Posts in Category: Canon EOS 60D
Photos taken with my Canon EOS 60D digital SLR. It’s an a bit heftier than my old Digital Rebel XT, but I love it. All photos are probably taken with my Canon 18-200mm IS lens.
The Washington Monument from inside the Lincoln Memorial
I really thought that this photo was not going to be a good one, I hadn’t even lined up the camera on the tripod yet (I did straighten this) and I took the to see how the timing came out. I took a few more photos that were more thought out / planned and this one turned out to be one of my favorite photos.
f/3.5 for 2.5 seconds at ISO 320, I was zoomed all the way out to 18mm, I’m assuming this is my 18-200mm and not the 18-55mm, but I’m not certain.
Missing walls at the Packard Plant
This was one morning when we were out exploring the Packard Plant in Detroit. This is a huge automotive plant that closed over fifty years ago. Some portions were used after that by other companies but I dot think this building had been used for a while. There’s graffiti everywhere around there and it’s just falling apart everywhere. There are railroad tracks not far back that run parallel to that back wall (with all the windows), the tracks were actually where I was heading to get some photos when I took this shot.
Sunrise on Belle Isle
This is on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan (the largest city park that is an island in the United States). I’m pretty sure this is the casino (which I’ve never seen open for anything ever) but I’m confused as to what direction I’m actually facing versus where water is (compared to where I’d expect the colors in the sky). I’ve looked at satellite photos and the few other photos I took at the same time and I’m not really sure (being dark in the photo doesn’t help). I have some slightly brighter colored versions but I like how deep the colors in this one turned out with the texture of the clouds.
(Actually, it’s a state park now, but it was a city park when I took the photo!)
Ambassador Bridge from Michigan Central Station
This was taken from Michigan Central Station (Roosevelt Park) just off of Michigan Avenue in Detroit. You can see the Ambassador bridge in the distance. This is a slightly brightened version of something I think I’d done a little HDR tweaking to. Actually, the filename revealed that I “enfused” it, which is something along the lines of HDR, in that it looks at several different photos (some light, some dark) to make portions of the picture clearer.
Leaves backlit at the Botanical Gardens
Taken at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan while I was experimenting with some closeup photos. I’m taking the photo with the sun behind it, shining through the greenhouse-type building that I was in.
I chose this one for a Photo Friday challenge with the topic of Patterns. I hard a had time deciding so I actually uploaded two, the next photo has leaf patterns too.
Leaf magnified at the Botanical Gardens
Taken at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan while I was experimenting with some closeup photos. It almost looks like there is something crawling on top of it. I’m taking the photo sort of from below as the sun is above the greenhouse-type building that I was in.
Belle Isle Bridge early in the morning
The bridge is actually called the McArthur Bridge. This was an early morning photo shoot at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. We were there for sunrise and this photo was taken just before sunrise. This photo is taken from the park at the entrance to the park, you’re looking across the Detroit River to Belle Isle itself. The sun is way to the left and out of the shot.
This was shot at ISO 100, f/14 and set for a 1 second exposure, the long expose is part of why the water looks so smooth (see the difference in this cropped ⅓ second exposure photo I took just seconds before. I shot this in RAW with no editing after. I normally don’t shoot in raw (the images are too huge) but I plan to explore more with some post production but didn’t with this photo.