I haven’t been out on a photography only trip in awhile, so even when I just go out for other reasons I try to take my camera with me now.
So on a recent trip to a relatives house, on the way back I decided to take a new route home and was finally able to get some round bales in the field. Why I say finally is the farmers around here are just to quick for me. They have been baling their hay and picking it up as they go.
Round Bales in the Field
Other news
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Taking sometime this holiday weekend to take a look at some older images that I marked to edit but never got around to.
It is worth your time to go through your older images from time to time. As technology changes in photography software some of those images that you didn’t think would work may now be one of your better images. You never know.
Anyway, here is one of the images I worked on this weekend from a 2016 trip down to Fells Point in Baltimore with a photographer friend of mine. One of the early morning trips that I have taken. I’m not a morning person, so this took some dedication.
Two Baltimore Tug boats on the pier in Fells Point.
It’s that time of year again, that it is the end of my Art Show Season this weekend. If you are in the Carroll County, Md area, but sure to stop by the Carroll Farmers Market in Westminster at the Ag Center this Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm.
Since it is the last show of the year, it is also a customer appreciation day, and I will be giving up to 25% of my prints. So if there was something that you liked during the year, but didn’t get it, this weekend will be your best deal of the year.
The home by the stream
Abandoned A-Frame home and broken footbridge
Not totally sure that no one lives in this home anymore, but I’ve always loved the look of it by the stream. Even though the footbridge is no longer usable, I think it still ads character to the scene
Fujifilm recently had the 2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition & Sweepstakes contest of which I entered one of my prints.
I was honored to receive the following email from them.
Hi Mark,
On behalf of the entire Fujifilm Printlife team, we would like to thank you for submitting into the 2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition & Sweepstakes.
We are pleased to announce that you have a submission that has been sent to be printed and put on display at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal!*
You will be a part of this year’s incredible exhibit, showcasing 13,640 photos!*
We hope that you will join us October 16th through the 20th in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall to see all of the amazing photos on display this year.
We are looking forward to seeing and meeting you at the event!
Thank You,
The Fujifilm Printlife Team
So if you are in the New York area from October 16th through the 20th and have a chance to stop by the Grand Central Terminal. Keep a look out for my image being displayed as part of this exhibit.
Here is my image to keep an eye out for. Note: in the exhibit, this image was cropped to fit the square format, the below image is the full image as taken
Capture One has created Capture One Express for both Fuji and Sony users and made it available for free. It is a complete editor with catalog (DAM), and all the tools you need to edit an entire RAW or JPeg image. The pro version adds the ability to do local edits, but you can get your feet wet and do most of what you need with the express versions.
Quick intro to the Express version and how to activate it.
While out taking a few images for a long term project which will take me at least nine months I decided to see what different kind of compositions I could get.
Below is one of my favorites of the evening‘s experiments in different compositions. I may post some others later on
A field of wheat with the great backdrop of an awesome sunset.
On the way to a camera club meeting this week I passed an old mill that I drive by all the time and I’ve been meaning to get a picture of. As I passed, I realized I was going to be early so I turned around and parked the car and set out to get my picture of this old mill.
I mention this as further down the road was an older home that again, I have driven by for years and always thought to myself, I need to stop and get a picture of that. I have no idea when this house was built, but it obviously was one of the earlier homes built in the area. It had a large overhanging roof porch that looked like it went all the way around the sides and front of the house. It would have made a great picture.
I say would as when I drove by after getting my pictures of the old mill I was sad to see that it had been knocked down and removed from the property.
It just reminded me, if there are older structures you have been wanting to get a picture of, get it now, don’t wait and say I’ll get that someday as when that someday comes, it might not be there.
Here is one of the photos of the mill that I was able to get that evening.
Carrollton Roller Mill
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Although Light City Baltimore has been running for a few days now, I have not had a chance yet to go down and check out all the wonderful light art that is on display. From the pictures I’ve seen and posts I’ve read, it is much larger and even better this year.
Here’s hoping I can get some great shots like these from last year’s Light City Baltimore
On a recent Sunday, I planned on getting up early to get Sunrise pictures. This is not something that I do easily as I am not a morning person. I normally do not get up until well after the sun has risen as I work the later shift at work.
Well on this Sunday I did my best the night before to check what the forecast would be. Based on what I saw I thought it was worth getting up early and driving down to the Baltimore Inner Harbor to get the sunrise as it had the potential to be a spectacular sunrise.
I arrived early enough to find a nice cloud deck above, the water was still, and there was a small sliver of an opening on the horizon. Well, the appointed time for the sun to come up came and went and it never made an appearance on the horizon as the clouds were just too thick. So my chance of an epic sunrise was a bust.
So I made the best of disappointment and decided let’s see what else I can get photos of. I ended up driving to four different locations this day as it was one of those rare warm days in February. Here are some of the pictures I got on my 102-mile round trip.
Since the water was still in the Inner Harbor tried my best to get a few reflection shots. Here is one of them.
West side of the Inner Harbour on a still Sunday morning
It was so early I was able to get a shot of the visitors center without all the folks walking around. Sometime I’ll actually be down at the Inner Harbor when the visitors center is open so I can go in. It is supposed to be a very nice visitors center.
Baltimore Visitors Center
Next Stop, the Under Armour Corporate Headquarters and the pier nearby.
Seagulls on the Pier
I don’t have too many usable pictures from this location as I was testing out some manual lens that I had acquired. Seems I need to learn a few things about them still as things didn’t turn out as I had hoped for some images.
Off to North Point Park to meet up with a photography buddy, but along the way, I took a picture of some street art that I have been meaning to get for some time.
Unknown artist’s work only Key Highway
Last spot of the day, Fort Howard Park
Still working on editing some of the other images, but found this one dark room in one of the bunkers that had some artwork painted on the back and had some fun going a little overboard on the editing as I though it just lending itself to the wild side. So here are 2 different versions.
The first is a standard HDR shot.
BY THE LAW OF THE SISTERHOOD OF THREE AS IS DONE TO THE INNOCENTS THRICE SHALL IT BE
I didn’t like the fact that the words were covered so I’m trying my hand at some photoshop techniques. Still learning and this is my first attempt at combining 2 shots together to get the words. Not quite happy with this version yet, but still figuring things out.
Let me know what you think of this or any of the images in this post
Took a little photo trip recently out to Cunningham Falls in Thurmont Md with a friend of mine.
I don’t get out as much as I should, but my partner in crime for the Photography Nation Magazine, Sean Simmons, came out my way so I had no excuse not to go. I’m still working on the photos, but here is a quick preview with an iPhone panorama of the top of Cunningham Falls, near Thurmont Md.
Cunningham Falls, Md. Click on the image to view full size
I’m still editing the rest of the images that I took that day and will post some more here along with on my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/markdoddphotography/ If you visit my page, don’t forget to like and share the page and the post. I’d appreciate it.
The Magazine
As I mentioned Sean Simmons of Clear Elite Photography and I have teamed up to create a new magazine. We had our first issue released this month. Check it out.
I’m still learning how to use my new camera and one night recently I while I was out walking the dogs I saw that the moon was setting and Venus was nearby. So after taking the dogs back inside, I thought I would see how well the new camera did in low light for astrophotography. I think this is the first time I’ve actually been able to capture the dark side of the moon clearly. Although a larger lens would be nicer next time to get a closer shot. This is the result of my trial. I used Macphun’s Luminar to edit the photo, but it didn’t need many adjustments as it was almost perfect right out of the camera.
