Out Across the Lake

Posted on 7 August, 2017 by Eric

Looking west across Lake Louise; Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada:

Waiting for the light to go out

Posted on 6 August, 2017 by Eric

Source: Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

So, with about half of North America, I plan on driving to the path of totality for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on August 21. I was originally going to write up some tutorial information on this, but since so much of it is already available, I thought it best to primarily link to the sites I think are most helpful. Continue reading →

Banff Twins

Posted on 1 August, 2017 by Eric

Canada Day fireworks in Banff, Alberta:

This shot was taken from the Banff Avenue Bridge, with a few seconds’ display reflected in the Bow River.

EXIF:
Olympus E-M1II, 12-40mm M.Zuiko Pro lens @ 24mm
f/8, ISO 200, 3 1-second frames stacked via Live Composite

Whew… that was (not) fun!

Posted on 1 August, 2017 by Eric

So, it’s been a busy month for me. Did some travel, took lots of photographs, got ready for this month’s solar eclipse.

Oh, and this site got hacked (while I was on the road, of course).

I’m pretty sure everything’s now back in working order again, but if anything misbehaves for you, please drop me a line via the contact form.

Meanwhile, prepare for a backlog of material to be unleashed…

Jaroslava in process

Posted on 18 June, 2017 by Eric

Here, Olivia McLeod of Blackbird Art is recreating in chalk the painting “Jaroslava” by Alphonse Mucha.

This work won the “Best Reproduction of a Master’s Work” and “Peoples Choice” awards at the Denver Chalk Art Festival 2017. I used a little Lightroom trickery to correct the photo’s perspective.