Category Archives: Landscape

Photo of the Week – Baron Cooper

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Exotic Creature Emerging From the Sea?

Late Afternoon on the Beach-Baron Cooper

Late Afternoon on the Beach-Baron Cooper


Not likely but that’s the impression one gets in this low, very wide angle shot by the ever creative Baron Cooper. What could have been an ordinary shot of a young boy playing on the beach is transformed into this striking image by positioning a tripod down at sand level and using the naturally warm color of the setting sun to light the scene. The deep depth of field and wide horizon is due to the use of a very wide angle 11mm lens. The various textures in the sand and the random shells help to provide an interesting foreground and lead the eye to the main focal point.
Baron’s camera was a Nikon D300, the shutter speed used was 1/50th with an aperture of f/8.0. The ISO was set at a low 200. All settings were ideal for this scene.

Photo of the Week – Diane LaBonte

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Wet – Gray – Blue – With Just a Touch of Red

Diane LaBonte - Rainy Winter Day

Diane LaBonte - Rainy Winter Day


A day for a fire, a comfortable chair and a good book-that’s the thought that comes to mind when viewing this excellent capture by Diane LaBonte. The rain sheeting down the glass panes is consistent to provide an overall distortion while maintaining enough clarity to make the scene easily recognizable. The excessive blue cast created by the thick clouds would be corrected for a different scene but here it’s perfect to accent the bleakness of the day. The most remarkable component of this photograph is the very careful framing, keeping the camera not only level but square with the window mullions-no converging lines to spoil the scene and distract the eye.
Diane’s camera was a Canon T1i using a Canon EF-S18/55mm f/2.5-5.6 IS lens zoomed to 55mm. 1/50 sec was the shutter speed and the aperture selected was a high f/25 to make both the near mullions and the distant elements sharply in focus. The high ISO of 1600 may have added some noise but that could be considered a good thing for this particular shot.