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Photo of the Week – Peyton Hale

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Rushing Water, Rocks and Turbid Sky – In B & W

Potomac River - Great Falls National Park

Potomac River - Great Falls National Park

What to do when you need a 24 hour break from the daily routine of work? For Peyton the answer is to grab the camera, hop in the car and drive to the Virginia/Maryland border. This image of a rushing Potomac was captured in Great Falls National Park. Peyton found his spot, set up the equipment and waited patiently for the anticipated color of a late afternoon clearing sky but it didn’t happen. Instead these dark, threatening clouds rolled in and his mind shifted from brilliant color to dramatic black and white. Perhaps nature’s plan proved to be beneficial.
His camera was a Canon 5D MarkII fitted with a Canon 17-40L lens @22mm. The desired shutter speed was .8 sec which necessitated an ISO of 320. The post processing was done in Lightroom, PhotoshopCS and Nik Sofware’s Silver Efex Pro 2 the tool for converting to black and white.

Photo of the Week – Mike Acquesta

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The Possibilities Are Endless With Photography

Swing Ride at the NC State Fairground - Oct 2009

Swing Ride at the NC State Fairground - Oct 2009

This could be a finely detailed woodcut or a reversed pen and ink drawing but it’s actually an excellent image captured with a Canon 40D. Mike was taking a course at Wake Tech to get up to speed on digital technology after some years away from photography. The class visited the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh to practice night shots and the use of a slow shutter to indicate motion. “I decided to try it as B&W because there were basically only 2 colors in the picture, the yellowish lights of the ride itself and the black background of the sky. I think it works nicely because of the stark contrast”, says Mike. There is a grace and lightness in the almost feathery tracings of light radiating from the center that makes the photograph something special. In spite of all the lines, it’s clean and uncluttered.