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Tire & Fence

Canon EOS 80D

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 200 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 84/1

location

Vassar, Michigan, US

upload_date

Apr, 2020

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at my local high school's track and field area. The old tractor tires are used as part of the high school football team's training regimen, and I saw this tire leaning against a chain link fence.

Time

I shot this image at approximately 11:00 am. It was late spring, so the sun was fairly high in the sky.

Lighting

The lighting for this shot was all sunshine! The time of day provided a great angle to capture the shadows and highlights, and made for some interesting shadow play from the chain link fence.

Equipment

I used my Canon 80D with my EF-S 55-250mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM lens, set at a focal length of 84mm. The aperture and shutter speed were f/8 and 1/250s, with ISO200.

Inspiration

After being indoors for most of the winter and spring because of the pandemic, I was itching to get outside and take some pictures. The local high school sports complex is directly across the street from where I live, and I decided to do a walk-around to see what I could find. One of the first things I spotted was this old tractor tire propped up against a chain link fence, and I was immediately struck by the textures, shadows and the overall composition.

Editing

I used Luminar 4 to post-process, mainly to convert to black and white, with some contrast adjustments made.

In my camera bag

I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.

Feedback

My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.

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Tire & Fence

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