The beginning storm

I have a lot of interest when it comes to photography.  One minute I’m interested in shooting people and the next I’m interested in shooting landscape.  One type of photography that I have not spent much time with is time lapse (long exposure).  Time lapse photography is where you set your camera to a very long exposure (typically greater than 10 seconds).  Mostly, this will be done at night but can be done during the day if using a neutral density filter.  A good example is Ben Canales.  He has a website, The Star Trail that has some awesome sky shots.

One of the first times I attempted this type of photography was in 2008 with my Canon 5D Mark II.  I was at Huntington Beach near Cleveland and was taking pictures of Lake Erie as a storm began to arise.  This shot was a 13 second exposure.  I really like how the water looks in this picture.  Only thing I wish is that I caught more of the break wall in the picture and I should have had the camera closer to the ground.

Vermilion Lighthouse

When we lived in Cleveland, we would visit Vermilion a few times a year.  It has a nice old downtown with many shops to explore and great places to eat.  Each time we came, I would take a picture of the lighthouse.  I never realized until recently that it is actually a replica of a lighthouse that used to sit there (no wonder it’s so small).

This picture is a 5 exposure HDR.  I used a wide angle lens for the shot and corrected most of the distortion in photoshop.  Most people probably think that I shrunk the lighthouse but in reality it is very small.

P.S.  Here is another post of mine taken at the same spot.

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