James Vedder Imaging
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Photographic Art
France: Towns along the Rhone & Seine
Torres del Paine in a mirror pond
Driving by to our left, we spotted this calm pond and knew a reflection would be available. Sometimes you don't see the scene at the outset, but your imagination tells you it is there. I used a 35mm lens and set the aperture for maximum depth of field [the close-by grasses and rocks as well as the mountains are in sharp focus]
Drive a group of horses to another
Wherever animals are kept, there's usually work from dawn to dusk. this is pre-dusk work, followed by feeding and brushing down... Photo taken on iPhone as I walked to dinner.
Andean Condors
(Vulture Gryphus) captured overhead in pattern. Quite a rare shot. Birds in flight are most difficult- to track, to focus, to expose correctly against the sky. I practiced at home on... moving car headlights. This shot: a 450mm lens [300 on crop-sensor camera], 1/1600 sec @f/9] Actually, 300mm lens and a stiff neck
Calved iceberg in Lago (Lake) Grey
This 'berg drifted from the glacier at north end of Grey Lake, and "beached" here at south end. 300mm.
Let's go over there.
Do they appreciate the beauty of the Massif? I think only the grasses, Appreciation of beauty is one thing that makes us human.
Andean Condor
Wingspan 10 feet; a little scary; this Condor was fairly close to the ground; 277mm, 1/2500 sec @f/4.8
Dawn's early light
Colors, shapes, placement of background shadows, color..., mood, all these change as dawn progresses. In a few minutes a different shot. Yet some visitors sleep in!"
Jade Iceberg! : -)
An amazing sight!! This 'berg broke off from the bottom of the fjord. See our essay on the color of icebergs.
Waterfall Sculpture #10
At 1/500, the flowing waterfall was stopped and transformed into a gossamer sculpture. Photography again permitted us to view at leisure what we could not really capture with "live" viewing!
Abstract 439
Wind moving the bushes outside our sun room window (blurred by just under 1 second exposure
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?"
Shjip's Wake Rorschak Horse
Our brains are programmed to see "meaningful" patterns - predator, prey, family member, food... so even in the wake of a ship we may discern images of things...
Taughonnack Falls
This fall is about 30 minutes north of Ithaca, New York. Notice the contrast of hard rock and soft water. Yet, the soft water has carved a long channel through this rock.
Detail, Arches sequence 1
Incredible what you see if you look. [Sounds like a Yogi Berra quote]. Fine and subtle detail within massive architecture.
Smallscape
I painted this for my daughter, using no "model." often it is more fun not to copy a scene but to just make one.
Cat on a Stair, Chiang Mai, Thailand
In northern Thailand; I rode a wood-burning train to get there. Look at those textures: stucco, fur, wood, metal, etc etc. AND the cat, cleaning her fir on the stair landing.
House in Chiang Mai, Thailand
In northern Thailand; I rode a wood-burning train to get there. Look at those textures: stucco, fur, wood, metal, etc etc.
Rorschach Puzzle
What is it? It's a face... no, those whiskers look like trees...what it I turn it counter clockwise 90 degrees...?
Translucent Flowers in Color
Floating on water in a dish which was set on a light table. It's all about the light.
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?
Swimming in the Sky
Above the surface... all calm and floating; beneath the surface, all churning and agitation...like some people.
Translucent Flowers
Setup for photo: flowers suspended on water in a baking dish placed on top of a light table. See also color version.
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?"
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!
View from the Citadelle
Cap Hatien, Haiti. One had to ride up a treacherous trail on a donkey's back to get here... as the rains approached.
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