The Crow

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called The Crow


Exif Data
Camera: Canon 5D mkII
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure: 1/100
Focal Length: 200mm with 2X TC (400mm)
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 320
Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropped, and unsharp-mask

Wild Lillies

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Wild Lillies


Exif Data
Camera: Canon 5D mkII
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure: 1/320
Focal Length: 105mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 125
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included convesion from RAW, and levels adjustment

Mommy and Me

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Mommy and Me


Exif Data
Camera: Canon 5D mkII
Aperture: f/3.2
Exposure: 1/250
Focal Length: 75mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included conversion from RAW, levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, touch-ups, and unsharp-mask

Let's Go This Way Mommy

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Let's Go This Way Mommy


Exif Data
Camera: Canon 5D mkII
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/8000
Focal Length: 140mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included conversion from RAW

Canada Day 2011 - Fireworks

I wanted to get a different angle on the fireworks this year for Canada Day, so when my friend Jeff mentioned the corktown bridge as a possible location I thought it would work perfectly. It has a great view of the Rideau Canal, the Peace Tower, and Chateau Laurier. It did turn out to be a good spot for the fireworks, except for a few little issues. Normally they fire off the fireworks as far west as they can so that they explode over the water and behind the Parliament, however there was a fair bit of wind from the west keeping the fireworks from getting out from behind the building on the right side of my shot. Another issue is that a pedestrian bridge is probably not the best location for long exposures. The bridge was packed full of people and as the group would move, so too would the bridge. Even with my tripod many of my shots were too shaky to use since the bridge itself was bouncing up and down. Well, lesson learned. It was a great spot indeed, but other factors kept it from being the perfect spot.
Here are some of the shots I got that did turn out great. Enjoy!

Canada Day 2011

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Canada Day 2011. Happy Birthday Canada! There will be more firework photos from this year's downtown Ottawa Canada Day festival posted soon!


Exif Data
Camera: Canon 5D mkII
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure: 4 sec
Focal Length: 70mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 125
Post processing included conversion from RAW, healing tool, and unsharp-mask