Some of my favorite photos from 2013

[JDueckPhoto]

Here are a couple of images that I like from 2013.

Senior picture "high jump"


My white Shepard on snow


Old lighthouse


Long beach WA sunset


Caramel Coffee

 

[JDueckPhoto]

The value of intensity



...and focus (this one was purchased for local newspaper printing)



Macro lens test



Oregon tulip


This picture was taken standing in our campsite on a lake. 1.5sec shutter.

 

[JDueckPhoto]

One more picture

Senior photo (this one looks overexposed because of editing but its adjusted for brightness with the histogram)

 

[arlinescott]

WOW! I like them all but the sports shots are awesome. Your dog is beautiful adorable at the same time, (especially the quizzical head tilt).

 

[JLMCPICS]

Great work Jeremy! I love the Oregon tulip picture!!

 

[JDueckPhoto]

Thank you both

 

[photographmemories]

...and focus (this one was purchased for local newspaper printing)

I can see why! One of my goals this year is to get out and shoot some baseball photos.

All of these are really good. How did you achieve the detail in the seagull at sunset, fill flash?

 

[JDueckPhoto]

I can see why! One of my goals this year is to get out and shoot some baseball photos.

All of these are really good. How did you achieve the detail in the seagull at sunset, fill flash?

Baseball photos are fun to take but I think I enjoy being outdoors on a sunny day with the sounds of the game as much as anything. As long as the parents behave that is

I have to attribute the seagull detail to the power of the Nikon D4 image sensor. I couldn't have pulled that shadow detail up on my older cameras like the D700. A person could always shoot for a middle ground (halfway between the sunset reflection and the shadows) and then pull brights down and shadows up. In this case I exposed for the sun and was able to get an almost black bird to show good detail. Some time in LR4 & Photoshop helped too.

 

[JaniceL]

What a great mix of photos. Looks like 2013 was a good year for you.

 

[JDueckPhoto]

What a great mix of photos. Looks like 2013 was a good year for you.

Definitely. Always something new. One week its senior pics and the other I'm off for something completely different. Keeps things lively.

 

[BobH]

I have to attribute the seagull detail to the power of the Nikon D4 image sensor. I couldn't have pulled that shadow detail up on my older cameras like the D700. A person could always shoot for a middle ground (halfway between the sunset reflection and the shadows) and then pull brights down and shadows up. In this case I exposed for the sun and was able to get an almost black bird to show good detail. Some time in LR4 & Photoshop helped too.

Yes, it's amazing what the new gear can do. I recently had a shot that was about two stops over-exposed. A few moments in LightRoom and the shot looked halfway decent. A bit grainy, but consider I expected I wouldn't be able to do anything with it, it wasn't that bad. I also routinely pull all kind of details out of the shadows now. As you said, the older gear just doesn't have the same range.

 

[Joemeche]

Some of my most enjoyable shots have come from shooting the moon in different phases.



This one was digiscoped from the back porch in July.

 

[JDueckPhoto]

I had to look up digiscoping. It looks interesting.

 

[Joemeche]

I had to look up digiscoping. It looks interesting.

It's especially useful if you need to document rarities that just won't let you get close enough for a decent shot.

 

[JDueckPhoto]

It's especially useful if you need to document rarities that just won't let you get close enough for a decent shot.

Can you give us the comparable full frame focal length (or close to it) for your digiscope setup? My farthest reach with my current setup is 630mm on a crop body.

 

[photographmemories]

What's the focal reach with your scope, Joe?