Rainbows are fickle things. This one was almost complete and a double when I first saw it; by the time I could do something about it, it was reduced to this. Remember, when shooting rainbows a circular polarizer is not just a nicety, it’s essential, though some post processing to really bring out the colors goes a long way too.
The Miami Pro-am for the Volvo Ocean Race couldn’t have happened on a worse day photographically. While the boats finally got some breeze in the after noon, the sky was a horrid pale hazy Florida summer blue. Since I’m neither bound by or need or desire to always represent reality as it was, I’m free to paint the picture the way I wish it was, and sometimes I do. (Click to enlarge)
Puma Ocean Racing’s entrant in the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race, Mar Mostro (Monster of the Sea), sails down the Port of Miami shipping channel after winning Leg 6 (Itajai, Brazil to Miami, FL, United States). The Volvo Ocean Race is a 39,000-mile, 10 month, regatta that circumnavigates the globe stopping briefly in ports around the world to replenish, race, and make repairs.
Puma Ocean Racing’s entrant in the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race, Mar Mostro (Monster of the Sea), sails with the spectator fleet after winning Leg 6 (Itajai, Brazil to Miami, FL, United States). The Volvo Ocean Race is a 39,000-mile, 10 month, regatta that circumnavigates the globe stopping briefly in ports around the world to replenish, race, and make repairs.
Puma Ocean Racing’s entrant in the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race, Mar Mostro (Monster of the Sea), sails with the spectator fleet after winning Leg 6 (Itajai, Brazil to Miami, FL, United States). The Volvo Ocean Race is a 39,000-mile, 10 month, regatta that circumnavigates the globe stopping briefly in ports around the world to replenish, race, and make repairs.
Had the opportunity this afternoon, to play car photographer with my friend and his Dodge Challenger R/T. It’s not something I used to shooting so it was an interesting challenge to find something that I liked and that worked.
In the end, I decided to work the car with a UWA lens (an EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM) and low to the ground. It would almost have been nice to have had one of those cameras with an articulating rear display, looking though the viewfinder while laying on the ground is not optimal, but I have what I have.
From a photographic perspective, I think the biggest challenge is lighting a shiny dark car. It’s not impossible, but there are definitely things that I could have done better to bring out the shape of the car. That said, for the first time I’ve really shot a car and doing it on what amounts to a whim time wise, I think they could have come out worse.