RGeoghanPhotography

Sept 29_NYCSunriseFog_1393

NIKON D7100

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Aperture f/9 ISO 200 Shutter 10/8000 Focal Length 420/10

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Oct, 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photograph of the New York Skyline at sunrise on a foggy morning was taken from the waterfront area of Weehawken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River. There are several places from Hoboken going north to Weehawken and North Bergen along the waterfront to get scenes of the city.

Time

This image was captured just after sunrise.

Lighting

This image is pretty much straight out of the camera with just a few tweaks on the raw file. The view is as I saw it.

Equipment

I use Nikon SLRs and lenses including camera bodies D750 and D7100.

Inspiration

I am very lucky to live near enough to New York City and the Hudson River to be able to photograph frequently. I am constantly in awe of the way that Mother Nature paints, diffuses, brightens and otherwise alters the very same view so that there are endless opportunities depending on the season, time of day and weather to enjoy and photograph the skyscrapers of the city. The neat thing is that the combination of those variables makes each new photo shoot seem like the first one and I never stop being excited about it.

Editing

Yes, I shoot raw, for the most part, and always tweak the images to bring the color and contrast up to what my memory says the actual scene looked like. At times, I will experiment with Topaz or Nik filters to get special effects but my preference is to capture the environment as I see it as naturally as possible.

In my camera bag

The two camera bodies mentioned above. My most used lenses are my walk-around lenses - 18-200 and 28-300 lenses (depending on the camera body); a 70-200, a 80-400 or one of my macro lenses. All equipment is Nikon.

Feedback

Back in 2011, after going through a serious illness and the death of several family members over a few years, I was really struggling to find some way to boost my spirits and my joy in life. I decided that my camera was the best way to do this - and so began a one year project to take and post online at least one photo a day for a year. It turned out to be such a challenge and so rewarding that the one year turned into five. As a result, I take my camera almost everywhere that I go so that I am ready if a photo op appears. Also, I've learned that there is beauty to be found no matter what time of year or weather condition if one chooses to look for it. Almost all of my images have been taken within approximately an hour drive from my home. So, my advice would be to keep cameras handy and wherever you happen to be, take a few moments to look around, check out the light and practice looking for something special at that moment in time to photograph.

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