Indian Wells

I shot these images at a semi-final match between Andy Roddick and Robin Soderling at the ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California in March, 2010.

You may want to click on these images to see them larger. Mostly, I was trying to stop action on the ball.

-CG TTL

Rafa Nadal

These action shots of Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal were shot in a semi-final match at the ATP tennis tournament at Indian Wells, California in March, 2010.

They were shot at a distance of 36.8 meters from my seat high in the stadium in very bright, early-afternoon, side light, using an effective focal length of 400mm at f/5.6, ISO 200, and exposed for 1/2500 sec.

My intention was to take advantage of the bright light to shoot at a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the movement of the ball.

I did the post processing, including some selective brightening of the harsh shadows, in Photoshop CS4.

-CG TTL

Joshua Tree Blossom

This joshua tree blossom was shot in Joshua Tree National Park in California a couple of weeks ago.

I shot it in the late afternoon light at f/5.6, ISO 500, and exposed for 1/800 second with a EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens set at 70.0 mm at a distance of 2.5 meters from the subject. I was going for a sort of portrait look with a moderately narrow depth of field to produce a sharp foreground and a blurred background.

The image of the moon was shot at about the same time and with the same lens, but (...sadly) in a different image.

So, I'm officially fessing up here. This is not photo journalism. If I worked for The New York Times, I'd be fired. I composited the moon into the background of the blossom image, using Photoshop CS4.

-CG TTL

Joshua Tree

During a recent trip to Palm Springs, I managed to slip over to Joshua Tree National Park for an afternoon photo shoot. This is the tree after which the park is named.

This was shot with an EF 17-40 mm f/4L USM lens set at 37 mm. The camera was set at f/16, ISO 200, and exposed for 1/80 second.

-CGTTL

Palm Desert

I shot this image early one morning outside our time-share villa in Palm Desert, California, as the sun was coming up behind the camera.

Using a Canon 5D Mark II and an EF 17-40 mm f/4L USM wide angle zoom lens set at 28 mm, I shot four images at ISO 200 and f/16 with shutter speeds varying from 1/20 to 1/3 second.

To accomodate the high dynanmic range, I composited the four images manually, using CS4.

-CGTTL