Lunar Eclipse over Great Salt Lake

Cold, poor light, high ISO... more of an effect shot.... don't look too closely... not tack sharp... but, I was there...

Grand Daughter at One Year

Grand Daughter Addi turns one this coming Friday. Took some time this afternoon and shot her in a variety of settings. This was the third frame... should have stopped then as this was a keeper.

Mike and Becky

Co-worker asked me to shoot some photos of them and their dogs. Note to self....working with people.... great.... working with animals..... funny.... they ignored a squeeky toy and I only had a few of dozens of shots that had both dogs facing sorta towards the camera. I made many exposure mistakes with and without flash.... but... learned alot and had fun. Thanks to Mike and Becky for their patience with me. These are some that I liked and worked on.

Salt Lake City at Night

I shot this with a 400mm lens and a 1.4X extender. With crop factor of the APS-C sensor it yeilds just short of 900mm at F8. This was shot from almost 12 miles away on the far side of the Salt Lake Valley. Not razor sharp... but..  I think it turned out pretty cool.

Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake Valley after a storm

Shot from the foothills to the North of Salt Lake City. Thanks to Lightroom 3 I didn't have to use my graduated ND filter... Probably should have then there would be less post.

Utah State Capital Building after a storm

A little reworking in Lightroom 3.

Another Great Salt Lake HDR shot

More HDR work. Interesting to me.

GSL Sunset... more....

This is a HDR attempt.

Great Salt Lake Sunset

Another evening spent at the Great Salt Lake. Three mosquito bites to prove I was there. Most of what I shot was bracketed for HDR processing. This was not. Just pulled off the road with my 70-200 F2.8 and fired away. ISO set at 3200, 1/800th of a second at F5 if you must know. I didn't even get out of the car... turned off the engine and rolled the window down... hand held. Loved the colors.

Couple enjoying beach of GSL at Sunset

Cropped, but unretouched.

Birds on Yale Ave

Some of the birds that I have shot from the back yard. How many can you name.

Saturday Evening Shooting the Sunset at the Great Salt Lake Marina

Marnae rode out with me. We went to the GSL Marina... Marnae.... a SLC native ... had never been there before so that was a treat introducing her to the place. I hoped for a brillant sunset... didn't get it. Liked some of the photos that I shot.