I was inspired to do a “light paintings” image of me holding my great grandfather’s Winchester 1894, octagon barreled rifle. This rifle was purchase by my great grandfather in about 1895. My great grandfather used it; his son, my grandfather; then my father; and I have used it for years. I wanted to show a rather sleepy old cowboy standing guard — this cowboy was sitting and asleep on duty. Light was painted on the subject as if it came in a window rather from the model’s right side in a totally dark room. I acted as the “Old Cowboy.” My wife, Lisa, did the light painting in total darkness at 10 PM on March 1st of 2020 — all with a small flashlight.
Camera setting details: 48 mm; 10 sec. exposure; f16; and ISO of 100 with a Nikon 750 camera and 28-300 Nikkor lens.
This image was shot with a Nikon D810, 500mm lens, 1/800 shutter @ f5.6 and ISO 1600. Taken at the pond at Reinhart Volunteer Park (also known as All Sports Park) in the spring when the baby geese are present.
First Place – Assigned Category – An Idiom Expressed as a Photograph
Two First Places
Spread One’s Wings Bridget Cline
It was taken in Myrtle Beach, SC at sunrise.
Thunderstruck Ross Steensland
This photo was taken in November of 2019 during an intense thunderstorm over Myrtle Creek. I was there before sunset and long into the night. As the sky got darker I was able to take repeated 2 minute exposures at f7.1 iso 250. I blended together two lighting strikes into the same sky photo, then blended that with the foreground and orange horizon from sunset. Canon 6DmkII Canon 24-70mm f2.8
Three First Places – Open Category
A Crack In The Sky Reflected Susan Sheets
I shot this at Bandon beach on a wintery, wet and windy weekend this January. The gear: Olympus 12-100mm lens at 12 mm, F8, 1/60th sec., on a tripod, Olympus EM5 MkII.
Go Ahead, I’m Listening Jim Heern
Golden Eagle Rudy Dierks
Image was shot at Wildlife Images. Two shot focus stacking was done on the bird to achieve sharpness over most of the image. The background is a blend of a couple of my own shot textures. I used a Canon 5D Mark IV with a 100/400 lens set at 263mm/F-8/500 shutter speed/2500ISO. Image was processed using photoshop 2019 and DXO software. Amazingly beautiful bird up close!
Three Second Places
I Hear You, I See You, I Smell You Susan Sheets
On The Lookout Rudy Dierks
The Image of the Bengal Tiger was shot at the West Coast Game Park near Bandon. The image is a time lapse of one cat taken several minutes apart. The background is a combination of images that were taken at Joshua TreeNational Park. The tigers were blended into the background using Photoshop. I used a Canon 5D MarkIV with 100/200mm lens/F-8/600Shutter speed/ ISO400 to shoot the cat shots and a 24/70 lens for the background shots. I hope this cat likes it’s new home.
I shot this in September 2019 from my back yard. A first for me in catching lightening. 2.5 sec, f5.0, iso 500.
Four First Places – Category – Open
SnowFlake Dancers Dale George
This image was taken at the dress rehearsal of Stillpoint Dance Studio’s version of The Nutcracker. I have waited 3 years to get this image for myself and it was worth it. Shot using a Canon MKIV and 24-70 mm lens combination. I had my ISO set at 6400 and aperture 4.0 as most of the dance was in challenging low light conditions.
Not a lot of post editing, mostly some color correction and bringing up some shadows and highlight control…as well as some sharpening and noise reduction.
The Ghost Of The Mountain Jim Heern
Snow Leopards inhabit the highest altitude of any big cats. These most elusive cats nicknamed ” Ghost Of The Mountains”. They are perfectly equipped to thrive in extreme high-altitudes (up to 20’000 ft.)
Snow Leopards can endure temperatures as low as -40 degrees F , they are vulnerable to extinction, there only 6,000 left in the wild.
Shot at f/ 8.0
ISO 2500
1/250 sec.
Aurora Vintage Larry Pollack
Purple Pier Ross Steensland
This image was taken late December in Avila Beach California. After the sun went over the horizon I checked the North side of the pier and found a warm glow still illuminating the structure. I composed the image as to where the pier was leading into the brightest point of the sunset. I shot at multiple focus points, several exposures to compensate for the highlights and darks, and then about 3 additional minutes to create the smooth ocean. All of them were then blended in photoshop.
Canon 6D mkII. Canon 24-70 f2.8. B+W Polarizer filter.
I had been exploring some of the fire burned area from last summer’s Klondike Fire. It was raining all morning with fog and low clouds obscuring most of the high country.
I was following a logging road near Silver Creek, west of Chrome Ridge. I drove down a steep ridge heading west. Suddenly, the sun partially broke through, lighting up the tips of the limbs of Douglas fir and the newly recovered (from fire) ferns in some areas of the scene. It was classic PNW in full bloom!
It was shot with my Nikon d750, 28-300mm lens. Focal length of 56 mm, F8, 1/500 sec at ISO 100.
I began photography about the time I joined the Caveman Camera Club in 2009. I’ve enjoyed photography, camaraderie with other club members, and 4x4ing ever since. They all go together so nicely.
Congratulations! Ozzie on a beautiful image. Look for Ozzie’s image sometime soon in the Daily Courier.
