Del.Higgins' photostream  

This was shot just after sunrise while the bright sun was partially hidden behind a few clouds. I waited for the light to even out just a little to avoid a lot of contrast on the stone. I do have a bunch of color images from this great morning. I also shot the normal comp with some pretty awesome light. I will post those photos later on.

This is a two shot panorama stitched together in CS5.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Olympus E-3
12-60mm F2.8
12mm @ F8
ISO 100
Exposure: 1/25

So this is my unique shot of mesa arch at sunrise...LOL I know this place has been shot a million times, I have heard and read about some crazy stories about people acting like a$$holes to each other. On our drive from Moab to mesa arch trailhead I was thinking about those stories and I was hoping those rude people wouldn't be there. As it turns out there was a workshop group just getting to the trailhead the same time we were. So we managed to hike in and get set up just before the workshop group made it to the arch. The people from the workshop were really cool. All in all it was a lot of fun. Crowded, but fun.

When I started going through my photos from mesa arch I got thinking about all the people that were there. I thought at least one of them had to have a video from that morning on youtube or something. I found one, and it shows all the people there that morning including April and I. When you view the video I will be the guy in the blue jacket with 2 grey stripes and wearing a black hat and shorts on a really cold morning...that was a dumb idea! The video shows me texting as well.

We shot this sunrise on a Friday morning, which if you want to avoid the crowds is a bad idea. I spoke with a few people there and they all said there was maybe one or two people there mid week when they shot it. So next time I shoot this place it will be on a tuesday or wednesday.

Check out the Mesa Arch Video The girl standing behind me chatting with Ted (a cool dude we met there)is April...

**** Update**** So today is my Aprils birthday so I wanted to repost this photo to say Happy Birthday Princess!!!!

This is a photo I took of my wife on saturday while we were at jones beach.

On friday nite april was modeling for me while I was practicing/playing with different light set ups. I must of taken at least 194 photos that nite and walked away with no keepers. This unposed photo I took in one shot, I guess sometimes things just work themselves out.

View On White

I shot this yesterday morning while out doing some testing with my new Olympus E-pl2. I bought the new camera mostly because I wanted to record and share some of the things I see while out taking photos. I think some people may like seeing what I saw and I hope they get a small taste of what I experienced.

I would like some feedback on the video... Check it out on Youtube

This is Double arch in Arches National park. You can see on the dostant arch the mornings first light just starting to highlight the arch.

This image is not cropped at all, I normally like my images cropped using a 2x3 ratio but I couldn't decide on a crop i liked so i left it as it came out of my camera.

Have a great weekend All.