Going All the Way with HDR

Earlier this month I asked the question “How Far is Too Far with HDR?” in one of my posts and the answer I got back most often was “it’s up to the photographer to decide”. Well, that got me thinking and playing around with Photomatix Pro to see what kind of really far-out effects I [...]

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Shooting with Canon’s 300mm Prime Lens

Last weekend I attended the Wings Over Houston air show and used a Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM lens for most of the day. Normally for an event like this I’d shoot with a telephoto zoom but in this case I wanted to try out Canon’s 300mm prime to see just how sharp this [...]

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K-Man Lights Em Up!

A few months back I posted about Mark Krajnak’s Jersey Noir photo gallery and his “K-Man” posing for Joe McNally’s post entitled The Hot Shoe Diaries. Since then Mark and I have become friends, emailing back & forth, commenting on each others’ images and discussing new photographic projects.
I’ve been trying to get Mark to start [...]

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Wings Over Houston – Thunderbirds

Here are another two images I took last Saturday at the Wings Over Houston air show. The first was inspired by an image I saw on Moose Peterson’s Reno Air Races Begin post. The second image shows just how precise these pilots are during their maneuvers. These F-16 fighters were less than ten feet apart [...]

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Wings Over Houston – Leadership, Trust and Teamwork

Watching the Thunderbirds prepare for their demonstration is amazing. It’s a precision dance of man and machine unlike anything you’ve ever witnessed. It starts with Leadership. It depends upon Trust. It takes Teamwork.
Here’s Thunderbird 1 (Lt Col Greg Thomas) the Squadron Commander opening the ceremony.

Leadership
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon 40D [...]

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Wings Over Houston – Morning on the Flight Line

Got up pretty early Saturday morning for a chance to photograph this bird on the flight line before things got too crowded. Given the size of this beast it’s a good thing I brought my wide glass along. It’s amazing what a little High-Speed HDR magic can produce.

Morning on the Flight Line
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Wings Over Houston Up Close and Personal

It was a great day for an air show and the United States Air Force “Air Demonstration Squadron” better known as the Thunderbirds got up close and personal!

Thunderbirds Up Close & Personal
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon 40D hand-held, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM at 300mm, f/6.7 for 1/750th of a second [...]

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Sam Abell’s The Life of a Photograph

I was reading John O’Connor’s blog the other day and he mentioned that Sam Abell’s latest book The Life of a Photograph was soon to be published. Amazon was taking orders and I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived only a few days later.
I’ve been a fan of Sam Abell’s work in the National Geographic [...]

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Using Nik’s Silver Efex Pro!

We had really great weather last weekend and Sunday after church I decided to drive out west of Houston to a little town called Columbus which sits right near the Colorado river. It’s a little like stepping back in time a hundred years. The beautiful stone work of City Hall sits at the center of [...]

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Shooting with Canon’s Best Walk Around Lens!

Here’s another image to prove just how well the Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM performs in the real world. This time with no HDR “slight of hand”, just a single hand-held exposure at 85mm, f/ll for 1/45th of a second.
In the past I would have said this exposure (85mm at 1/45th second) would have [...]

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