Presque Isle Winter Shooting
Posted February 18th, 2007 @ 08:50pm by Erik J. Barzeski
After installing a new garage door opener, I received a call from Ron asking if I'd like to go to Presque Isle to take pictures. Sure, I said! And we ventured forth. I shot most of the day in aperture priority at f/5.6. I didn't notice that my ISO was set to 400 (I'd have chosen 100), but did remark a few times that 1/4000 even at +1 exposure compensation did seem awfully fast. Derrr. All shots done with the Rebel XTi and the EF 28-135 IS/USM. Only some levels, white balance, and cropping done in post-processing.
There weren't nearly as many ice fishermen as I would have thought:
My camera's AF mode was also set to single-shot. I'd have preferred, of course, to have AI Servo AF activated. Still, I did manage to capture one good shot of a seagull, though, because it was flying just about perpendicular to me:
A young ice fisherman:
Perry's Monument:
It's unlikely this life saver will be needed any time soon:
We spent quite a few hours at Presque Isle. By about 4:30, the sun was low in the sky and creating some nifty shadows:
Random Ron
Ron Richardson (of this site) asked Carey and I to go, so along the way I snagged some shots of Ron. In the first shot, I'm not sure what he sees in the bench, but I'm sure it involves snow.
Taking a breather near Perry's Monument:
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Posted 19 Feb 2007 at 7:13am #
Wow Erik, that seagull shot came out really great! Nice stuff!
Posted 20 Feb 2007 at 6:21am #
That last pick of Ron is funny as hell. Someone get that boy a girlfriend!
Posted 20 Feb 2007 at 7:43pm #
Wow, that seagull shot is AMAZING!