Night Gives Way to Dawn
November 12th, 2011

Made it out again for a sunrise at the shore. This time +Ed King and I made it out to Westport, MA right near Elephant Rock.

I wonder what he's thinking :-)

When i took a break from stalking strangers, eat something, i saw this men
with his wife ( I think she was)
I couldn’t overlook him because he is a really tall Guy. And his face with the beard
is very special.
But I was not in the mood to stop eating and run after him. So I let them go.

I was very happy when I later saw him again.
When I ask him about the project, that I shoot Strangers, he said
“I`m not a Stranger, I am from Cologne”
We both smiled. He got this typically Cologne Approach, that you find often when
you meet older Cologne Citizens. Standing with both legs on the ground and every time
in the mood to make a Joke. Even when things go bad.

He agreed for the picture and his wife said she understand that I want to took a
Picture, because he is a real character. I think she is so true.

The “shooting” was very nice. He reacts like I was not there and let me took
as much pictures as I want.

I wish you like the picture !



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Grundarfjordur Church

About to Step Over That Line
Taiwan candid street portrait photo

Photography Tip: The best weather is your biggest enemy

The worst weather for landscape/cityscape photography is a cloudless day. Just don't forget that non-photographers will think you're crazy if you complain about it so keep it to yourself and make the best out of it.

Under those circumstances I tend to do one or more of the following:

1. Limit the amount of sky in your compositions to a minimum - if possible, don't show it at all

2. Turn your image into a black and white picture using red or orange filters to turn the deep blue sky into black. Nik's Silver Efex Pro 2 is the best choice for this. That's my opinion and not a rule ;)

3. Stop shooting at all and enjoy the weather - wait a few hours until golden hour approaches.

4. Check out my other Photo tips over at http://ingosphototips or here on Google+ using hashtag #ingosphototips.

Photo at Patan Kathmandu
http://boss-photos.com/nostalgic-town/

Tranquil dawn in black & white
From my blog: http://www.niophoto.com/tranquil-dawn-in-black-white/

Trying my hand at a long exposure in black & white. This is a 30 second exposure at f/16. Used a Lee ND1.8 (6-stop) filter and a Singh-Ray ND Grad (3 stop). Processed in LR3 and Silver Efex Pro.This is Lake Sanetsch near Gstaad in Switzerland. Trying to get +Joel Tjintjelaar over to Switzerland :-)

For #mountainmonday curated by +Michael Russell
and also for #monochromemonday curated by +Siddharth Pandit

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This is for #SunsetSaturday, curated by +TJ Kelly . I took this on a backcountry camping trip in Olympic National Park on the Pacific Ocean. This image was taken a good bit after sunset using a long exposure from a tripod. I always look forward to my winter trips out there. It can be cold and lonely, but the experience of camping on the wild coast cannot be beat. I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
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Another dog, Elan, guide dog for the blind for six years, posing like the Swinx in Egypt. This is a part of series of guide dogs pictures for a calendar, sold to raise money for The Icelandic organization of the visually impaired, new dogs and their training here in Iceland.
Black dogs are difficult to shoot in the twilight, their black fur seems to swallow all the light, so the solution is to shoot the highlights only and keep the shadows black.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/105358402547726784850/posts www.arctic-images.com

I Don't See You Through the Windshield -- San Francisco, CA

365 Project - A Photo a Day. Sky on fire.