This is a bit of a different photograph for me. Earlier this week I was invited to a performance of the San Francisco Symphony – actually my wife (oboeinsight) was among a group of bloggers invited to attend, and I got to tag along and bring a camera.
I tend to minimize the amount of gear I carry when shooting in urban environments, but this time I was truly minimalist. I took my Canon 5D with only a 50mm f/1.4 prime – partly because I didn’t want to be lugging around a bunch of photo gear at the symphony, and partly because I could carry this stuff inconspicuously in a very small bag. To be honest, it was actually fun to shoot with a single prime lens.
Oh, another fun thing about this shot… The person is an anonymous Bay Area arts blogger. So I guess I could lead with something like “Blogger’s Identity Revealed – See the Photo!”
So you use Flickr… what else is out there that is going to enable you to get the most out of it?
Thanks to Flickr’s API a lot of people have come up with some very interesting tools. As I’ve learned there are a lot of things to discover from GreaseMonkey scripts to external sites that enhance the Flickr experience. Below (in no particular order) are my favorite external sites that enable me to more quickly review the photos of others and monitor my photos…
I’ve been posting some photographs at Flickr for the past couple of months. In fact, for awhile I was hosting the photos for this site on Flickr – in other words, the images that you saw displayed here were coming from the Flickr site. (Some still are, but more recent images are hosted on the same server than handles this blog.)
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.
The photo I posted earlier today is of a spot that has perplexed me for a long time. I don’t know the name of this little lake – though it must one, considering its location. It is located in Yosemite National Park a short distance before Tioga Pass. It is right by the Tioga Pass Road, so it seems that someone is often there photographing it.
It is a picturesque little spot, but I’ve found it very difficult to photograph. Midday light is always difficult, and while the peaks pick up some wonderful light later in the day the foreground goes quite dark – and there is a lot of foreground.
However, I do like this version that I photographed in early July this year. I think that the key was the early morning hour, as opposed to my other attempts much later in the day. Not too long after dawn the light comes across the shoulder of Mt. Gibb, the peak to the right. The early season greenery around the edges of the pond help, as did the use of a wide angle perspective.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.
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