James Vedder Imaging
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Nature
Light
Light and Lighting Guest Artists
Translucent Flowers in Color
Floating on water in a dish which was set on a light table. It's all about the light.
Falls near Highland, NC.
People can walk behind the falls here; if you look closely you can see them.
Abstract 439
Wind moving the bushes outside our sun room window (blurred by just under 1 second exposure
Time Machine
I was walking on the street in Regensberg, Germany, looked down this passageway and saw the costumed man walking right to left. I readied my camera, & as luck would have it, just seconds later he moved left to right and I captured this image. Lucky, yes, but you've got to be ready!
Twisted Tree
Twisted Tree best viewed within a short time after sunrise... the only time of day that the lighting is perfect.
Swimming in the Sky
Above the surface... all calm and floating; beneath the surface, all churning and agitation...like some people.
Reading About Dinosauers
One of my favorite favorites! She is so fascinated by what she is learning, he is just as intent on teaching her... wow, what more could you ask?
Table Top 512
Table Top photos are good not only for showing details and “local” shapes of objects, but their convenience for photographers. When the weather is not good or especially after nightfall, you can take still take photos like this on your table top. Practicing lighting. Someday...
Lighting at 2 O'Clock
"Lighting at 2 O'Clock." No, not the time 2 o'clock, but the direction 2 o'clock (with 12 meaning light coming from straight ahead). So the foliage is slighlty back-lit. Beautiful, yet few people seem to notice.
Translucent Flowers
Setup for photo: flowers suspended on water in a baking dish placed on top of a light table. See also color version.
Sunset Over The San Juans, CO 9:29
Two minutes before and two minutes later, the color was almost gone, as the setting sun shown under the clouds from our right onto rain sheets over the San Juan Range. That's Mt Sneffels in the middle. Timing is everything. A stunning scene I was lucky to witness !!!
Sunset Color 9:27 Getting Better
Two and one half minutes before peak sunset color, but we did not know it at the time. You cannot "predict" a sunset's color! What you can do is wait and watch and,take what Nature gives. June 20, 2016, Juan Mts. Colorad
Black Locust Tree
How many Greens? Each leaf takes a bit of sun light, produces a carbohydrate molecule, with oxygen as a by-product..., for us! A miracle!! Plants and trees take care of us. We need to care for them!
Candle Behind Wine Glass
Something to do at a restaurant while waiting for dinner: take iPad photos!
Through a Glass, Darkly
Like several others: Something to do at a restaurant while waiting for dinner: take iPad photos!
One of the Planets?
No, a 1" rubber ball. I chanced upon a sunbeam in the kitchen window, "Don't walk right by," I said "What would shine in that light?"
Agate in a Sunbeam
I chanced upon a sunbeam in the kitchen window, Don't walk right by. Ask"What would shine in that light?"
Abstract....what? What IS it?
Gondola Bows!! Mostly, we see the whole object. But there are many component patterns!
Path through rain forest #1, New Zealand
You're in another world. This shows that the photographer, in the end, captures light. [And, that light is constantly changing
Road to Hurricane Hill
It was foggy and overcast in Olympic NP. I wanted to drive up Hurrfcane Hill. Another visitor at the Park Office discouraged me: "I was just up there and did not take one photo. It is foggy!”
But as a photographer, I know that fog and mist can produce dramatic lighting opportunities, so I drove on. As I began my drive, a "spotlight' of sun shone through, revealing fascinating colors and textures. All along the drive, I took many photos (I guess I did not notice that “it was foggy.” :-}
Fire?
No, abstract of lights in Water. A composite of two photos of harbor lights shining in water (taken from a ship). Camera Nikon D750, 80mm, ISO 1600, f/6.3, 1/4 sa
Moonrise? Headlight?
None of these. It is the seat and back of a wood-grained bench at night. Mayne I shouldn.'t have told you; sometimes we like puzzles.
France: Towns along the Rhone & Seine
photos from Sept 2019
Patagonia, Torres del Paine
"Torres del Paine" in Spanish is the name of the National Park and also of mountain towers within this range of the Andes.
Arctic
Arctic photos from Svalbard, Norway and north to 82 degrees, Aug-Sep 2018
Images for Essays
images, slides to insert into essays
Fine Art, Doges Palace, Venice
I arose early on a November morning to be first in line; I wanted the forms and textures of he arches and columns without tourists in the frame. Doges were nominated by the City Council to govern Venice.
Artwork by Hand Helps us See
A few sketches, drawings, paintings to help us see for photography
Asia
Selected photos from Philippines, Thailand, Japan, etc.
Nature
Mostly flowers and small animals
Light
Light and Lighting
Guest Artists
The woman’s eyes blend into the dark around her. The artist is “photographer Sebastion Unrau,... Deutschland.” He started in 2015! Nicole S is a young woman not afraid to experimebnt and
Black and White
Images that emphasize texture, form etc.
Travels
Images of Africa, Asia, and Europe
Landscapes
The Shared Beauty of Nature