Japanese Bridge #2

The Japanese garden pond is especially green this Summer, no doubt due to the crazy hot weather, which frankly is not very pretty.  What the heck, I decided to make it all about green, leveraging the color shift of a Polaroid transfer.  It reminds me a little of the 1981 movie "Excalibur" from John Boorman, where they poured on the green lights.

Camera: Nikon D700 

Lens: AF NIKKOR 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED "Leni lens"

Exposure: ISO 200, f/11 @ 1/125s, tripod (Gitzo Basalt GT2830 and Gitzo GH2781QR ball head)

Lighting: Sunlight 

Location: Missouri Botanical Gardens GPS

Processing: Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS5, Nik Color Efex Pro

Bridge + Water #1

Valley Park train bridge over the Meramec River as viewed from a point about half way up the levee, captured in the waning minutes of the "golden hour".
Technical: Nikon D700, 180mm f2.8 "Leni Lens", IS0 200, f2.8 @ 1/1250s, handheld.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2.5. 

Valley Park Train Bridge

"Golden hour" light can't be beat.  Even the dingy Valley Park train bridge takes on an aura of faded elegance.  I focused mid-bridge to let the background trees go a little soft.
Technical: Nikon D700, Nikkor 180mm f2.8 "Leni lens", ISO 200, f/4.0 @ 1/1000s.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 3 Beta 64-bit.

Rivet Study #1, Chain of Rocks Bridge

Portrait of a rivet on the old Chain of Rocks Bridge.  Nikon D100, ISO 200, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f2.8, Cokin circular polarizer, f/16 @ 1/250s.  

Bridge Girder Study #3

An abstraction of the train bridge over the Meramec river near 44 and 141.  The fact that it is still functional despite decades of obvious neglect is a testament to the original builders.  RAW file cropped and processed in Lightroom 2.  Nikon D700, 60mm, ISO 200, f/8.0 @ 1/1000s, handheld. 

Bridge Girder with Contrail

An new entry for my Futurism Redux series, this is a view of the train bridge in Valley Park, MO the runs parallel to Hwy. 141.

Technical: Nikon D700, Nikon 24-84mm f2.8-f4.0, ISO 200 70mm@f/8.0@1/500s.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2 usign crop and my custom develop preset intended to mimic the image color of Selenium toned Afga Portriga Rapid.

Bridge Girder Study #2, Platinum Treatment

I've always admired the soft tonality of platinum prints, but cop to being too lazy to make my own paper.  Considerably less work is an Lightroom 2 Develop module preset that gets pretty darn close, as with this photo.  Technical: Nikon D100, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f2.8, f/16 @ 1/8s, Hoya Infrared filter.  

Bridge Girders, Chain of Rocks Bridge

Wow, it has been quite some time since any of us posted a picture.  Most of my photography time recently has been devoted to regaining the ability to make art prints with accurate color and contrast.  I am now a big fan of the ColorMunki from X-Rite.  This picture is one that I found to be difficult to print, but after using the ColorMunki Photo to calibrate my monitor and crate custom paper profiles, my prints are very close to the monitor.

Technical: Nikon D100, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF-D, f/16 @ 1/15s, Cokin circular polarizer, Nikon Landscape/Vivid profile, processed in Lightroom 2.3.

Rust Never Sleeps

A prime example of the never ending paint job, this is a detail of the chain of rocks bridge. I think maybe the peek of blue sky needs to go because it ruins the strong duo tone; maybe not. Nikon D100, 105mm Micro, f/16, 1/180s.