Category: Richard Mack Photography

The Annular Solar Eclipse 2021

June 14, 2021
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This morning’s sunrise and the end of the “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse from Lighthouse Beach in Evanston. It was a beautiful morning to watch nature once again remind us how cool it is. This video was done over the 38 minutes of the end of the eclipse as the moon slipped by the edge of the sun. I compress it down to two minutes.

For those interested it was shot on a Canon 5D IV with the Canon 300mm lens with a 2x convertor making it 600mm. As the sun and moon drifted out of the top of the frame I would move the camera so there are several sequences. A 15 stop ND Filter was used once above the lake and in the sky only.

Enjoy!

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Vernal Equinox Sunrise 2021

March 26, 2021
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My birthday is always either the last day of winter or more often the first day of spring – the vernal equinox. So this year I decided to go on down to my favorite beach on Lake Michigan and capture the sun rising on this first spring morning. I had one camera set up for a low wide angle time-lapse and 4K video with a 600mm lens. Once you have captured the sunrise you have some time to shoot a few other shots to use. You can never have enough shots to use!

The time-lapse camera was using Timelapse+ app which does a great job of changing the exposures smoothly when combined with its software and Lightroom to make final adjustments for a smooth transition seamless. Both camera’s are Canon 5D Mark IV’s the wide angle lens is the 16-35mm. The 600 lens was a combination of the Canon 300 and the 2x convertor. OK, enough geekdome. Enjoy! Richard

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Wait a Day…

February 24, 2021
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If you know the Great Lakes, and many say any place, the weather can change on a moment’s notice. On February 13-14 this year here in Chicago we had a snowstorm that dropped 20” from the sky. Along with that we had winds coming out of the north and right down Lake Michigan which blew the ice into shore. I went down to the shoreline of Lake Michigan on the 17th to see the conditions of the lake, expecting ice up against the shoreline, yet it had already moved out about 2 miles offshore. Still we had the ice built up high along the shore and the open water behind it so I made both some still and video shots of the lake. The next day I went back to the same spots and because the winds had shifted yet again the ice had moved back into the shoreline right up to the pack ice. An interesting perspective on the changes which come within 24 hours along the Great Lakes. And below are some of the still images.

Enjoy,

Richard

Eleven Fine Art Posters from The Sweetwater Seas

December 6, 2020
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New Fine Art Posters added to The Sweetwater Seas Collection.

Quiet Light Publishing added 11 new Fine Art Posters from my work this week to the collection The Sweetwater Seas in our shop. These poster are available in two sizes, 24″x36″ for $75.00 and 18″x24″ for $49.99 plus taxes and shipping. These are printed on fine art paper to the exacting standards and make great gifts for you or someone you know! There are over 30 Fine Art Poster in The Sweetwater Seas Collection.

Quiet Light Publishing also has Fine Art Posters for my other works on, The Lewis & Clark Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, his travels around the world in Europe and South America.

Check them all out at Quiet Light Publishing shop.

Enjoy!