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Paddling Boyd Lake State Park near Loveland
Sunday morning, August 7, 2011. A loop around Boyd Lake – 9 miles in 2:15 hours in Sea Wind canoe.
It was my first paddling on the Boyd Lake this year. The lake is very full like many other reservoirs in Colorado. I launched the Sea Wind canoe at northern end of the park road – just a few steps across a bike trail at current water level on a sandy beach.
I paddled around the lake with a short stop for photography at the SE lake corner near the dam. There is a nice view of Loveland and Longs Peak from that spot. And, it seems that I am attracted to that concrete dam structure. A nice pattern of concrete elements. You can compare three pictures below with the pictures I shot from at the same location 2 years ago, but from the shore.
Pictures were shot with my DSLR camera, Canon D5 M2 and EF 24-1005 mm lens with a polarizer. Sea Wind canoe is a very stable platform for photography. So, for a easy paddling like today, I carry my Canon camera in Seattle Sport mini duffel. I don’t see that product in their catalog any more. I wouldn’t consider it waterproof, just splash proof. However, it offers an easy access to the camera even with a long lens attached. There is a room for an extra lens and/or flash or other accessories.
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Boyd Lake State Park
160 Lakes and Reservoirs of Colorado
Cost of Paddling – Access to Local, County, State and Federal Waters
Surfrigger Canoe on the Boyd Lake
A Big Pipe Feeding Boyd Lake -
I Stand Corrected.
Okay, so maybe on-camera flash is cool sometimes, too. Check out this video by the Japanese (of course) band Androp, for Bright Siren. Hit the jump for the BTS video, to see how it was done. Read more »
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Paddling Boyd Lake State Park near Loveland
Sunday morning, August 7, 2011. A loop around Boyd Lake – 9 miles in 2:15 hours in Sea Wind canoe.
It was my first paddling on the Boyd Lake this year. The lake is very full like many other reservoirs in Colorado. I launched the Sea Wind canoe at northern end of the park road – just a few steps across a bike trail at current water level on a sandy beach.
I paddled around the lake with a short stop for photography at the SE lake corner near the dam. There is a nice view of Loveland and Longs Peak from that spot. And, it seems that I am attracted to that concrete dam structure. A nice pattern of concrete elements. You can compare three pictures below with the pictures I shot from at the same location 2 years ago, but from the shore.
Pictures were shot with my DSLR camera, Canon D5 M2 and EF 24-1005 mm lens with a polarizer. Sea Wind canoe is a very stable platform for photography. So, for a easy paddling like today, I carry my Canon camera in Seattle Sport mini duffel. I don’t see that product in their catalog any more. I wouldn’t consider it waterproof, just splash proof. However, it offers an easy access to the camera even with a long lens attached. There is a room for an extra lens and/or flash or other accessories.
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Cost of Paddling – Access to Local, County, State and Federal Waters
Surfrigger Canoe on the Boyd Lake
A Big Pipe Feeding Boyd Lake -
Q&A on Crisman’s Blog
For those interested, Philly-based photog Chris Crisman had me answer a set of ten questions on his blog, in a series he has modestly named The Meaning of Life.
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:: On Finding Inspiration at Home ::
:: On Self-Investment and Reinvention ::-30-
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Boot Camp III Assignment #2: Results
Results from Assignment #2, in which you were asked to choose a local object, significant to your community to photograph.In addition to a plethora of beer photos (quelle surprise!) some pretty cool stuff came back upstream from all over the world. I'm also guessing some of you have newfound respect for the NatGeo photographers who often have to tell the story of a place with photos of things… Read more »
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15 Forced Perspective Technique Examples
The forced perspective technique manipulates our human perception with the use of optical illusions to make objects appear larger, smaller, farther, or closer than they actually are. I once screamed like a little girl at a scary movie in a packed theater, only to find out later that the gigantic monster on the screen was only a little model. The movie makers had used forced perspective to turn a plastic toy into something frightening to the audience. The use of digital effects today still incorporates this popular way of portraying scenes or objects.
Little Push by Chaval Brasil
Photography also uses forced perspective a lot as well to give a certain feel to an image. That’s why I was surprised to only find a few thousand results when searching for ‘forced perspective’ on Flickr. Here are 15 selected examples of this technique, which includes images that show how much fun you can have with it.
For more examples, check out the forced perspective group on Flickr.
Maina by -Thanh
Dee blows off some steam by toastforbrekkie
Waterfall Trap by stuant63
Johan is incredibly tall by mrlerone
Tire Tracks by andrewyang
Gnome Alone by -RobW-
Hot Dog! by toastforbrekkie
Out for a Stroll by Kevin Eddy
The Tunnel of Typography by otherthings
Encroaching Evil by country boy shane
Perspective by M.V. Jantzen
Paragliding, Tod on Pule hill by purplemattfish
Warp by kitone
Perspective by twiga269
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15 Forced Perspective Technique Examples
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Boot Camp III Assignment #2: Results
Results from Assignment #2, in which you were asked to choose a local object, significant to your community to photograph.In addition to a plethora of beer photos (quelle surprise!) some pretty cool stuff came back upstream from all over the world. I'm also guessing some of you have newfound respect for the NatGeo photographers who often have to tell the story of a place with photos of things… Read more »
