Communication & Cognition » weather http://www.commcognition.com/blog Where Mind Meets Message Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Photo 142: It’s Gonna’ Rain http://www.commcognition.com/blog/photo-142-its-gonna-rain/ http://www.commcognition.com/blog/photo-142-its-gonna-rain/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:48:41 +0000 Samuel D. Bradley http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=1814 day142

Cut me some slack on artistic quality as I get back into the swing of things.

Sitting at the stoplight headed to pick up my kid from soccer, dark clouds loomed in the distance.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm

1/100 sec, aperture priority, f/10, ISO 100, focal length: 35 mm

Photoshop: auto levels

(Backlog: Today should be Photo 209. I am 67 behind).

]]> http://www.commcognition.com/blog/photo-142-its-gonna-rain/feed/ 2 Day 123: Lightning Strikes http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-123-lightning-strikes/ http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-123-lightning-strikes/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 03:24:08 +0000 Samuel D. Bradley http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=1739 day123This projected would have been facilitated greatly if city planners refrained from installing a large sodium vapor streetlight directly west of my house.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed photographing the lightning tonight.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm (tripod)

0.5 sec, manual, f/5.6, ISO 3200, focal length: 55 mm

Photoshop: auto contrast, curves, crop

]]> http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-123-lightning-strikes/feed/ 3 Day 120: Thunderstorm over Roswell, N.M. http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-120-thunderstorm-over-roswell-n-m/ http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-120-thunderstorm-over-roswell-n-m/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 05:45:28 +0000 Samuel D. Bradley http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=1725 day120

Creative cropping may have obscured the fact that I took these storm photos while driving down the highway, but I like the raw quality. The dirty windshield and A-pillar add a sense of realism. Or at least, that’s my story.

Omitted are the photos that also captured my speedometer in the image.

The color in these cumulonimbus clouds was inspiring, but I was in a hurry to get home after a long day on the road. So I snapped and drove. Luckily the wind blew this storm north of Roswell by the time I arrived there two hours later.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm

1/800 sec, aperture priority, f/4.5, ISO 800, focal length: 36 mm

Photoshop: saturation +3

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Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Sigma 300 mm lens (lens made for film EOS)

1/3200 sec, aperture priority, f/4, ISO 800, focal length: 300 mm (not adjusted)

Photoshop: none

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Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm

1/1000 sec, aperture priority, f/4.5, ISO 800, focal length: 35 mm

Photoshop: slight crop

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It was the perfect start to Spring Break.

Today, temperatures plunged into the middle 30s, and the forecasted rain turned to snow.

This gentleman had a wardrobe fail.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon 35-80mm (lens made for film EOS)

1/200 sec, manual, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length: 80mm (not adjusted)

Sunpak Power Zoom 4000AF (old) set at TTL

Photoshop: curves; color balance -blue, -green.

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For those who have seen my profile pictures, you’ll know that I have experimented with this shot before.

However, no single other photograph could have captured how I felt today driving around with the sunroof open.

Amazing.

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