Pavloff-Photos

I am in temporary hibernation.

Areas outside of photography have caused me to temporally stop working on any new work.

I do not have a time frame when I will start again on my photography, though I am planning to return sometime early in 2012.

Thank you for your patience.

I appreciate your comments and selecting some of my images as your favorites.

I will return as soon as I can.

Happy Holidays

Thank you
Pavloff Photos

My lack of available free hours is prohibiting me from focusing on uploading new images into my "gallery". I only can upload to my galley when there is some down time. And that is not very often!

I am also shooting more images then I can possibly process.

For now, I am adding in these new images to my master photo library. And as any free time permits, I will upload some of these images into my Deviant art gallery.

Between being an active skywarn spotter for a county in IL., chasing storms and train photography mixed it does not leave me with much free time. I also hold down a 45 hr full time job as well!!

Most of my storm photography is at midnight or later.

Thank you all again for selecting some of my galley images as your favorites.

I appreciate your comments and will reply back when I can.

Thank you.

Have a great summer!!!

ES Pavloff

I have been away from my computer.  It's called photo hibernation.

I will upload new material as time permits.

Thanks to everyone who has visited my galley, added in your comments and have chosen some of my images for their favorites. I will try and respond to as many comments as I possibly can.  

Thank you for all the "Llama" badges!!

My gallery is still continuing to expand, slowly, as I sort through my thousands of images.

As fall approaches, I will be out capturing some new material.

I have added a new section to my galley, lightning photos. Yes, I am a lightning chaser. Not a tornado chaser, though I will photograph a tornado if the opportunity comes along.


Again, thanks to everyone who has visited my galley, added in your comments and have chosen some of my images for their favorites. I try and respond to as many comments as I can.  Sometimes because of time constraints, I can't get to all of them.


Thanks all again for those of you that gave me a "Llama" badge!! I will respond when I can. Thank you.

Again, Keep shooting until you have perfected that masterpiece!


  

Footnote:

First, you need to find a safe, open area free from obstructions and a clear view. No power lines and nothing that will attract the lighting to your spot!

To simplify, I use a professional grade lightning trigger for my Nikon D3 plus I also revert back to the old way by user activation. It depends on the lightning show.

My Nikon D700 has some shutter lag where the D3 has none. That's my preferred camera.

The lightning trigger is just what is says. It trips the shutter when the internal circuits see a bolt of lightning and nothing else. It's all up to the photographer to do the rest (Compose, Frame, Aperture, Shutter speed, etc.). I use total manual, no bells and whistles.

It is very difficult to focus on lightning in total darkness. Setting the lens on infinity does not always work the best. Experiment. My preferred lens is a Nikon 70 to 300 mm zoom lens though I plan to experiment with other lenses.

Most of the storms here in the Mid-West come in from the NW and will spread from SW to NE. Very difficult to tell where the next strike will come from. Sometimes the lightning will surround you without no warning.

Because of my limited area, not near a city, I shoot in corn and bean fields mostly late at night or early Am around 01 Am. Daytime lightning photography is tricky and use of neutral density filters and constant exposure changes is what your faced with.

Lighting is extremely dangerous and safety is of the utmost importance if you want to survive. I am planning on purchasing a Boltec LC 250 lightning detector that will show the distance of the lighting strikes within a 300 mile radius depending upon atmospheric conditions.

Animals: You also have to watch out for not only Coyotes' but other animals as well. If a deer gets spooked in a field, you might be trampled. Keep your guard up.

There you have the simplified version of how I capture my photographs here in the Mid-West of the great USA.