tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144671212011-10-06T04:27:16.865-07:00Photoblog for Eric Thurberericgtrnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14467121.post-23108267002490528722007-09-03T09:27:00.000-07:002007-09-03T09:55:30.202-07:00<strong>First attempt at lightning photography<br /><br /></strong><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xHAmN9EDVhU/Rtw7ZvXc1-I/AAAAAAAAACY/Lfztf0CgdtY/s1600-h/lightning1_small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106021390928893922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xHAmN9EDVhU/Rtw7ZvXc1-I/AAAAAAAAACY/Lfztf0CgdtY/s320/lightning1_small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><strong></strong></div><div>Recently, we had a rare lightning storm pass through the town of Forest Grove, Oregon and I thought it would be a good opportunity to make my first attempt at capturing it while using a local wetlands as the foreground.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />EXIF:<br />Shutter Speed 6.0 seconds<br />F-Stop: F/8.0</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xHAmN9EDVhU/Rtw3SvXc18I/AAAAAAAAACI/6JmkJRfpRSY/s1600-h/lightning2_small.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Focal Length: 19.0 mm</span><br /><br /><div><p>I used a Canon 5D with the 17-40L lense for this shoot. It was on a tripod using a remote shutter release and since it was dusk and the lighting was changing by the minute it was anywhere between F5 and F8.<br /><br />Using Bulb mode the exposure settings were anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds long as I manually held and released the shutter accordingly<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xHAmN9EDVhU/Rtw7wvXc1_I/AAAAAAAAACg/f0MokQBsT6I/s1600-h/lightning2_small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106021786065885170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xHAmN9EDVhU/Rtw7wvXc1_I/AAAAAAAAACg/f0MokQBsT6I/s320/lightning2_small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">EXIF:<br />Shutter Speed 15 seconds<br />F-Stop: F/5.6<br />Focal Length: 17.0 mm</span><br /></p><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xHAmN9EDVhU/Rtw5m_Xc19I/AAAAAAAAACQ/TWDy6gN_q_4/s1600-h/lightning2_small.jpg"></a></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14467121-2310826700249052872?l=ericgtr.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ericgtrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14467121.post-38325793958743046712007-04-18T09:04:00.000-07:002007-04-18T09:05:34.958-07:00<a href="http://ericgtr.smugmug.com/photos/143847971-S.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://ericgtr.smugmug.com/photos/143847971-S.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>In this basic tutorial we will cover using the Gaussian Blur filter to acheive a softened glow effect in Photoshop. <a href="http://ericgtr.smugmug.com/gallery/2713671">Click Here</a> to view.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14467121-3832579395874304671?l=ericgtr.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ericgtrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14467121.post-29024492493441743832007-04-18T08:42:00.000-07:002007-04-18T08:43:19.707-07:00Welcome to my blog. From time to time I will post photo updates in here.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14467121-2902449249344174383?l=ericgtr.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ericgtrnoreply@blogger.com0