Ice Jacket

During the night the temperature had dropped below -6 degrees celsius and the irrigation in the field had frozen into these beautiful stalactite like icicles on the barbed wire fence, as well as the grass and plants.

Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 24mm
F-Stop: 11
Exposure: 1/50sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter




Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 55mm
F-Stop: 5.6
Exposure: 1/200sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter



Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 85mm
F-Stop: 10
Exposure: 1/40sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter



Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 15mm
F-Stop: 6.3
Exposure: 1/80sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter



Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 85mm
F-Stop: 14
Exposure: 1/20sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter




Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 70mm
F-Stop: 13
Exposure: 1/40sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter



Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 85mm
F-Stop: 5.6
Exposure: 1/800sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter



Image details:

Date: 18 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 15mm
F-Stop: 5
Exposure: 1/400sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter

Woolly coats

On a recent trip back home to the farm in Natal I took a few snaps that I'll share over the next few posts. This one I took just as the sun was setting. I wanted to capture the woolly coats that the cows get during winter.

Image details:

Date: 17 June 2011

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 85mm
F-Stop: 13
Exposure: 1/640sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Av Priority

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: UV Filter

Baled and ready

So the same day as my last post I went back to the same site that I had shot the wheat just before if was harvested. I managed to sneak in just as the sun was setting on the north facing slopes of the mountain. The sky was a bit hazy from all the harvesting unfortunately but the colours were amazing. Next time it will need to be done with a tripod.

Image details:

Date: 10 November 2010

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 15
F-Stop: 7
Exposure: 1/50sec
ISO: 640
Program mode: Manual

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: Polariser Filter, graduated ND8 Filter

Ripe for the harvest

I drive past fields of wheat every morning and evening, and this shot I took one evening as I was driving over the pass back into Riebeek Kasteel. The sun was just going down behind me, and the fields were glowing gold against the blue sky. Luckily I took the opportunity to take the shot as the very next day the wheat was already harvested into round bales that stretched to the horizon - that will be my next project.

One note on this shot is that I wish I had come prepared with my polariser and graduated filter as it would have improved the shot immensely.

Image details:

Date: 10 November 2010

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 24
F-Stop: 11
Exposure: 1/100sec
ISO: 250
Program mode: Manual

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: UV Filter

Glowing Leaves

I took this image when the sun was just going down in the garden. The sun was really bright coming toward camera. The shadows on the bushes behind the leaf made the exposure difference that I needed to make it look like a studio shot. I exposed for the bright sky and then pointed the camera toward the shade. It creates a very interesting effect that only works with transparent objects.

Image details:

Date: 31 October 2010

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 15-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 85
F-Stop: 14
Exposure: 1/800sec
ISO: 400
Program mode: Manual

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: UV Filter

The best 4x4xFar

This shot we took when retuning back to the Landrover after a walk in the fields. the clouds had dropped quite substantially and the horizon made a nice break between the dark clouds and the bright green grass. A relatively simple quick shot, but the results were very pleasing, and prove to be one of the more lucrative of my pictures to date.

Image details:

Date: 26 December 2008

Single image: Yes

Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: 17-85mm Canon USM
Focal Length: 85
F-Stop: 6.3
Exposure: 1/640sec
ISO: 160
Program mode: Manual

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: UV Filter

Field of dreams

This image was taken when we were relaxing on the grass in Riebeek Kasteel on a rare sunny day at the end of winter. The mouse became more and more brazen as it got used to me lying on the grass with my camera. I tried to get as low to the ground as I could so that I would be at eye level with the mouse. The long lens at 300mm gave me nice depth of field fall off on between the grass in the foreground and background versus the mouse.

Image details:

Date: 29 August 2010

Single image: No

Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: 70-300mm Canon USM IS
Focal Length: 300
F-Stop: 6.3
Exposure: 1/320sec
ISO: 640
Program mode: Program

Extras -

Flash: No
Tripod: No
Shutter Release: No
Filter: UV Filter