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Oliver Chong > 2008.09.13 - Day ? : Saturday on the Cape had us split in to two groups. Irene and I couldn't bike with our friends so we went out for a drive around the neighboring towns and beaches. We stopped at Cape Cod Light, Wellfleet, and a few beaches. The beach where this was taken was completely quiet save for two people having lunch looking out at the water at the top of the cliff and a gentleman who was photographing the scenery. I said hello and spoke with him for just a minute as he was packing up to leave. He was shooting with a 4x5 large format camera that looked as though it must have been well over 50 years old. There are quite a few pictures I like from this day, but everything came together in this shot to make it one of my favorites from the trip.
Oliver Chong > 2008.05.18 - Day 36 : We went for a walk today at the Lime Quarry Reservation just 2 minutes down the street from where I live. It was a lime quarry from around 1736 and operated for about 100 years. I have jogged in to it a few times, but not very far. We walked the longest trail and found out it is much larger than we originally thought. Just by chance i managed to see this toad a foot or so off the path. It is probably the largest toad I have ever seen in MA. I did some research on toads in the area and I believe it is a Fowler's Toad, but it could be an American Toad. We also saw many chipmunks and a few different birds. Next time I visit I plan to look at the side trails and see if any lead to the areas where the quarrying occurred.
Oliver Chong > 2008.04.20 - Day 8 : The magnolia bush at the entrance to my apartment complex bloomed and since I missed taking a picture of its flowers last year I had to take one this time around.
Oliver Chong > 2008.04.30 - Day 18 : Time to balance out the last two inorganic subjects... With all the rain we has the last two days I was surprised the cherry blossoms survived. There are quite a few trees nearby that are in bloom.
Oliver Chong > 2008.04.26 - Day 14 : My new lens, the Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS, came in this afternoon thanks to FedEx Home Service with Saturday deliveries. Once the sun moved lower in the horizon I took a trip over to Great Brook Farm State Park and wandered around for a bit. It was pretty quiet out with no wildlife in sight around the ponds so I went back up to the farm house and took this picture of the silo nearby. I haven't done anything to the image other than correct the white balance slightly and crop out the edge of the building below the silo that got caught in the corner of the image. So far I am very impressed with the lens, it certainly seems to live up to its reputation. Tomorrow I will probably do some tests to see how accurate the focus is, but as you can see on a large object it seems to do just fine. This is my first IS lens and I need to get accustomed to waiting that 1/2-1sec while the IS gains full control. Additionally, I need to get comfortable with holding it as it is the longest and heaviest lens i own.
Oliver Chong > 2008.04.16 - Day 4 : I've noticed this clock several times in the past so when my girlfriend and I went in to Lowell for dinner this evening it became the subject of my first few shots. In the end I found this the most interesting picture of the evening. If you can't read the two plaques, "Installed January 1914".
Oliver Chong > 2008.05.01 - Day 19 : Where do I live? What I will be doing tomorrow? Who I will be watching?
Oliver Chong > 2008.07.06 - Day 85 : If you look back on June 19th I took a photo of some flowers I got for Irene. Well when cleaning today I found two petals from that had fallen off the orange flower. As an experiment I tried focus stacking a few exposures. I continuously find that the Sigma 70-300mm has it's limits. It's sharpness falls off quickly from the center and the focus ring is really too soft for being very exact. After a few tries, I am reasonably happy with this final image. Taken with natural light from the window on a white poster board. Back fill 1, back fill 2, and back fill 3.
Oliver Chong > 2008.04.25 - Day 13 : Alright, back to using my 350D. Here I wanted to experiment with using HDR along with other edge enhancements to create an image that really popped. With all the other photos I have posted there have hardly been any adjustments made. The only light source is the one you see in the image. This is formed from five exposures in 1EV increments - taken with my 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5.
2008.04.26 - Day 14 :

My new lens, the Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS, came in this afternoon thanks to FedEx Home Service with Saturday deliveries. Once the sun moved lower in the horizon I took a trip over to Great Brook Farm State Park and wandered around for a bit. It was pretty quiet out with no wildlife in sight around the ponds so I went back up to the farm house and took this picture of the silo nearby.

I haven't done anything to the image other than correct the white balance slightly and crop out the edge of the building below the silo that got caught in the corner of the image. So far I am very impressed with the lens, it certainly seems to live up to its reputation. Tomorrow I will probably do some tests to see how accurate the focus is, but as you can see on a large object it seems to do just fine. This is my first IS lens and I need to get accustomed to waiting that 1/2-1sec while the IS gains full control. Additionally, I need to get comfortable with holding it as it is the longest and heaviest lens i own.
Oliver Chong > 2008.04.26 - Day 14 : My new lens, the Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS, came in this afternoon thanks to FedEx Home Service with Saturday deliveries. Once the sun moved lower in the horizon I took a trip over to Great Brook Farm State Park and wandered around for a bit. It was pretty quiet out with no wildlife in sight around the ponds so I went back up to the farm house and took this picture of the silo nearby. I haven't done anything to the image other than correct the white balance slightly and crop out the edge of the building below the silo that got caught in the corner of the image. So far I am very impressed with the lens, it certainly seems to live up to its reputation. Tomorrow I will probably do some tests to see how accurate the focus is, but as you can see on a large object it seems to do just fine. This is my first IS lens and I need to get accustomed to waiting that 1/2-1sec while the IS gains full control. Additionally, I need to get comfortable with holding it as it is the longest and heaviest lens i own.
2008.04.26 - Day 14 :

My new lens, the Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS, came in this afternoon thanks to FedEx Home Service with Saturday deliveries. Once the sun moved lower in the horizon I took a trip over to Great Brook Farm State Park and wandered around for a bit. It was pretty quiet out with no wildlife in sight around the ponds so I went back up to the farm house and took this picture of the silo nearby.

I haven't done anything to the image other than correct the white balance slightly and crop out the edge of the building below the silo that got caught in the corner of the image. So far I am very impressed with the lens, it certainly seems to live up to its reputation. Tomorrow I will probably do some tests to see how accurate the focus is, but as you can see on a large object it seems to do just fine. This is my first IS lens and I need to get accustomed to waiting that 1/2-1sec while the IS gains full control. Additionally, I need to get comfortable with holding it as it is the longest and heaviest lens i own.
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