Photo of the Day
While in Chicago last weekend we paid a visit to Wrigley Field. I liked the idea of being around the park with very few people around. Pictures with a crowd look nice, but I wanted a shoot with the old lady with very limited interruptions. When we saw the front of the stadium with the famous marquee I was a little upset that a cleaning crew was working. It then dawned on me that with a little patience it could be a great thing. They power washed the entire brick entrance to the stadium giving me a very nice reflective surface to work with. I made a few pictures after they had left, but something was missing. That was when I saw these two runners coming. I waited until they were almost to the marquee, and then squeezed the shutter. This was a photo that I really enjoyed making. We waited around a little over an hour for the light to even out a bit, but no matter what I shot nothing compared to this one. The blue hour photo may yet end up on this blog.
Yesterday this park hosted Opening Day, and started the 100th season here. It was not an ideal day for baseball, but sometimes you can’t help what is given to you. When the weather warms up a bit, and my schedule slows down I will have to go back to the stadium to catch a game.
Technical Data
This photo was brought into Lightroom 5, and as usual lately I applied the HDR Look preset by Matt Kloskowski to it. From there it was just a matter of a few minor tweaks to the sliders to get the look that I really wanted. One other bit of technical data is that I tried something that I don’t normally do here. I put my 8mm Rokinon lens onto my 5DIII. The lens is not made for the camera, but it gives me a nice effect that I like. I ended up cropping in quite a big to get rid of the black space around the image. When you get into the image itself though it is really magnificent. A fisheye lens made for a full frame camera would be nice, but for a lens I don’t use very often this is just fine.
Dave Wegiel Photography 