Perhaps because I grew up in Wyoming, I've always been a fan of this composition. Barbed wire played a huge role in the homesteading of the west, and it still represents the majority of fencing used in this part of the country. Shot with my 40-150mm at 40mm; 1/400 sec. at f4.
Had beautiful weather in Cody, Wyoming yesterday - nearly 50F in the middle of January! I decided to take advantage of the great weather to take a photo drive up the South Fork. I'm continually amazed by the beauty of God's creation. Here's a shot of horses grazing in the gently rolling hills of the South Fork. Golden hour sun and majestic mountains in the background combined to create a great pastoral scene. Shot with my 40-150mm at 77mm; 1/15 sec at f11.
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Just read a great post at Photo Camel on the Rules for Portrait Photography. Portraiture is something I've more or less stayed away from - the complexities of lighting, posing, and capture make this style of photography pretty imposing. Ben Jones has distilled the essentials down to a succinct list - with image examples - to help make some sense out of it all. Read the post here - then join Photo Camel to thank Ben for making this resource available. Note: After you finish reading the rules, browse through the remaining comments to download a PDF and see an explanation of the 1-3-2 and 1-2-2 poses (posted on 9/7/2007).
I'm currently reading Guy Kawasaki's Reality Check. I'm enjoying the book immensely, as expected. However, I had my first LOL moment today when I read this introductory quote to Guy's chapter on e-mail etiquette:
Here are a few pics I took during our afternoon playing in the snow here at the cabin - we've got a bit of snow!
Although I applied a rather atypical crop to this image, I really like the way it turned out. Looks like the sled could pop right out of the frame!
Here's another snowmobiling shot taken in the mountains above Cooke City, Montana. In this shot, you can see Pilot Peak standing proudly in the background (it's the lower peak in the center of the frame). As you can see, the wind put a pretty good crust on the snow - we had so much wind in the valley that we witnessed significant blowdown coming into the cabin on our sleds yesterday. Under that top crust was about two feet of powder - fun, fun, fun.
Took this shot of my father-in-law yesterday afternoon in the mountains above Cooke City, Montana. We actually saw the sun here for the first time all week! Today, it's snowing again...
We're finally at the family cabin near Silver Gate, Montana. This afternoon, we went out to the mountains above Cooke City for some snowmobiling. This area is a mecca for back-country snowmobiling - folks come from all over to enjoy the area's abundant snowfall (usually over 15' per season). We're still pretty early in the season - there's probably not more than 4' yet. Even so, we've had enough snow in the past week that the sledding is pretty decent. Most rocks are hidden and there's some good powder to be had.
I like to take a camera along for the ride to snap some powder pics. This can be a challenge given that my E500 is not weatherized. I carry my camera and a second lens in my Kata T212 Torso pack. Although I wear the pack under my coat to protect it from the snow, I still place the camera and lens in a sealed plastic bag to protect it from stray snow and condensation.
Here are a few pics I took today. It was snowing pretty heavily, so the light was not good. Still, I think we got some decent action shots.
I'm a Software Product Manager living and working in Bozeman, Montana. I started this blog as a place to discuss/display anything that comes to mind: work, photography, golf, software development, requirements, project management, x-country skiing, religion - anything's fair game!
You can check out my other blog at www.freemyfotos.com and view a larger collection of my photos on my flickr photostream (http://tinyurl.com/49cys3) . I also have several prints available for purchase at ImageKind (http://images.timleonhardt.com).
