Disney on Parade at Disneyland, Tokyo Japan

This image was captured at Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan during the Disney on Parade show. The Nikon D2H was used together with the Nikon 17-55 mm lens. Disneyland is a wonderful opportunity for photography.

Bollards at Geelong

Along the Geelong foreshore there are many bollards which illustrate aspects of the Geelong area, this bollard in the following image represents the Geelong Football Club. The image was taken with a Nikon D2H camera with 17-55mm lens. This lens is very suitable as a general purpose lens. 

Have a Laugh

This image was taken at Disneyland in Tokyo, Japan. A Nikon D2H camera wa used together with the Nikon 17-55mm lens. The image was taken at 50mm, F/4.0 and 1/1250 second. The image was taken during the day parade. Digital photography gives great potention for enhancing and improving images, with this image being processed in Photoshop to give it a slight increase in saturation.

It is a Good Idea to Look in Your Own Backyard

All the following images have been taken from my own back yard. It is amazing what you can capture from your own yard. All images are taken with the Nikon D2h camera.

Lightning, Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 Zoom lens

Flowers, Nikon 200mm Micro lens.

Conjunction of Moon, Venus and Jupiter, Nikon 105mm Micro lens.

Bee on Daisy, Nikon 200mm Micro lens.

A Fairy at Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan – 17-55mm Lens

This image of a fairy was taken at Disneyland, Japan, with the Nikon 17-55mm lens.

How to Take Lightning Images

Over the last week we have had many storms, together with plenty of thunder and lightning, I was thinking how good it would be to capture some lightning with the camera. I set the camera up on a tripod with a remote control cable to avoid any camera movement, the camera was focussed on an area where I was observing pleny of lightning and the shutter was held open for sufficient time to capture the lightning flashes. This is pretty much the same technique that I would use to capture fireworks, however the lightning happens much quicker and is less predictable in where it is going to occur.

The images below were both taken with a Nikon D2H with the 17-55mm lens. The first image was taken at f/6.3, 12 seconds and with the lens at 17mm. The second image was taken at f/6.3 at 15 seconds and the lens at 17mm. The camera was set up to implement long exposure noise reduction and the images were processed in Photoshop.

 

Fairy at Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan

This image of a fairy at Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan was taken with a Nikon D2H and a 17-55mm lens at 55mm. The image was processed in Photoshop with a small amount of sharpening and an inctrease in saturation.

Fairy at Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan

This image of a fairy taken at Disneyland, Japan, has been processed in Photoshop with a small amount of cropping, a slight increase in sharpness and some increase in color saturation. The original image was taken with a Nikon D2H camera and the 17-55mm f/2.8, DX lens at f/4.

Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands – Panorama

This panorama was taken at Airlie Beach in the whitsunday Islands and is made up of four seperate images combined together in Photoshop. The original four images were taken with the Nikon 17-55mm lens at 55mm.

Airlie Beach Panorama, Whitsunday Islands

This panorama at Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands is a combination of two seperate images stitched together in Photoshop to form a panorama image. The original images were taken with the Nikon 17-55mm lens at 55mm.