minutes.  The images were shot with the Canon 1D Mk IV and the Canon 8-15mm f/4.0L Fisheye lens.

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Becca and Her Dogs

If you know Becca, you know that she loves her dogs.   She has dozens of them.
She never goes anywhere with out at least a couple of them.  She knows them by name and has her favorites.

I thought I'd try a little different point of view of Becca and and her dogs.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/125 - f/16 - ISO 320 - 14 mm


Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/125 - f/16 - ISO 320 - 10 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/125 - f/16 - ISO 320 - 8 mm

Lego

I spent some time yesterday with my favorite 8 year old, some Lego, and a Fisheye.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/2 - f/16 - ISO 320 - 15 mm


Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/2 - f/16 - ISO 320 - 8 mm


Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/3 - f/16 - ISO 640 - 15 mm


Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/5 - f/11 - ISO 320 - 8 mm


Canon EOS 5D Mark II - EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
1/4 - f/11 - ISO 320 - 15 mm

Hoover Dam and the Bridge

I finally got back to working on my Vegas images.  These are from our stop at the Hoover Dam and the Tillman Bypass Bridge.  I've shot at both places in the past, so it was a fun challenge to try and get some unique shots.  The 8-15mm Fisheye lens helped in getting some unique shots.  

Images were created using the Canon 5D Mk II, Canon 1D Mk IV, Canon 24-105mm f/4.0L IS, and Canon 8-15mm f/4.0L Fisheye.