Wazopia: The Web Blog of Jim Fisher

Lazy river downtown

A lazy river image. It was hot. No one was downtown last night, except at the Jake. A sand freighter was slinking it's way through the Cuyahoga. The clouds and lighting were optimal. So here's what you get!

Canon G9
ISO 80
35mm
1/640 @ f4.0

This is the first image I've posted using the new Adobe Lightroom 2. It's a great app but geez is it ever sloooow! Speed it up Adobe!

Labels: Adobe Lightroom 2, boat, Canon G9, Federal Courthouse, image, ore, river. cuyahoga

Nautica Queen on the Cuyahoga River

It was a great night for cruising up the Cuyahoga and here is the Nautica Queen with a full load of Friday evening partiers.

Soft evening light. Quiet waters. Skyline off to the side.

Canon 5D
24-105mm L @ 45mm
Exposure: 1/400 @ f/11
ISO 400

This second version was enhanced by adding a red filter in Adobe Lightroom to give it more nostalgic look. Which do you prefer?

Labels: Adobe Lightroom, boat, canon 5D, cleveland, cuyahoga, image, Nautica Queen, Ohio, picture, river, silo

P___orn Shop

The famous and popular Popcorn Shop on the main street in Chagrin Falls. Apparently the pole caused a little confusion with the name. Can you see it?

Thanks for Jeff Dolsen for spotting this before it went into a client's Web site.

Labels: Chagrin Falls, image, photography, popcorn, shop

Playing with Rocks

I took a quick visit to nearby Nelson Ledges Park to try HDR shooting. With HDR you use a tripod and shoot multiple exposures of the same image using bracketing. I went for two stops under and two stops over. The three exposures are blended together via Adobe PhotoShop. This technique helps you recover from very dark or very bright areas in your image.

The Ledges are beautiful. While shooting I met another photographer who found the Ledges on the Internet. He loves shooting rock formations and had recently shot in Sedona, Arizonia. Those rocks are a beautiful red color. I showed him the little falls and the Devil's Icebox. He was thrilled.

Canon 5D
Lens 16-35mm L
Tripod Manfrotto 190 Carbon Fiber

Labels: Adobe Photoshop CS3, canon 5D, HDR, image, limestone, Nelson's Ledges, Northeast, Ohio, photography, rock

Clock and Moon

An early morning moon behind the clock tower in Chagrin Falls, OH.

Canon 5D
Lens: 100-400mm L
ISO 200
1/320 @ f8.0

Labels: blue, Chagrin Falls, clock, image, McCaig's Tower, moon, photography, sky

State Road Covered Bridge

Another one of the great Covered Bridges in Ashtabula Country.

Canon 5D
24-105mm L
Exposure: ISO 100, 1/10, f16

Labels: ashtabula county, canon 5D, covered bridge, image, Northeast, Ohio, picture

The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

Labels: boat, church, cottage, image, lake, Loch Lomand, picture, Scotland, village

University of Glasgow - Jessie's School

This a really messed-up exposure! Sorry!

Labels: buildings, Glasgow, image, picture, school, Scotland, University

Our Lovely B&B in Edinburgh

We stayed at a small bed & breakfast in Edinburgh called McNeil House. The wall that surrounds the house was built in the 1840's. It surrounded a farm. The house was built in the early 1900's.