Rodney Campbell's Blog

I arrived back home from my epic multi month travels around half of Australia. Just in time to join my wife for a trip to the states

She was heading to Chicago for a training workshop. As I was still on leave from work I joined her for a two week vacation 🙂

In Chicago we were staying in the city on Michigan Avenue, so we had easy access to the city sights

Once we’d settled in we took a walk down Michigan Avenue till we arrived at Millennium Park

Open Heart

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 1/25 sec at f/8, ISO 640

During the day it was crazy busy and the famous Cloud Gate (The Bean) was surrounded by tens of thousands of tourists like us. You could barely get near it, let alone photograph it :). Here’s a shot from underneath the bean looking up at the curvy reflection of the crowds

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Macy’s

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 1/25 sec at f/8, ISO 1250

These raptor’s were very interested in my drone as I was flying above this salt infected landscape in Western Australia’s rural wheat belt

I think they thought it might be another bird and they “buzzed” the drone a few times. Luckily no accidents occurred – for me and them…

Raptor

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/640 sec at f/4, ISO 100 x 21 Frames

Some actually flew extremely close to the drone and I even managed to capture one in flight very closeby as I was taking this 180˚ panoramic shot

The twenty one frame stitched panorama above and below the single frame with the bird flying past

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Raptor

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/640 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Farscape

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/400 sec at f/4, ISO 100

A Gentle Wash

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/400 sec at f/4, ISO 100

We drove to another nearby location with yet more salt lakes amidst rural farmland in Western Australia’s wheatbelt

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/320 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Jupiter Swirl

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/320 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Horns

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/640 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

The Fringe

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/500 sec at f/4, ISO 100