Luckily, we spent a beautiful day in Cape May which is about 50 minutes south of Atlantic City. Kim and I have visited Cape May in the past, and there is so much to photograph and see there. Cape May is filled with quaint Victorian Bed & Breakfasts, loaded with shops in the Washington Street Mall, and is the home of the Cape May Lighthouse.
Kim and Stephanie did some shopping, Danny and I did some shooting, and Timothy kinda bounced back and forth between us.
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| Washington Street Mall Cape May, NJ Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 1/160th @ f/11 -2/3 EV ISO 200 In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode |
I added a Circular Polarizing filter when I had the right angle to the sun to make the sky pop a bit more. The HDR mode on the EOS 5D Mark III really helped this as well!
The B&B's are all so colorful they seem fake!
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| Washington Street Mall Cape May, NJ Canon EOS 5D Mark III EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 1/160th @ f/11 -2/3 EV ISO 200 In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode |
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| Washington Street Mall Cape May, NJ Canon EOS 5D Mark III EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 1/160th @ f/11 -2/3 EV ISO 200 In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode |
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| The Shopping Queen! |
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| Cape May, NJ Canon EOS 5D Mark III TS-E24mm f/3.5L II 1/200th @ f/8 ISO 200 In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode |
The porches of these gorgeous homes all line up and seem to go on forever! The owners are all really nice and have no problem with anyone going up on the porch to take a few photographs.
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| Cape May, NJ Canon EOS 5D Mark III EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 1/50th @ f/8 ISO 200 In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode |
These larger hotels and B&B's line the shore and overlook the ocean. I would love to stay there one summer!
All in all it was a good day in Cape May! I made the best of crappy light, crappy skies, and took advantage of the technology in the camera and the lenses in my bag! Don't be afraid to try something different, something that is outside of your comfort zone.
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| Cape May, NJ Canon EOS 5D Mark III TS-E24mm f/3.5L II 1/60th @ f/8 ISO 200 In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode Three vertical photographs stitch by shifting the 24mm tilt-shift from left to right. Stitched in Adobe Photoshop |
The photo above is one of my favorites from the trip! It was the perfect opportunity to stitch together shots from a tilt-shift lens. When keeping the camera in one position, shift the lens from left to center to right to cover the area you want to photograph. The alignment is so easy since the focal plane is not moving.
Since the sunset pretty much was non-existent with the low-lying clouds, I tried to make the best of the situation and shoot some tight shots of the light after it was turned on.
Since the sunset pretty much was non-existent with the low-lying clouds, I tried to make the best of the situation and shoot some tight shots of the light after it was turned on.
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| Cape May Lighthouse Cape May, NJ Canon EOS 5D Mark III EF70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM 1/125th @ f/5.6 ISO 800 |
All in all it was a good day in Cape May! I made the best of crappy light, crappy skies, and took advantage of the technology in the camera and the lenses in my bag! Don't be afraid to try something different, something that is outside of your comfort zone.
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