As things begin to come together for my transition from Navy life in Italy to Civilian life in the big bad world, I am getting more and more excited. Only a month before I fly out of Italy for good, and by September first I will be a Civilian again! Something about taking a leap of faith in to the unknown is extremely attractive to me, as it has always been – after a little down time in California I will begin my year-long backpacking trip through Asia. I plan on blogging as much as I can, photographing daily, and sharing all of my unique and exciting adventures with all of you. I truly hope you continue to visit this blog and join me on this adventure of a lifetime!
Today I have a pair of images I took a few evenings back during the “calm” before the storm. Rain was projected for the entire weekend, but didn’t decide to show up until Sunday night. A couple of friends and I were having drinks outside, relaxing and talking, when we noticed how awesome the clouds looked. I ran inside, quickly set up my rig, and began to shoot. I decided to go with long exposures, upwards of three minutes, to capture the rapid cloud movement in the photos. These two shots were taken about 15 minutes apart, the first one taken earlier then the second one. No filters were needed – just the D800, 14-24mm f/1.8, Slik Pro Tripod, and remote release. After that, some touch-ups in Lightroom 4 and the photos were done! I’d love to hear your questions and comments below!
Ah, spectacular!
Outstanding!!! Love these long exposures, and to have these wonderful rich, and detailed clouds to work with; is EPIC!!!!! You Rocked these babies out of the PARK!!!!!!!!!
Should I ever win the drawing, I know which photo I would chose now. These are spectacular!
Beautiful color!
Great shots, Adam!
These long exposures really turned out wonderful.
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Great colours, the top one does it for me, something spooky about it.
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WOW! The long exposures are fantastic!
Beautifully captured Adam and the color is amazing. I’m looking forward to your backpacking trip through Asia. Can hardly wait for the output of images
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Gorgeous!!
Dang that’s cool. I know it was blue hour and all but how did you deal with no blowing out the lights with a 3min exposure? Small app like F8+?
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Beautiful long exposures Adam. Your upcoming backpacking trip sounds awesome. Can’t wait to see what you photograph.
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My favorite is the first as well! Awesome capture of the sinister looking cloud movment as it heads towards Bella Napoli! You can even make out Mount Vesuvius in the distant background. Nice Work!
I am totally blown away by these shots!! You are incredibly talented!
Beautiful long exposures, man. Love the effect on those clouds.
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How gorgeous are these, Adam? Wow, my friend, talk about colors and tones and such! Great great captures!!
These are awesome Adam! Love the colors in the sky and motion blur from the long exposure.
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