How to Make Your Street Shots Pop with the Fujifilm XT3 and Vintage Lenses

Sunset street photography on a footbridge in Providence, Rhode Island. Shot with the Fujifilm XT3 and the Canon FD 24 mm F/2.8

If you are in Rhode Island, check out my local street photography workshops, which are posted on my meetup group called Rhode Island Photography Workshops.

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A $4000 Image!

Why is this image so expensive, because right after I took it, disaster struck.  I found this great scene and I was working it for all it was worth.  I had that great swirl in the water and some fantastic fall color in the background.  I decided that the image could be even better if I used a polarizer to remove some glare from the leaves and water.  Photographically this was a great decision but it caused me to fight with the filter holder which caused me to unlatch the tripod head.  Then I got my shot, but I forgot about the tripod head and when a picked up my tripod a heard a big splash.  My Canon 5D M IV and my Canon 17-40 mm lens were completely submerged.  I was able to retrieve them and I tried to dry it out and I sent it to Canon and they were both a complete loss.  Luckily the memory cards survived and I was able to get the images and my insurance should pay for most of the loss and as it turns out this image won second place in my camera club, so I guess it was all worth it in the end. 

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Winter Surfing

Narragansett, RI

Night Panorama

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This image is made up of four vertical images stitched together with Lightroom.  I used the tripod head rotation to over lap each image by about 33%.

Providence at Night

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Night Photography in Providence, RI

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I took this image at a night photography workshop I attended last week in Providence, RI.

Dundery Brook Trail in Little Compton

Text and images by Gary Detonnancourt

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Tiger Lilly (Lilium superbum) and lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii)

The Dundery Brook Nature Trail is a beautiful place to take a walk and maybe even some photos.  It's a little tricky to find at first because the entrance is behind a tennis court in the center of town.  It was interesting, everyone knew where the trail was when I asked for directions, but nobody knew it's name.

This trail has one of the longest and nicest boardwalks I've been on, about a half mile.  Then the trail goes on through the woods for another half mile.  I went at the end of June in the afternoon and didn't see any birds or other wildlife, but I'll bet it's really bustling in spring.

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There were, however, some nice wildflowers throughout the trail.  I snapped the Tiger Lilly above and this nice white flower.  I'm far from a flower expert, but I think it's a White Lilly.  Does anyone know for sure?  Please comment below.

Rhode Island Air Show

I went to the air show on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm when the show ends at about 4 pm.  I know this sound kind of stupid and it felt really stupid when I was stuck in the long line of traffic with the other stupid people trying to get there before the show ended.  However, I did manage to get to a park that was very close and I got to see and photograph the Blue Angels, which made it all worthwhile.

I use the Canon 5D MIII and the Canon 400 mm F/5.6 for these images.  If I had to do it again I would get closer and I would choose the Canon 100-400 mm F/5.6 because when the planes got really close 400 mm was too much zoom and I ended up with a few cut off shots, which you can see below.