Zenfolio | Stephen Bridgett

It poured with rain

July 28, 2020 • Leave a Comment

I always wondered what the lighthouse would look like from the top of the escarpment using my 500 mm lens. I have that lens mostly for birding or other nature photography and it doesn't come out of the case very often. But I thought this would be a perfect use for it as a landscape lens. The lighthouse is over six and a half kilometers from the obs...

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Strange creatures in the forest

July 26, 2020 • 1 Comment

Well having said good bye to comet Neowise I thought I would turn my attention to more earthly subjects. Inspired by photographer and Youtube personality Simon Baxter, I went to the forest looking for interesting compositions. If you don't know Simon I would highly recommend his channel. He has a fine artistic sense of how to present the forest in...

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Neowise revisited

July 24, 2020 • Leave a Comment

I decided to try for another image of the Neowise comet last night. I knew the location had an interesting old abandoned house on the property and I also knew the comet appeared beneath the big dipper. My hope was to be able to capture the big dipper, comet and house all in one shot. My friend Eric and I went out and waited for darkness to set in.

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Neowise Comet

July 18, 2020 • Leave a Comment

Well I went out to shoot the Neowise comet last night. The sky was perfect, no clouds and a moon that did not rise until around 2 AM. That being said I had my trials as the night wore on. I knew where to look and with my 70-200 mm lens I was right on the money when darkness fell. But, I wanted some foreground in the image for interest, composition...

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Out to explore a sunrise location turned out to be an evening shoot

July 13, 2020 • Leave a Comment

Well last night I went out to explore what I think will be a great sunrise location. I might have to wait until later in the summer so that the sun will rise closer to the lighthouse that I want in the scene. When I got there the light was quite interesting and I began to think that there might be some nice sunset light. It had been quite stormy fo...

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