http://www.isofifty.com Expressing the world in a new light Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:23:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A lot of good ones to choose from. Here is one of my favorites. http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2275 I was up at the single man luge event at the winter olympics last weekend in Whistler. This sport is pure insanity, with recent events there attesting to this.   Speeds reach 150km/hour or 90miles/hour at the finish line.  That said, it would be a thrill to try, ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2260 I hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas. =) and that you had it just as you had hoped. I spent christmas eve, and the weekend that follows it in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. Not the greatest snowboarding by any stretch of the term, but family time in the snow is always ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2244 Here are some night shots I took some time ago during a still summer evening. Ever since the reflections challenge awhile back I have wanted to shoot the night pano but never got to it. Most pictures were taken with the 50mm 1.4. Not sure why the ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2231 So here is another night shot. I have been camping almost every weekend this month so I have had lots of great opportunities to be under dark skies and shoot night shots. This one was from a place called Lake Cachuma, which is just north of Santa Barbara. Specs are ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2229 Here is a comparison of a high ISO night shot and a low ISO night shot. Shot 1: Nikon D3, 24mm, f/5, ISO 25,600.....yes 25,600 HI+2 on the D3, 10 seconds Shot 2: Nikon D3, 24mm, f/6.3, ISO 400, 30 minutes I typically use the high ISO with the short exposures for framing ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2226 I shot this two nights ago in Sequoia National Park. This is looking up one of the very large pines right over our tent. Specs on the shot are Nikon D3, 24-70mm @24mm, f/5, ISO800 for 10 minutes. The tree is lit by our campfire. http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2223 Been looking over old images that never had caught my eye and have found a few orchids which just stood out. This is from when I first received my D200 and the 50mm @ f/1.8. Was experimenting with the shallow depth of field to see what the bokeh would appear ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2219 So i haven't uploaded in a while, and it seems things have slowed down on here a little, so here is something to show what i have been up to,......kinda. i got my 5d markII a month and a half ago, and i have been shooting non stop. It would be ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2208 In anticipation of my first DSLR (an EOS 450D that's on its way as I type!), I decided to finally get around to whipping up one of the HDRs that I setup in the South Pacific. Without further ado, I present to you my first HDR from the National ... http://www.isofifty.com/?p=2206