Photographer Profile: Garry Everett

Yosemite National Park. Photographing Horsetail Fails in Yosemite is a fairly straightforward process, getting a spot that provides open access to Horsetail Falls and El Capitan is a different matter due to the sheer number of photographers. This particular evening the weather forecast called for storms and rain, which kept a lot of photographers away and on arriving on location at 3:30 PM, I was the first photographer there. I decided to set up in an area that allowed me to frame El Capitan and Horsetail Falls together, which paid off with this picture as the low clouds lit up in front of El Capitan along with Horsetail Falls. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 100-400mm Zoom, Manfrotto Tripod and 3-way head. Exposure: ISO: 100, Av: 0.6, Tv: 20. Exposure Compensation: -2/3.

La Jolla Cove, California. This image was taken at low tide in La Jolla Cove. with an incoming tide so I was constantly having to move my location and time the image so as not to get my gear wet. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40mm Zoom, Manfrotto Tripod and 3-way head, 2 stop graduated ND filter. Exposure: ISO: 100, Av: 11, Tv: 1/50, Exposure Compensation: -1/3.

Lake Mulwala, Yarrawonga, Australia. The main challenge in creating this image was to ensure the lighting was balanced between the water and sky, this was achieved through the use of a 3 stop graduated ND filter. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105mm Zoom, Manfrotto Tripod and 3 Way Head, 3 Stop Graduated ND Filter. Exposure: ISO: 100, Av: 10, Tv: 1/50, Exposure Compensation: +1.

Convict Lake, California. The contrast in this image was extremely challenging due to the spotlight effect on the mountain. I chose to under exposure the image to keep the light on the mountain somewhat in check, the result of this also saturated the blue color quite dramatically. A 3 stop graduated ND filter was also used to help even out the light. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24 – 105mm Zoom, Manfrotto Tripod and 3 Way Head, 3 Stop Graduated ND Filter. Exposure: ISO: 100, Av: 13, Tv: 1/20, Exposure Compensation: -1.

San Diego Zoo. This image was taken at the San Diego Zoo and is all about the timing of capturing a Cheetah in the middle of yawning (although the title tended to imply something a little more dramatic). Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 100-400mm Zoom. Exposure: ISO: 100, Av8, Tv: 1/30 sec.

Great Ocean Road, Australia. This image was taken around 3 am (and jet lag was the reason I was awake) in the morning, the light was from the moon moving in and out of the clouds. To get the correct exposure used the bulb mode and a timed exposure of around 12 minutes. In using an ISO setting of 100 I also had to deal with some noise in the post-processing. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24 – 105mm Zoom, Manfrotto Tripod and 3 Way Head. ISO: 100, Av: 13, Tv: 728.