by matt on January 26, 2012
We’ve had a lot of rain recently thanks to some late winter storms that finally dropped some snow in the mountains. But the rain and now rising snow lines has created an excess of water that quickly finds it’s way into the river basins. I took my boys down to Alton Baker Park in Eugene to check out the Willamette River and see how high the water was. It’s pretty incredible to see the amount of water flowing right now.
While we were there we bumped into a photographer for the Register Guard who was sporting a sweet 300mm Canon lens and a monopod. I’ve never used a monopod but I can sure see that they would be handy with that big 300mm. I was using my Canon 7D with the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II attached and took a few photos of ducks that were enjoying floating down the now submerged bike path.
The regal head of the mighty mallard.
I’m still getting used to the focusing on the Canon 7D. It’s quite different from my Canon 5D Mark II and I haven’t spent nearly enough time trying to figure it out and practice with it more. I’m not sure I nailed the focus with these duck photos due to my inexperience with the 7D. I will say that the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II is an incredible lens that is worth every penny of it’s high price.
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by matt on January 25, 2012
Every year the family and I make the 1+ hour drive north to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn Oregon to take in the acres upon acres of colorful blooming tulips. It’s really an amazing experience and one we enjoy as a family. If you find yourself in Oregon around March and April go check it out.
I’ve been sitting on literally hundreds of photos I took at the tulip festival for several years now. From time to time I will go back through them and process and re-process a few. Today it dark and dreary and raining all day long so I thought why not cheer myself up with some colorful tulip photos to remind myself that it won’t be long again until the tulip festival kicks off again. I post a few now for your enjoyment.
Tulips come in every shade of color imaginable.
I can’t say that I am ever really happy with an image. There are many that I really like and enjoy but I always seem to be tinkering with them, processing them in different ways, playing with different crops, experimenting. Often my original vision will change and an image will transform into something completely different. And I’m OK with that. I like being able to create different versions.
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