Long Valley, NJ – Hacklebarney (HDR)

Jul2

Summer is upon us and fall is just around the corner! That means cooler weather (depending on where you live), football and wonderful colors. This shot was from last fall at Hacklebarney State Park in Long Valley, NJ. Just a nice quiet late afternoon in the park. Hope you have some great summer vacation plans!

Talke Photography Settings:
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon 12-24 f/4.0
Setting: Aperture Mode
Focal Length: 20.0 mm
ISO: 200
Exposure: 9 Exposure HDR (+4 to -4)
Aperture: f/11.0
Gear: Tripod
Post Process: Adobe CS5, Color Efex Pro, Photo Tools 2.6

Long Valley, NJ – Hacklebarney Park (Infrared)

Jan11

The art you can create with an Infrared Camera is endless! I am always trying to find ways to produce different looking shots with my IR photos. Thanks to some new unreal and awesome software I just downloaded…onOne Software’s Perfect PhotoSuite 5.5 …did I have a great weekend of processing photos!! I will get a review complete later this week. I want a little more time to play around. The effect in the photo above was thanks to Photo Tools 2.6 (part of the suite).

The photo above is from Hacklebarney Park when I visited in October. The leaves were in full fall bloom. I posted an HDR shot of this a few months back. I like this IR version as well!

Talke Photography Settings:

Camera: Nikon D70S (Converted to Infrared)
Infrared Conversion: D70S modified by LifePixel
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.4
Setting: Aperture Mode
Focal Length: 50.0mm
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/11
Gear: Tripod
Post Process: Adobe CS5, ,Silver Efex Pro, onOne Software Photo Tools 2.6

And for more fun…the Pixel Bender version!! So cool! Love this Pixel Bender!!!

Long Valley, New Jersey – Hacklebarney Park (Infrared)

Dec2

I must admit it is tough to stop cold turkey and just only post on Saturday’s. I have so many pics I want to post! So occasionally I will post a shot during the week. Stay warm! Its cold out there!

Talke Photography Settings:

Camera: Nikon D70S (Converted to Infrared)
Infrared Conversion: D70S modified by LifePixel
Lens: Nikon 12-24 f/4.0
Setting: Aperture Mode
Focal Length: 12.0mm
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/90 sec
Aperture: f/11
Gear: Tripod
Post Process: Adobe CS4, Viveza, Silver Efex Pro

Long Valley, New Jersey – The Colors of Autumn (HDR)

Nov6

I was in New Jersey this past week and the peak fall colors had just passed, but some trees were still bright and colorful. I was visiting some customers and stopped by Hacklebarney State Park in Long Valley, NJ during my lunch break. I had not been there since I was in High School…so a trip down memory lane. I had forgotten how wonderful this place is. I was hoping to get some fall color shots and was walking down a path and this amazing view was ahead of me. An instant favorite! It is now my screensaver on my computer and my IPad. If you want this version as well…click on IPad Screensaver and you can get it for $0.25! A bargin! =) I will update and add lots of new screensavers for IPad’s in the next week. Look for my post. Enjoy the fall season!