New Poster for Sale

By popular demand (anytime three or more people ask) I’ve added this image to my posters collection and to the next edition of my Hill Country Landscapes book.

All posters are printed on Kodak Professional Supra Endura VC Digital Paper which boasts superb color reproduction and a standard archival value of 100 years in home display and 200 years in dark storage. Most orders will ship in 48 hours and will be shipped flat in a very secure padded cardboard container to protect your poster during transport. To keep things simple there is a flat shipping charge regardless of the number of posters ordered.

To order, just click on the Add to Cart button below and thank you all for your continued support!

McKinney Falls Winter Fields Poster 20″ x 16″ (MFWF01)
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
$32.00 + $7.00 for Shipping and Handling (USPS 2-5 Business Days)

Sometimes You Need to Get Close

In general, landscape photographers will use a wide angle lens to capture those wide open vistas. Sometimes you need to get close however and that’s where today’s wide-angle zoom lenses like Canon’s EF 24-105mm really comes in handy.

I took this shot on a hazy evening about 30 minutes before the sun went down, when the light literally glowed in a golden hue. I used a Singh-Ray Vari-ND-Duo filter to obtain a long exposure and provide some warmth and contrast.

Golden Falls – Austin, Texas
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod-mounted. The exposure was taken at 35mm, f/16 for 2.5 seconds at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray Vari-ND-Duo neutral density filter. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Never Put Your Camera Away!

Like baseball, success in photography is all about statistics. In baseball, the more times you’re at bat, the better your average usually is. One simple rule for increasing your “stats” (percent keepers) in photography is to never put your camera away until you get “home”. (OK, enough with the baseball analogy)

I took this shot before Christmas as I was leaving McKinney Falls State Park, on my way back to Sugar Land. I had my camera on the car seat next to me and spotted this beautiful light just peeking through the clouds during the early evening. It was almost dusk and the sunlight was diffused by the clouds just enough to put the trees in silhouette and make the long grass “glow” when backlit.

Winter Fields – Austin, Texas
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod-mounted. The exposure was taken at 100mm, f/16 for 1/5th of a second at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray 4-stop graduated neutral density filter. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta. Click on the image above for a larger version.

I grabbed my camera and took a few quick test shots through the window and then stopped my car right there on the side of the road. I setup my tripod and camera in less than a minute and started taking exposures using a polarizer at first and then finally using a graduated neutral density filter. I lost the sun in just a few minutes but that brief stop gave me the opportunity to capture some really nice shots that I would have normally driven right past if I hadn’t had my camera handy!

The Long Way Home

Here’s a shot I took a few months back during a hike at the Hill Country State Natural Area near Bandera, Texas. This secluded little state park boasts about 40 miles of hiking and horse trails winding up and down grassy valleys, crossing spring-fed streams, and climbing (very) steep limestone hills.

It’s also one of most beautiful outback areas of the state and offers wonderful vistas to photograph for those adventurous enough to hike up the rough limestone trails. It’s one of those spots that nature lovers prize the most; secluded, quiet and beautiful.

Long Way Home – Bandera, Texas
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens hand-held. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/11 for 1/60th of a second at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray warming polarizer. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Merry Christmas

Since this is (probably) my last post of the week I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Celebrate the joy of our Lord and Saviour’s birth with family and friends and know that we are all blessed with His eternal Grace. And for my friends in New York, Chag Urim Sameach!

Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots

Jeff Carlson’s latest book Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots has just been released and is available from Amazon or Peachpit Press right now. Jeff’s books contains three of my favorite G10 landscape images which were chosen from the hundreds submitted to Peachpit’s Flickr group created just for this book. The first person to buy the book and find my three images gets a free copy of my new photo book Hill Country Landscapes.

Nik Software’s Viveza 2 Now Shipping

Hey Folks! My friends at Nik Software have just released the latest version of their incredible Viveza plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Lightroom. Upgrading to this version couldn’t be simpler and current users should receive an email with a link to upgrade that takes only moments to complete! My hat’s off to the folks at Nik Software.

Autumn Shoreline

Here’s another image taken at Buescher State Park in Smithville, Texas right before we lost all our fall color to the wind and the rain. Enjoy the colors of autumn once again.

Autumn Shoreline – Buescher State Park, Texas
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 60mm, f/16 for 1/25th of a second at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray warming polarizer. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta. Click on the image above for a larger version.