Nature
Kasia Sokulska
Can't Wait!

The snow is mostly gone, here on the prairies, but it will be some weeks before we see greenery and flowers blooming. I can’t wait! It has been a long winter and I sure could use a bit of color. Late spring or early summer images are great for it because all is fresh and green is bright and not dimmed by dust of late summer days.

Can't Wait!
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Kasia Sokulska
Fall Aurora

We are lucky here in Alberta, because some nights are full of light show. We had a couple of gorgeous Aurora showing last fall and I have managed to capture some shots without leaving the city.

Fall Aurora
Nature
Kasia Sokulska
Not Ready for Winter Images Yet...

I know, I know it is winter and everybody posts winter photography, but I am not ready for it yet. I see it outside my window every day, so I want to see something warm, colorful and pretty. Hope you are in need of this as well.

Not Ready for Winter Images Yet...
Nature
Kasia Sokulska
How Summer Began

It has been a while since I’ve posted anything about Elk Island National Park. So, I think, it is time for some lovely sunset from the beginning of summer, when all was green, flowers were blooming and days were warm and long.

How Summer Began
Nature
Kasia Sokulska
In The Woods

It’s wintery outside. With colder weather and short days I find myself thinking of summer. Summer visits to forest, here in Alberta, are one of my favorites ways to spend a weekend.

In The Woods

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Water drop experiment

This idea has been going around my head for a long while now. I've racking my brain on the execution, and today I had an epiphany :).I decided to try this with the simplest setting. A cup full of water, sitting on a counter. An eye dropper, tripod, macro lens, and my remote line cord. I raised the tripod so the lens was "looking" at the surface of the water at about 45 degree angle (I really wasn't measuring!!), setup the focus aperture to the max at F2.8 and..... not enough light. At these settings, even with a 60w light shining close by it was not enough. So I set the shutter time to 1/125 left the aperture at F2.8 and popped the little flash on the camera. I figured that it should do at this close range. Also I set the camera on continuos shooting.First I tried it with water. It produced an interesting effect, but since it was already clear water in the cup it was not a big difference. Here is an example:

Splat 1

After a few shots of that, I thought that I should try something different. Something that will create a better effect. What better thing to use than white cream. Here is what it produced:

Splat 2

Since the camera was shooting continuously I managed to come out with another good shot.... at least I think it's pretty good:

Splat 3

Of course they went through a bit of filtering in Photoshop, to give them a bit of a blueish tint.Next one I think I will try different lenses. The macro lens works in some way, but as you can see not the whole shot is in focus. Till next time.....Let me know what you think....