I call this shot “Majestic” because the Crane is so still. I had been following him for a few minutes (some might say stalking him) when he finally stopped for a brief moment. He had heard something in the distance and was looking for what it was. At that moment I took the shot. As he heard the shutter click – he took off and was gone. That was okay because I was left with this amazing image of “Mr. Majestic.
Sometimes we photographers happen across an image that is just begging to be captured on film – digital or traditional. This was one of those days. It was early on a Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago. I was just putting some papers away in my office and as I came around the corner here was this perfect beam of light falling along the corner of this candle. Running to get my camera I shot about 15 frames before the sun shifted and then the beam was covered by clouds. I sat down at my computer to work in the “digital darkroom” (which is so much nicer than the traditional darkroom). I chose the image you see here because of the way the sun was just “kissing” the rim of the candle holder. The glow that was coming off the holder has that magic about it. The only “work” I did to the photo was to crop and slightly darken the background. This brought out the sunbeam more. Enjoy – Matt
This was a lucky shot because I came to it by mistake. While playing with Photoshop I accidentally ended up with the picture of the birds superimposed on the moon. With a little bit of photoshop knowledge I was able to make it so it actually looks like a real instance. However, I understand that anyone can figure it out that it isn’t real just by knowing that these birds don’t come out at night, but if you don’t know that then it is real to you
I saw this image as I was driving home. The clouds initially caught my attention. I pulled over, grabbed the camera from the bag and caught this shot. As a professional photographer I never leave home without my camera. I have learned the hard way that the photos you always remember are the ones that you didn’t get. To see more of my work visit – www.besceneimages.com