Hiking Photography

How to Take Infrared Photographs

Shot with a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens at 31mm, f/11, 1/250s, ISO 400 on an IR modified Canon 5D Mk II.

Here a few of the things I have addressed or will address in the next few weeks. If you don’t see your suggestion on here, it will be coming later

• Text Readability – I have darkened the background colours a bit and brightened the text. Please let me know if you find this better? Worse?
• Glossary of Terms – I am going to write an article on the basics of cameras and lenses, which will include a glossary of terms
• Budget Minded Suggested Gear – I will create a section for great suggested gear that doesn’t break the bank

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• What do you like or not like??
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Thanks again for all the great comments and support!

Panorama Photography Tips

Gear Used:

• Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera (Body Only)
• Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
• Gitzo GT1541 Mountaineer 6X Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs
• Really Right Stuff Bh-40 Ball Head
• Really Right Stuff Leveling Base
• Really Right Stuff L Bracket for 5D Mk III – This allows you to quickly change between portrait and landscapes orientation while keeping the axis of rotation under the camera.

This is 7 shots stitched together in portrait orientation using Photoshop. Shot at 70mm, f/11, 1/20s, and iso 100. With overlapping and cropping that works out to be about 68 megapixels for the final image.

I don’t normally link to higher resolution copies of my photos, but it’s difficult to see a panorama of this size at lower resolutions.

Higher Resolution Copy

Crescent Heights, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

These are some crops of the image that show just how much detail is in the photo.

Landscape Photography Tips

Directions

Take Highway 1 from Calgary and turn right at the first Banff exit. From here follow the signs for Two Jack Lake.

Gear Used:

• Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera (Body Only)
• Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
• Gitzo GT1541 Mountaineer 6X Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs

Two Jack Lake, Alberta, Canada

Shot at 35mm, f/11, 0.6s, and iso 100.

Panorama Photography Tips

Gear Used:

• Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital Camera (Body Only)
• Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens
• Gitzo GT1541 Mountaineer 6X Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs

This is 7 shots stitched together in portrait orientation using Photoshop. Shot at 58mm, f/11, 59.0s, and iso 100. With overlapping that works out to be about 90 megapixels for the final image.

I don’t normally link to higher resolution copies of my photos, but it’s difficult to see a panorama of this size at lower resolutions.

Higher Resolution Copy

Yaletown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

These are some crops of the image that show just how much detail is in the photo.

Gear Used:

• Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera (Body Only)
• Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM Lens
• Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT

Some friends dressed up retro and had a game of basketball one night. The game was outside and only had one net up against the brick wall of a school. I hadn’t planned on shooting basketball, so the only lens I had with me was 50mm. It was two dark to focus so I just flipped it to manual and pre-focused to about 4 feet. To give me enough depth of field that anything with in range would be in focus, I set a smallish aperature of f7.1. I then pointed my external flash so that it was bouncing off the same wall the net was on and stood near the side of the net. The darkness created great separation of the players against the background.

Panorama Photography Tips

How to Take Infrared Photographs

Shot with a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens at 28mm, f/11, 1/250s, ISO 400 on an IR modified Canon 5D Mk II.

I have updated the ‘Camera Gear’ page.

Camera Gear Page