Category: Hampstead

Signs of Summer

On By Mark DoddIn Baltimore County, General Blog Post, Hampstead, MarylandLeave a comment

I haven’t been out on a photography only trip in awhile, so even when I just go out for other reasons I try to take my camera with me now.

So on a recent trip to a relatives house, on the way back I decided to take a new route home and was finally able to get some round bales in the field. Why I say finally is the farmers around here are just to quick for me. They have been baling their hay and picking it up as they go.

Bales of Hay
Round Bales in the Field

Other news

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Things don’t always go as planned

On By Mark DoddIn Carroll County, General Blog Post, HampsteadLeave a comment

Sometimes things don’t always go as planned, but that doesn’t mean the pictures you end up with are not worth keeping.

 

Recently I went out on two different days with hope to take some breathtaking sunset photography.

On the first trip, I just wanted to get the sunset on a recently cut farmers field. This turned out to be a dud as far as my plans went. First, the sunset did not look like it was going to be that great so I didn’t head out to the location. About 10 mins after I had planned on leaving, the sun broke through the clouds and the start of a spectacular sunset was on its way.

I got into the car and rush to the location I was thinking about. Even though it was only a few miles from where I was, by the time I got there and got my camera equipment setup, the best part of the sunset had gone. I was bummed, but I was still determined to get some photos while I was there so it would not be a wasted trip.

I looked around and saw that the farmer’s combine was parked nearby and that the cab’s window was facing in the direction of what was left of the sunset. I immediately ran over and set up my tripod and started taking pictures. I usually try to do HDR photo’s which require taking a series of shots at different exposures which get combined later on my computer with Aurora HDR Pro to produce the final picture.

Here is one of the pictures I ended up capturing. It was not the red sky and the farm field that I had planned on, but I made the best of what was available to me.

 

Sunset Reflection in the cab of a combine Things don't always go as planned article
Sunset Reflection in the cab of a combine after a long day on the job.

 

This shot was a result of the HDR process by combining the 3 shots shot at -2,0,+2 exposures and using Aurora HDR Pro to process the combined shots into the final you see above.

Now on to another trip where my HDR Process failed me

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Wallops Island Rocket Launch a bust, but got to see the ISS

On By Mark DoddIn General Blog Post, Hampstead, Maryland

Came home early tonight to see the rocket launch from Wallops Island and to see if I could get a good photo of the arch in the sky as I was within viewing range this time.

Well that was a bust due to the launch being scrubbed thanks to a sailboat being in a restricted area.

But I got a bonus as the ISS (International Space Station) was also flying overhead at around the same time.  And was able to capture part of its path across the sky.

Just in case you are wondering, the orange glow in the bottom left was a neighbors outdoor fire, the orange glow on the horizon is Baltimore City lights and the thin white line in the middle is the ISS streaking across the sky.

ISS

While I was waiting for the rocket launch was able to capture a nice sunset with the moon in 1st quarter.

Moon over Sunset

A Recent Sale of “To the point”

On By Mark DoddIn General Blog Post, Hampstead, MarylandLeave a comment

Photo of a Corvette titled To the point
To the point

I have again been lucky to have another sale of one of my photos.

This is a photo of the rear of a 1963 Corvette that was taken at the GreenMount Station Car show in 2013

Thank you to the buyer from Reese, MI, I hope you like your print when it arrives.