The Arrival of the 45mm TS-E

Introducing the Canon 45mm f/2.8 TS-E Lens for all your tilting and shifting needs!

The first shot from the Canon 45mm f/2.8

The obligatory ”first shot of Arwen with a new lens” photograph.

Photo Notes:

I am in serious love with this lens. Major. Despite it apparently scaring Arwen (see above photo). It arrived beautifully packed in it’s box from BHPhotoVideo. Despite not being listed with a lens hood and case, they were there. These were just a few really quick snap shots before I go and clean for my birthday girl’s (Elena turned 25 yesterday!) party. Interesting tidbit: despite off and on rumors there is no clear update for this lens coming soon and it is actually not part of the Canon L series despite it’s amazing glass and wonderful colors. I am looking forward to a last, loving relationship with this one and you can expect a full on review soon!

Gear Used:

Canon 5D MKII

Canon 45mm TS-E f/2.8 lens

Canon 85mm f/1.8 lens

Fashion Show: La Moda Processa

Anna Turner's Award Winning Project Displayed on Gallery

This past weekend Elena and I went to visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison to see the fashion show, La Moda Processa, that her sister was featured in. Anna’s kind of a big deal in our humble opinions – well not just ours but a few others as well – so it was a blast being able to see her pieces on a runway first hand. She has a truly unique but practical style. I say practical in the sense that what she has on the runway looks like runway clothes but the second it comes off you can see someone dying to wear it day to day. The girl has a brilliant business mindset which she displayed in her “Library” project above. It was pretty humbling to see so much of the awesomeness on display. Anna interned with Lara Miller last summer and is interning in a design position with Kohl’s this summer. Next year she will be finishing her degree at F.I.T. in New York and after that I am positive that we will be hearing a good deal about her progress in the industry.

The show started off with some models and then broke out into some male clothing design which was pretty interesting. Turns out one of the designers (not shown below) actually modeled some of his own clothes as well. Having just watched Zoolander the night before, the male model concept was hard to brush off until you see one of the designers on stage.

The piece below is one that Anna had designed and wore as well. The model nailed the showing, wearing it with the confidence that one would as they paraded it with pride on the streets of their local city.

Not a great shot but I kept it in because it’s the closest view of one of Anna’s project.

I’m sure you see it too but the center girl’s “look” froze me solid when I took the photo. The dress and shawl(?) fitted perfectly for the mood she was displaying. Almost felt like she was acting in a play rather than displaying garments in a show. Though I do suppose if you do it right then that is the feeling to be portrayed upon the audience.

Another of Anna’s pieces in the center. It was a hand painted pattern she deemed Butterfl-eyes. It was pretty astonishing.

There even was a bridal line that someone designed. This was rather surprising to me as that seems like a pretty huge undertaking but it was a pretty interesting line up.

Anna’s final piece in the show was this velvety dress that shined beautifully on stage. Wonderful textures and I loved the way the light hit off of it. Since I know little of fashion or fashion design most of my thoughts related to the photography of such pieces and how the light interacts with the pieces. This one was fantastic for that, really showed the model’s curves and form in something that a texture/fabric that I feel rarely accomplishes that in such a flattering light. Truly something special and something I would love to take into a studio and photograph.

The ladies from “College Fashionista” actually help sponsored the event and gave out prizes for the most fashionable student at the show. Pretty interesting blog, and apparently a huge hit amongst fashion bloggers. It is refreshing to see something like this; the recognizition of fashion and style outside the standard fashion community. I applaud these girls’ efforts to go and photograph their subjects, who are unaware that they are about to be featured on their blog when they start their day (that is, until they are interviewed and let known how awesomely stylish they are). Side Note: Anna was just recently featured on said blog just prior to the fashion show – she really has her stuff together.

Lighting And Set:

There were two types of lighting for the show. The gallery lighting and the runway lighting. The runway lighting was a bit dimmer than I thought it would be so I had to crank the ISO and stay “low-ish” (1/100-200th second) on the shutter speed. It seemed to change a bit as the show progressed, getting lighter at a few instances unexpectedly, though that could have just been the light fixtures. The gallery lighting provided a stark and interesting light source for the artwork themselves. However, this top down hatchet lighting provided quite awful lighting for people when used without flash. One of the few times I wish I had a flash on me – with a diffuser of course. I am looking into getting one that was mentioned on the strobist a few weeks ago and I saw in action at the WAMI awards. It is not ideal but certainly good for group/people shots on the spot.

Photo Notes:

This was my first fashion show that I have attended and while my main “telephoto” portrait lens is a bit low on the zoom side (at 85mm) I was still sitting in a good enough spot to get some fun photographs of the clothes and the models. I think it would be a ton of fun to actually bring the 70-200mm out with an off camera strobe and get some dynamic shots of the pieces. Hopefully I will do that sometime in the near future.

Gear Used:

Canon 5D MKII

Canon 24mm TS-E f/3.5 L lens – for some fun gallery shots

Canon 85mm f/1.8 lens – mainly used during the runway shoots

Check ‘Em Out!

La Moda Processa

College Fashionista

Twitter: @CFashionista

Anna Turner featured on College Fashionista

About Travel

It is such a familiar feeling, being back in London. A relative told me that once you travel to the old city and continue traveling through your life, you’ll always return back to London. I feel that rings true with me despite feeling that it was never quite the city for me. It is a bit unavoidable, this crash course with London, Europe, and myself. Every single time I arrive off the plane, I feel more at home than the last.

I am currently relaxing a bit before going to meet up with my sister and her friends near Big Ben and I have had a lot of time to think about travels (despite sleeping the entirety of the flight over). I realized that exploring new and different things is really the backbone of who I am. Luckily I have found someone that I love who feels the same way (wish you were here Elena!). I feel that outside of the cruises, all inclusive trips, and beach travels, finding people who truly love to just be somewhere else to be there is pretty rare. Even in this day and age where it is becoming nothing but easier (despite security checkpoints) to do so.

People save up for many things in life: a good home, electronics, cars, the white picket fence, a wrap around porch (as well as the shotgun and rocking chair to go with it when you’re older). Those are all fine and good but what do they do for you? Do you better your understanding of your fellow person because you bought that super wide television? Do you understand a new culture because you have a white picket fence with a wrap around porch?

I quite often hear “I’m so jealous that you’re traveling”, “I can’t believe you’re going to Europe… again”, “Isn’t that expensive?!”. People tell me all the time that they wish that they could travel and that is guaranteed to be followed up with the inevitable, unavoidable “but“. There is always a reason not to do something. There is a reason not to go to the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon when it’s delightful outside. There’s a reason not to do your laundry on a Friday night even though you desperately need some. There’s a reason not to go and have a drink with friends on a Thursday. There’s a reason to get a job you don’t like or pass on one you do. The problem with reasons like these is that when they add up, they hinder your life infinitesimally.

If you want to go do a trip to Europe for a week and a half, then go look up flights for a month and when they dip below your price, click the button and buy it! Rather than spending $150 on cable every month to make sure you stay caught up on Weeds, The Tudors, and Dexter how about put that money aside every month into a fund that will be your travel fund? That adds up fast. Learn the stores in the local place you’re going to, find out where you can get cheaper, good food. Maybe enjoy the city, take photographs at your own pace rather than springing for a guided tour.

When I meet people I always wonder… where have they been? What have they seen that I haven’t? What can I learn from this and how can I incorporate these teachings, these alive and organism like ideas into my own existence? For as many reasons as there are not to go and travel, explore, and live, I can name five a piece for you to. It isn’t hard, it isn’t scary. It’s eye opening and fills you with a wanderlust that is hardly containable.

In the past 2 years I have been to numerous places in the United States, the UK, Norway, Finland, France, and Ireland. I have traveled every conceivable form of transportation available. I met people who were different from me, some who liked me, some who didn’t. I enjoyed great cuisine and I took amazing photographs. I look forward to the rest of my life. So should you.

Japan Relief: 1 Hour Donations

If you have seen my facebook page then you have heard what I plan on doing. The people of Japan need our help: citizens and rescue teams alike. I am offering $200 1 hour photoshoot sessions with all of that money going to the Red Cross.

I’d hope this would simply be understood but I want to assure you that what I am doing here is not a self-promotion at all. While it would be great I am not looking for new leads or repeat business. In fact if I could somehow take my name out of all of it, I would. Something that comes to mind is an anecdote that has been told to me over the years. It’s a great line in Superman the movie where Clark’s father tells a young Clark Kent when he is upset about having to hide his powers while playing football. He says,

“[...] That is, you are here for a reason. I don’t know whose reason it is, or whatever the reason… maybe it’s… I don’t know…. but I do know one thing: it’s not to score touchdowns.”

I don’t feel that I am superman. I do feel that this is something we can all take to heart when thinking about all the things we do in life. I have often admired those who have dropped everything and taken up photojournalism to spread the word of what is happening in the world a la the amazingly talented photographers ostentatiously aggregated at The Big Picture. While I am not at a point in life to be able to do that, I do feel that I am able to help.

It comes down to this, an awesome way for you to get those photographs that you have been wanting and needing for a bit of time now and to do something wonderful for the world. I’m going to break this down into a few sections that will hopefully explain how everything will go down this next week.

The Situation:

Not that “Situation”, this one actually means something. Last Friday an earthquake, which scaled at 9.0 on the Richter scale, blasted 8o miles off the coast of Japan. This is one of the largest known quakes in Japan’s modern history and one of the largest in recent years globally. Not long after, due to the quake, a tsunami washed over many parts of the coast of Japan destroying villages and people’s lives. The footage online is obscene, watching it you feel as though something like this cannot possibly be real. It is. In fact, it is very real. The death toll is still climbing, the amount missing still not entirely known. Nuclear disaster seems nearly imminent and we can only pray to whatever God or gods or positive spiritual entity in which you believe that they are able to stave off such a disaster.

However, there is good. Human nature is good, the Red Cross gives on average 91 cents on the dollar that is donated to them. Artists abound are donating their time and effort in donating money for these causes. It is times like these that make you want to step up and start making a difference. I feel as if this is my time to help in the way that I know I can.

The What:

$200 1 hour long sessions in which all of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross for relief in Japan. I don’t care what this session is for (within reason, of course;). If you want this to be for your Engagement Shoots, awesome. If you want to take concert shots, great. Studio shots? Fantastic. Headshots? Yes. Fashion shoots for a portfolio? Perfect.

I only have a few stipulations and I will list those later. The point is, if you have a photographic need of any kind, now is the time to take advantage of this. Sessions that are typically $250 are discounted and all of those funds. Every last penny. It’s going to help those in need by this disaster.

The When:

Sessions need to be booked by next Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, and paid for in full by next Friday, March 25th 2011. Sessions need to be fulfilled before the end of August, 2011.

The Who:

You. Bring yourself, bring friends, bring lovers, bring enemies. It doesn’t matter. Just get ready to have an awesome time for a great cause.

The Where:

Unfortunately, and this is one of those stipulations, this deal is limited to those in the greater Milwaukee and Chicago areas. If I can easily make it to you, by my judgment, by car from Milwaukee then please. Participate. Unfortunately, I cannot simply afford to travel and donate all proceeds. However, if you do want to pay for my travel costs and then the $200 on top for a donation and it is able to be scheduled out, then by all means I am down and I am game.

The Fine Print:

Why am I putting a time limit on this? Honestly, I don’t know the response. This could flop and I may not get any responses. Or this could go even crazier than I expected. Without this being my full time profession I only have a limited amount of time that I can physically devote to sessions.

Why paid for in full in advance? I simply cannot afford to foot a bill on this one. The sole purpose of all of this is to raise money that I would not typically be able to donate myself for a situation that is heartbreaking to me. This is also about commitment, it would be one thing for me to track someone down to pay me for services I have given but I feel it sort of breaks a whole new slew of ethical violations to make me track someone down – for whatever reason – for a charitable cause. That doesn’t really matter though, you want to donate.

Why is it that only awesome places like Milwaukee and Chicago get to take advantage of this? Like I stated before, it is due to travel costs. I cannot afford to travel much without compensation and this is not about being compensated. It’s about giving.

Finally, these have to be new requests. If I have been in talks with you about a photoshoot, engagement shoot, etc then this offer, unfortunately, does not apply. I sincerely appreciate your desire to donate but it is simply too complicated for me to logistically tackle this on my own if this is not a separate entity. This is new photoshoots that are being proposed to me starting today and going through next Wednesday. I want the sole purpose of these shoots to have originated with the idea of giving to this fund in mind.

What do you receive?

The last point to address is what are your receivables for doing this. I am so grateful that you are looking into doing this that I want to send you a specialized receipt stating what I have done with the money and how awesome you are for helping out. On top of that you will receive a proof of delivery for the $200 to Red Cross. Thirdly, you will receive your photographs, ALL usable photographs (something usually reserved for Weddings & Engagements) from the shoot. The number of these entirely depends on set up time, repetition and similarity of shots, and technical details such as blur, focus, color, lighting, acts of God, etc. But trust me, it’s more than you would typically get in any other scenario. You deserve it.

In closing, please help me help those in need. Look up this situation that is going on. Watch the videos, see the photographs, hear their stories. If you think you have a photographic need in the near future please contact me via this blog, my facebook, twitter @aarcusphoto with hashtag: #ArcJapanRelief, e-mail at adam.arcus.photo@gmail.com, mobile phone, tin-cans, morsecode. Whatever and however you can. And finally, spread the word – e-mail this to your friends, lovers, coworkers, enemies, cousins, barbers, etc. The more we do together, the more we can raise. If you don’t chose to do this through me, look up those other artists, donate to Red Cross’ text method for donating $10 automatically by texting REDCROSS to 90999, go through Google’s crisis response at http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html , other artists: go and do this for your talents as well! We can make a difference.

Majestic at the Dog Park

I’ve been playing around with off-camera strobes a bit more lately and decided that it would be fun to use them in “every day” scenarios to create dynamic images. This is a pretty common technique that I use to develop my skills better. It seems blatantly obvious but if you want to become a better shooter with different techniques, they have to become second nature. After following The Strobist’s lighting techniques it has been abundantly clear that I misjudged the use of flash. I used to be a huge naysayer however I have come to realize that I simply hated photographs that looked like they had flash in them. Rather I marvel at photographers who make an image look intentionally lit – and believe me, there is a difference. I protest to photographs (unless done in an intentionally hifi/lowfi manner) that are blatantly flashed. In order to do this better I have brought the strobe to the dog park.

This is miss Arwen Arcus. She is my adorable 22 month old Chocolate Labrador. Today was a fun day out in the snow after being cooped up much too long in the apartment this winter due to Milwaukee’s pretty shoddy weather. Even today seemed to be nice but eventually neither myself or Elena (who also happened to be the strobe’s tripod) could feel our fingers or toes. I lit her with Elena holding the flash at about 5 feet away, full power. It was synced at 1/200th of a second and shot at 70mm, 50 ISO, f/6.3. Not a bad shot when one has about 3 seconds worth of time to set up and shoot before the pup gets anxious and bolts after the nearest dog!

Gear Used:

Canon 5D Mk II

Canon 17-40mm f/4 L Lens

Lumopro lp160 Flash (Camera Right, slightly raised)

The List: Cage The Elephant

Cage The Elephant: Copyright Todd Owyoung, www.ishootshows.com

The List is going to be a new segment of mine where I talk about a show that I hope to one day be lucky enough to photograph. I feel like this can be a great way of setting goals for myself and a way to push myself forward as a photographer. Getting an “in” to this industry is no easy task. It takes a lot of work, a lot of effort, a ton of skill, and an exorbitant amount of luck. To me, it is finding out how to bend said luck to your will. I once asked the phenomenal and established concert photographer, Todd Owyoung, for advice on how to break into the industry. I hope he doesn’t mind me sharing his response but it really struck a chord with me. It was one of those things where initially I felt the need to respond but realized it was more of a rhetorical question.

“What ways are you pursuing music photography now?”

What a fantastically short response. My knee-jerk reaction was to respond as to how I was making a few calls here and there, attempting (poorly) to advertise on some band websites, etc. What I didn’t think about was how active I was in these pursuits. Nothing just falls into your lap. You have to work at it and you have to work hard. I learned these lessons at school and I apply them on a daily basis, they’re basically common sense to me now – why would I not do this in a passion of mine as well?

This brings me to full circle. Just like Jeff with his (pretty awesome) financial blog over at The1KChallenge, it is about keeping your self responsible and accountable. That is what these posts are about: who do I want to shoot and why do I want to shoot them.

Cage The Elephant is one of my favorite newer bands out there. I feel like their music takes everything that is popular in modern pop/pop rock/alternative and flips it on its back. Listening to both of their CDs you realize that they know exactly what kind of music is going to sell. Though instead than going full into that and creating some single that will just make people happy they pull an “Enter Sandman”/”The Pretender” and make a single that is going to blow you away with its depth and complexity. I feel the energy every time I listen to them, I feel the way I did in high school when music was my life and I rarely took my headphones from my ear. That is not to say that CTE is for 16 year olds but rather that they appeal to that place inside of you where music is all that matters.

Then I saw them live. All of that energy, all of that passion comes propelling out of their performance like a ten ton blast of C4. That is why I love music photography. I have said this so many times but the basis of my love for this industry is that those on stage are doing what they love and I am doing what I love. It is pretty damn neigh impossible to top that. Cage The Elephant obviously is passionate about what they do, but it is more than that; they don’t hold any back. From what I hear they never do. Every review I have read, every photographer who has shot them. They all say the same thing: the energy is seemingly limitless.

Being involved with a band as intense as this, shot in low lights, is a mammoth of a challenge. That is what intrigues me the most. It would push my abilities to their peak levels. How quickly can you adapt to the chaos of lights and the energy level of a band such as CTE? That would be a near spiritual experience.

A Valentine’s Day

I thought I would put a few personal posts up occasionally as I love when other photographers do this. The first one here being a Valentine’s Day dinner with me and my fiancee. Elena works at a school that is in Illinois, thus with us living in Milwaukee she gets up at an ungodly hour in the morning. We decided that due to this we would celebrate with a home-cooked meal of deliciousness involving blue cheese with a Port reduction sauce Filet Mignon along with Goat Cheese Pizza as our appetizer and Oreo/NutterButter cake balls for desert. Kafevino also threw in some Tuxedo strawberries with our desert wine which was awesome!

Cutting the cheese… teehee.

It was a feast for the ages. This was the final entrée.

Aren’t we adorable?

REVIEW! Kelly Moore Bag

This is my first, hopefully out of many, review of a product that I have specifically bought for photography. I have been searching for an awesome, versatile, and somewhat fashionable camera bag for ages now. The Canon Camera Backpack has rarely left my side for a few years and I love it. The pack has different compartments for everything, straps galore, zippers, and the word CANON printed right on the back. Pretty neat. However, I pummeled it to the ground – recently breaking one of the zippers – as I lugged it around from concert to concert, Eurotrip to Eurotrip, and everything in between.

Enter the Kelly Moore Bag. I wanted something that was going to be different than my Canon bag, something that would not replace it but rather compliment it. Truth be told, a messenger bag would be a great addition to my gear line up: it would allow me to have instant access at the side, easily having my lenses, flash, and the rest of my photographic accoutrement in my monstrous mits in seconds. The most important quality to me after the equipment carrying and fashion was that I could hold a laptop. I have every intention of getting a Macbook Pro within the next year and did not want to regret not being able to take it on shoots due to poor planning.

I began my search at Photojojo, seeing their quite attractive Classic Leather Camera Satchel. Unfortunately, the bag was a bit smaller with my fiance’s 13″ Macbook not fitting at all despite it being advertised to fit 13″ laptops. Honestly, 13″ was even a bit smaller than I had wanted but the satchel was so good looking I gave it a shot. It didn’t pan out. It was too small, too little leather, and just did not scream to me as it did online. I returned it and began to search many sites for a larger equivalent. I stumbled across Kelly Moore’s website and was instantly smitten.

The Kelly Moore Boy Bag is quite nearly everything I wanted. Very versatile, eye-catching, and with plenty of room to boot. The bag is split into 5 compartments in the main space. 4 of these are for camera gear, 1 is for the laptop. The laptop fits that Macbook perfectly; there is plenty of room for a 15″ if need be. All of the compartments are adjustable in size and angle due to the velcro covered tabs of the dividers and the equally ladened interior. In fact, everything is entirely removable making it perfect for any occasion. I kept all the dividers in and use each one for a lens, flash, or the camera body. There is so much variety that I can actually keep the body itself in or place it face down with the lens attached.

After the central compartment there are three zippered pockets, two smaller and one large one. These are fantastic for my remote shutter, charger, wires, memory cards, and remote flash triggers. I feel like I can fit even more in there. I will probably put my photographic journal (which I recommend any decent photographer keep, much like a work out journal – if you want to improve you have to know what you were doing to make that perfect shot), my contracts, and a few other gizmo’s in there.

The bag’s dimensions are 16″x11.5″x4.5″ with it weighing about 2.5 lbs. It is made out of weather resistant “man made material” according to the website. Not sure what that “man made material” is but it looks hella lot like leather and feels much like it.

Fortunately for the user there are only a few downsides. First, there are no buckles but rather magnets that hold the flap over onto the zippered pockets. This looks aesthetically pleasing but gear can easily fall out if this is knocked upside down somehow (not a stretch in the photography world). Second, while the width fits the laptop no problem the depth actually suffers a bit and thus the magnets are not close enough to each other to close. Not a huge deal, still looks great and really the magnets do not hold anything inside (see the first downside). Third, there are small pockets on the sides that have no purpose. I may be able to fit a pen in there. Even that may be too thick.

None of these “downsides” however, can take away from the solid fact that this is a fantastic product. I could not recommend it more, though possibly could recommend that Kelly place some fashionable buckles rather than magnets. I know that I will be keeping mine, with all of my gear, by my side for years to come.

REVIEW! Bottom line:

It’s a great buy. I would advise it to anyone looking for a versatile, fashionable bag. I have already gotten many looks and questions about it in the short time I have owned it. If you are interested check out the rest of Kelly’s gear; it is all pretty chic. Unfortunately this Brown Boy Bag is sold out, as well as the Black one, on Kelly’s website and will not be back until March. However, I do know Adorama has them in stock at this moment along with the Mustard color (which is still available on Kelly Moore’s website).

The Slopes: A Travel Photoventure

That My Conditions Are In

This past week – as much as it was about skiing, food, drink, and good times – was about pushing more bounds as a photographer. I read recently an article that described how a photographer should excel in only one form of photography. Technique, as he put it, “is something mature photographers simply get past”. This rather astounded me as I typically follow this fellow and agree with a good amount that is written about. I however, extremely disagree with this statement. How can you be the best at something if you do not know the basics of everything? I am not saying to go and perfect each style, though surely at that point you would be a pretty damn good photographer, what I am saying though is that you should know how they got there.

Long Exposure: High ISO

What kind of lighting was used, why was it used, what effect did it have, what ISO range, rough speed, depth of field are utilized frequently? Is it a standard or a tilt shift lens? Why was this particular angle chosen? If you choose only a specific set within all of these questions and go with that, then that is all you have. Having a brand versus perfecting only one technique are completely different monsters.

During the Day

This weekend was about making moving, emotional images with a prime lens that I rarely have used in the open. My Canon 24mm f/3.5 TS-E L lens. I bought this a short while ago knowing that this was not a focal length that I was familiar with and that I was unaware of how tilt-shift would affect it. Most of my tilt-shift experience has been on the View Camera or in the 45mm to 90mm focal lengths. I felt this would be a fantastic way for me to break my binds and develop a new technique. The results are below. Let me know… did I crash and burn or was there success in my efforts? My favorite is at the end.

And let me know what do you think: Is perfecting merely a single technique the same as having a brand? Or is there more to it then that?

The One That Got Away

Which in this scenario, is definitely acceptable and provided me with one of those perfect imperfect images. I went skiing this past weekend – first time and I didn’t die! W00T! - and on our drive back from breakfast in a near white out snow storm a bunch of what seemed to have been pheasants (birdwatchers, let me know if you recognize this one) were in the road. My camera was on and ready but alas! I had left my lens cap on. I dashed it off and a fraction of a second later had the 24mm TS-E lens snapping away at the chaos of the 8 or 10 birds in our path. I only took three photographs, and in my opinion only one turned out. I had originally wanted a brilliant shot of the driver and a bird that was flying along side the car but my gaze was taken and my lens delayed just enough to get the photograph below. For some reason it really grabs my eye. The underexposed corners along with the telephone lines jutting through the frame. The snow/ice mixture on the cars window mucking up the edges enough to push your eye through the other side of the photograph. Lines of snow cutting through the foreground of the animal. A bird’s contorted flight beckoning to be felt by others as a flee for its life. It really spoke to me and I want to know: does it do the same for you?

Have you had this type of “success” before? A seemingly accidental photograph intentionally taken. It is, for me, a rare occurrence to enjoy one of these this thoroughly but I find myself invested in this one.

The One That Got Away: A Bird In Flight

GEAR USED:

Canon 5D Mk II

Canon 24mm TS-E L Lens