Tag Archive: beauty

Photo: Isolation, Contemplation

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-04T00:41:44Z in Photography, Portraits, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, canon rebel xti, conceptual, ef 50mm 1:1.4, emotion, isolation, isolation contemplation, sarah 2, 0 Comments. 162 words.

Isolation, Contemplation

The last shot from my adventure with Sarah, and the most artsy. We went to the college theater, where they have a meshed window that makes patterns of light like this on the wall. I had her sit on the carpet so the light was right on her cheek, and told her to look down like she was thinking, and that’s how we got this.

I’m proud of her; she was quite shy and this was her first time modeling, but she let go of her shyness and let her spirit shine through. I think there’s …

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Photo: Gridiron Sky

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-09-21T00:43:03Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, blue, canon rebel xti, clouds, contrast, efs 18-55mm, gridiron sky, grids, patterns, polarizer, reflections, sky, turquoise, vignetting, white, 0 Comments. 162 words.

Gridiron Sky

The science building, #410 at Daytona State College. The side of the building is all clear glass in a white grid formation, but from this angle all it does is reflect the sky. It was a bright and sunny day out, and with the fluffy white clouds behind, the effect was quite charming.

I forgot my polarizing filter when shooting this, but I added the polarization effect through burning in Photoshop, so I’m including it under the polarizer tag.

Editing brought out the colors quite a bit. I added lots of contrast, burned in the sky, the …

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Photo: The Garden in Blue

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-09-18T23:55:02Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, blue, canon rebel xti, contrast, ef 50mm 1:1.4, flowers, green, shallow dof, the garden in blue, vignetting, 0 Comments. 107 words.

The Garden in Blue

I went for a walk and saw these beautiful flowers. I tried putting the sky behind them, but they were too dark then; it looks much better with a green background, which is the plant and shrubs around them. Often we photographers are overly creative, when really the best shot is right in front of us.

This is the sequel to The Garden in Yellow from last year. I added contrast and vignetting for editing. The background was nice and blurry to start because this is at F2.2 on a 50mm lens.

Canon Rebel XTi, [sniplet …

Photo: Sublime Sunset

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-09-18T22:54:58Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, black, canon rebel xti, clouds, contrast, dark, night, orange, pink, red, sigma ef 105mm 1:2.8, sublime sunset, sunsets, white, 4 Comments. 74 words.

Sublime Sunset

My last work with the Sigma 105mm macro lens. This is a closeup of backlit clouds against a cotton candy sunset. The colors are my favorite part of this; the lens really brings them out.

I used to think sunsets were only good as panoramas, but it’s just as interesting to focus on a small piece of the sky.

Canon Rebel XTi, Sigma EF 105mm 1:2.8, 1/200, F3.2, 105mm, ISO200, 2008-09-04T19:48:58-04, 20080904-234858rxt

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Credit me as Richard X. Thripp, and link back to richardxthripp.thripp.com or rxthripp.com. Thanks!

Photo: Fiery Hearts

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-09-06T07:55:58Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, black, canon rebel xti, conceptual, contrast, dark, fiery hearts, hearts, lasers, love, night, perfectionism, red, sigma ef 105mm 1:2.8, 2 Comments. 227 words.

Fiery Hearts

I had this idea of drawing a heart with a laser pointer. I set the camera up on a tripod, set the timer to ten seconds, and then drew this with the laser in the 3.2 seconds the picture was exposed.

Actually, it wasn’t easy like that. It took me 50 tries to get right. Have you ever tried to draw a heart on the wall with a laser pointer? I did two of them, and getting them to look anything like hearts, timed to 3.2 seconds, is quite a feat itself. This was the best I …

Photo: Don’t Cross Me

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-31T04:44:09Z in Personal Development, Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, black, canon rebel xti, christianity, clouds, contrast, efs 18-55mm, religion, silhouettes, sky, sunrises, yellow, 0 Comments. 392 words.

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Don\'t Cross Me

… or I’ll cross you right back! Not really, but that’s the best title I can think of for this photo. It’s a church at sunrise, with the ever-wonderful cross towering above.

I edited this in Adobe Camera Raw 4.0 exclusively. Here are the settings I used:

Don't Cross Me settings in Adobe Camera Raw 4.0

I thought about going for cool, bluish tones in the sky, but the golden yellows work better. As you can see, I added contrast and blackness too, to make sure the cross and building really is a silhouette.

I …

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Photo: Twilight Sundown

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-22T02:30:19Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, black, canon rebel xti, contrast, dark, ef 50mm 1:1.4, evening, night, red, sunsets, twilight, twilight sundown, 0 Comments. 92 words.

Twilight Sundown

I saw this sunset out the window on the Granada bridge over the Halifax river in Ormond Beach. I was a passenger in the car, so I was able to snap this out the window. It was quite dark, almost night. I had to go all the way up to ISO1600 and all the way down to F1.6 to get a 1/60 shutter speed, so the full size version is quite grainy, but it seems artful.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/60, F1.6, 50mm, ISO1600, 2008-08-15T20:20:47-04, 20080816-002047rxt

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Credit me as Richard X. Thripp, and link back to richardxthripp.thripp.com or rxthripp.com. Thanks!

Photo: Caramel Sunset

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-21T17:34:33Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, black, canon rebel xti, clouds, dark, efs 18-55mm, night, orange, sky, sunsets, sunshine, yellow, 0 Comments. 178 words.

Caramel Sunset

This beautiful sunset caught my eye out the window. The skies here are just getting better and better. I ran out with my wide-angle lens (the kit lens) and started snapping different angles of it. It didn’t look like this to start, but I stuck around for ten minutes and the clouds came together in this odd formation. It looks like cotton candy, caramel flavored. I found it really interesting that the sun was like a spotlight, because it was dark outside of the clouds as you can see at the edges of this photo.

I …

Photo: Sunset

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-15T02:38:11Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: beauty, bright, canon rebel xti, clouds, colorful, contrast, efs 18-55mm, orange, red, sky, sunset, sunsets, yellow, 2 Comments. 179 words.

Sunset — a vivid, fiery mix of orange and white clouds at sundown

I saw the golden colors flooding in through the window just a few hours ago, so I rain out and snapped this photo of the gorgeous sunset that was gracing my front yard. I haven’t seen a sunset this impressive before. The swirls of clouds were awesome, and went far above what you see in the frame. I couldn’t fit them all in even at 18mm, which is as wide as the Canon Rebel XTi kit lens would go.

I punched the contrast up in Photoshop. …

Photo: Night on the River

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-13T01:30:45Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: architecture, beauty, black, canon rebel xti, contrast, dark, ef 50mm 1:1.4, exposure, lighting, night on the river, white, 0 Comments. 154 words.

Night on the River

Nighttime at the docks, under the bridge over the river. This was a fun shoot, though anything at 3 A.M. is. I did three versions: one at 1/6, one at 3.2″, and this one at 30″. In the slower versions the water looks rippled and ugly, but with a longer exposure it’s beautifully smooth, and the streetlights turn to stars. You can see eight points to each light because my lens has eight aperture blades. If I’d have opened up all the way there would be no spikes, and if I opened up further …


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