www.toddshoemake.com http://www.toddshoemake.com weather, landscapes, and other interests captured by Todd Shoemake Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:02:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Double Vision: Dualing Tacomas http://www.toddshoemake.com/2012/01/22/double-vision-dualing-tacomas/ http://www.toddshoemake.com/2012/01/22/double-vision-dualing-tacomas/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:59:48 +0000 webmaster http://www.toddshoemake.com/?p=939 It’s been a long time since I have updated my site with any photos, and I thought I would add some that I captured on Friday. Overall my camera hasn’t been getting much use the past couple of months, but over the past week or two I have been trying to make a solid effort to shoot with it more frequently. Here’s some images of my Tacoma along with another belonging to a colleague of mine (Tony Camacho). Side by side, they looked great together in the office parking lot. Since I took these in broad, mid-morning daylight the light was a bit contrasty and harsh, making a perfect opportunity for some HDR images. Most of these were comprised of 3 to 5 exposures using HDR Effex Pro and Aperture.

2010 and 2011 Toyota Tacomas 4x4 TRD Off Road in Black Sand Pearl and Gray

2010 and 2011 Toyota Tacomas 4x4 TRD Off Road in Black Sand Pearl and Gray

2010 and 2011 Toyota Tacomas 4x4 TRD Off Road in Black Sand Pearl and Gray

2010 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 TRD Off Road in Black Sand Pearl

2010 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 TRD Off Road in Black Sand Pearl

2010 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 TRD Off Road in Black Sand Pearl

]]> http://www.toddshoemake.com/2012/01/22/double-vision-dualing-tacomas/feed/ 0 a jaunt down to the river… http://www.toddshoemake.com/2011/10/31/a-jaunt-down-to-the-river/ http://www.toddshoemake.com/2011/10/31/a-jaunt-down-to-the-river/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:45:01 +0000 webmaster http://www.toddshoemake.com/?p=919 After a day shift on Sunday, I headed down to the Rio Grande for some photos of the cottonwood trees. They were just about at peak color, with some brilliant yellows found on many of them. I meandered along the Paseo del Bosque trail and a bit to the west of that bosque channel to meet up with the river itself. All of the following images were taken within the last hour of sunlight, the “golden hour”, but because the river valley sits at a lower elevation some harsh shadows are quickly cast from the higher terrain farther west. This poses some interesting challenges when exposing photographs due to the very high range of lighting from the blinding low sun and the dark shadows. I tried to get creative, and came away the following shots.

Paseo del Bosque trail in Albuquerque during peak fall foliage.

Paseo del Bosque trail in Albuquerque

Low sun in the Bosque near the Rio Grande. Fall foliage seen in cottonwoods in Albuquerque.

Low sun in the Bosque near the Rio Grande

A Canopy of fall foliage among cottonwood trees is seen in the "Bosque" of Albuquerque near the Rio Grande.

Fall Canopy

Brilliant yellow and orange foliage is seen among cottonwood trees in the Bosque near the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.

Brilliant Yellow and Orange Among Cottonwoods

A back-lit scene in the Bosque near the Rio Grande in Albuquerque. Fall foliage among cottonwood trees.

Back-lit Shelter in the Bosque

Brilliant color exhibited on cottonwood trees as the leaves change during the fall. Image taken in the Bosque near the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.

Dead in Front, Alive in Back

A fallen cottonwood tree rests in front of a towering live one with yellow and orange foliage during the fall season 2011. Image taken in the Bosque near the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.

Fallen Cottonwood

A low sun angle illuminates fall foliage in the Bosque near the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.

Yellow Sun, Yellow Foliage

The sun sets behind a tree along the Rio Grande River, backlighting the orange foliage during the fall season of 2011.

Brilliant on the River

]]> http://www.toddshoemake.com/2011/10/31/a-jaunt-down-to-the-river/feed/ 0 September 15 time lapse http://www.toddshoemake.com/2011/10/23/september-15-time-lapse/ http://www.toddshoemake.com/2011/10/23/september-15-time-lapse/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:42:52 +0000 webmaster http://www.toddshoemake.com/2011/10/23/september-15-time-lapse/ This is a brief time lapse video that I put together using footage from September 15, 2011.

September 15, 2011 Storm Time Lapse in New Mexico from Todd Shoemake on Vimeo.

This was one of the last active days across central New Mexico during the monsoon season. Decent shear was present, and I chased a couple of storms, one of which exhibited some brief rotation. The time lapse was constructed from several still images taken with my DSLR (taken about every 8 seconds). I then put them in sequence using a combination of iMovie and QuickTime Pro.

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