Home Coming

I had a chance to shoot Stepson Logan and his GF Stevie. Thought that these were keepers. Yes, I am a fan of lowering clarity and vignetting.

More Clarity or Less Clarity

These were two shots from the Great Salt Lake this evening. In Lightroom I played with the Clarity slider. I like both for different reasons. Less clarity gives a dreamy look. More Clarity adds contrast and sharpness. I'd love to hear opinions.

Tour of Utah

Stage 6 (final) of the Tour of Utah ran over the top of Empire Pass (just below Guardsman Pass). Levi Leipheimer was the first over the top and thus the King of the Mountain. The first photo is of that KOM point. The second is just below the summit. This the largest part of the peleton. The strenous climb from the Heber Valley spread the riders out.

Split Toning

I shouldn't have been told about split toning in Lightroom 4.1. Kind of fun to experiment... and Yes... I love vignetting too... another Lightroom feature. This was shot from a group a while ago. I used a Lensbaby and adjustments via split toning....

Suberbike

I just spent some time working on family photos and took a break going through my World Superbike race photos. A few moves in Lightroom 4.1 and .... well.... I had fun with it.

Another Great Salt Lake Storm shot

Actually part of a series shot a couple of months ago. Decided to do a little work on it. Hope you enjoy the result.

More Racing Photos

Here are a few that I have worked on a little. From the Utah Grand Prix weekend and the World Super Bike weekend.

World Superbike Race

World Superbikes were in town this weekend. Shot a record 1685 exposures from 1:00pm to 5:30pm. Most are just racing shots. The series of shots below is a shortened version of the actual sequence. But I think you will get the point.....

The race was stopped for over an hour as the crews tried to clean up the oil on the track you can see from the final image.

These last three are of the winner. Note how his foot slipped off of the foot peg when doing a wheelie.

More Depth of Field Play

Just messin'

Crazy Depth of Field

Trying a new technique. F2.0. Will get better with practice. I liked the direction these are heading.

MoonSet

Woke up early wondering if there was any of the full moon left. Captured this. Not my best work, but, had to show something for being up at 6:00am on a Sunday morning....

Full Moon

Just a couple of hand held shots of the full moon.

Messing with a lamp post and the moon. Again, hand held.