Greetings—
Star-dust and vaporous light
Lady, your heart has turned to stone
On and on
Let us express our baser passions
And be done with it
CAMERA INFO
Hand Held Canon 20D; Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro lens; Program Mode; 1/80s @ f/3.5; ISO 100.
LISTENING TO
“Go The Way You Go” from the 1995 album The Light by Spock’s Beard
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Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
Greetings~
A scene from the Racine Zoo on around sunset. I loved the last remaining rays of the day’s sun peeking through the branches behind me and landing on the stones.
CAMERA INFO
Hand held Canon 20D; Canon EF 70-200m f/2.8 L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens @ 70mm; Aperture Priority Mode; 1/50s @ f/11.0; ISO 200.
LISTENING TO
“Jesus at McDonalds” from the album Mojo & Skid by Mojo Nixon
(From The Celtic Camera Collection)
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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I was out and about along Lake Michigan a while back. It was just a tad late in the morning to capture the waves and water with that silky, mercury effect so I thought, “Why not some Macro?”
The stone seen here would fit quite comfortably in the palm of your hand, with room to spare. I dialed in a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion, got down on my belly and started snapping. This represents the keeper of approximately thirty shots.
CAMERA INFO
Hand held Canon 20D; Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro lens; Shutter Priority Mode; 1/800s @ f/2.8; ISO 100.
LISTENING TO
“Pandora’s Box” from the 2001 album Soniq Theater by Soniq Theater
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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Green afternoon serene and bright
I heard the children playing in the sun
You are my companions
I sometimes wonder if it’s really true
That darkness steals the forms of all
CAMERA INFO
Hand held Canon 20D; Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens; Aperture Priority Mode; 1/125s @ f/11.0; ISO 100.
LISTENING TO
“The Angels” from the 1989 album Brave and Crazy by Melissa Etheridge
(CD from my collection)
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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Suddenly, out of dark and leafy ways
The fragrance came
Which, I wish to remark
Hides his guarded tent
His city within a city
Backward, turn backward
CAMERA INFO
Hand Held Canon 20D; Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro lens; Aperture Priority Mode; 1/1250s @ f/2.5; ISO 100.
LISTENING TO
“Fever Pitch” from the 2000 album Strange Tales, Urban Circle by Pan Out Now
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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There is an hour of peaceful rest
Outside the window, a sea of green trees
And untold flowers
They come so soon to this imagined dark
Have you heard?
While my lips are living
I will speak of this
To those who will listen
And of
The endless, foolish merriment of stars
CAMERA INFO
Canon 20D; Canon EF 70-200m f/2.8 L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens @ 200mm; Shutter Priority Mode; 1/1500s @ f/5.0; ISO 1600.
LISTENING TO
“Bass Ackward” from the 2005 album Live by Cab
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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Greetings~
I know what you were thinking when you saw today’s photo title … don’t even go there! lol
Technical Info:
Canon 20D; 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro lens; Aperture Priority Mode; 1/50; 1/100 & 1/200s; HDR Merge f/2.5; ISO 100
Slainte
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
LISTENING TO
“One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out” from the 1972 album Baby James Harvest by Barclay James Harvest
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The mountains they are silent
Of noises that strive to tear
Be in me as the eternal moods
Made up of loveliness alone
We are not many
This shot — taken at the Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago — was hand held at 1/2 second to achieve the motion blur in the water. Yes, I had my image stabilizer turned on! I created three new images from the original at bracketed “exposure” settings and then tone mapped for an HDR effect.
CAMERA INFO
Canon 20D; Canon EF 70-200m f/2.8 L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens; Shutter Priority Mode; 1/2s @ f/9.0; ISO 100.
LISTENING TO
“Hang On To A Dream” from the 1971 album Elegy by The Nice
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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Our pleasant moments fly
Against the green flame of a Hawthorn tree
She might have known it in the earlier spring
We each threw a stone
Into the ripples of time
CAMERA INFO
Canon 20D; Canon EF 70-200m f/2.8 L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens @ 70mm; Shutter Priority Mode; 1/2s @ f/5.6; ISO 100.
LISTENING TO
“Midas Man” from the 1977 album Novella by Renaissance
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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We’re back at the Conservatory today for this shot … the Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, that is, which is neighbors with the Lincoln Park Zoo, for those who didn’t know. I had a beautiful day to hang out at both places a couple of weeks ago and, with “The Beast” (70-200mm; f/2.8 IS Canon L Series glass) in tow, I took full advantage of a day to myself. I have a lot of shots from this day to share in the days ahead … many of them in color, even!
Here we have a little hand-held, bracketed, three image HDR waterfall action. It’s amazing what you can do with a good image stabilized lens. Don’t tell me equipment doesn’t matter in photography! In “normal” circumstances I’d agree, but in this situation (very low light) nothing short of using a tripod (which wasn’t feasible given the confined and populated location) would’ve brought this one home. The right equipment, not the photographer, made this one possible … and thus ends my small, inconsequential rant for today.
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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