Wet Foot
Yesterday, we finally got some sun here south of
Pittsburgh. There have been so
many cloudy gray days, that it’s been depressing. So with nothing to do and a little sun, MJ and I went to a
few local spots to get some winter pictures. This picture is of Henry Bridge in Washington County’s Mingo
Park.
I wanted to get as close to the water as possible to get
some great details in the foreground.
To get this picture, I was standing in the water (this time of year, the
river level is low), which I expected to be fine with my boots…. Well, I didn’t realize the right boot
was ripped open allowing a free flow of water inside the boot. I’ve had these boots for a long time,
but I rarely use them. Therefore I
was a little shocked to fine my foot getting wet and cold. After getting over this little shock,
we captured some great photos. In
the end, we had some great weather for this time of year and a wet foot, which
was a small price to pay for this photo.
Photo Specs:
I used my Nikon D800 with a 14-24mm 2.8 lens on a
tripod. I extended the tripod legs
out to the side as far as possible to get my camera within about 12 inches of
the water. I set the camera on
Aperture mode with it set at f22 to make sure I had a very large field of
view. I also set my camera up to
take a 5-bracket set of exposures (+2, +1, 0, -1, -2). After getting home, I processed the 5
exposures in Photomatix Pro to get the HDR image and did some minor editing in
PS CS6 (sharpened, reduced noise, and deleted a few things like a trash can and
some street signs).
There you have it.
A fairly good winter stream photo.
Enjoy.
To see another great winter picture I posted a few weeks ago, please click
