Maxwell Kruger

Rest in Peace, Joe

Maxwell — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:43:52 +0000

Joe Paterno, you will be missed.

Belgium

Maxwell — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:21:35 +0000

I visited Belgium a few weeks ago for work. I didn’t have much time to shoot, but I bought a Canon 7D for the trip so I wouldn’t have to lug around a 1D. Below is a collection of a few shots. The whole gallery can be viewed here.

(Canon EOS 7D, 34 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 7D, 200 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 400)

The atomium is an structure built for the 1958 World’s Fair that represents the structure of iron.

(Canon EOS 7D, 16 mm, 1/1300, f/5.7, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 7D, 16 mm, 1/1000, f/5, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS 7D, 35 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS 7D, 200 mm, 1/200, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS 7D, 16 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS 7D, 16 mm, 1/200, f/2.8, ISO 100)

Yosemite 2011

Maxwell — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:16:52 +0000

Got back from California a few months ago, but I’m just getting around to posting the photos. We visited San Fransisco, Redwoods, and Yosemite. Overall, it was a great trip and I got to spend time with some old friends I hadn’t seen in a while. You can see my whole album of photos here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, , f/5.7, ISO 100)

Hit the jump for more.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 300 mm, 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24 mm, 1/800, f/5, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 34 mm, 1/6400, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 640)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 17 mm, 1/800, f/4, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 17 mm, 1/500, f/4, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/500, f/4, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 24 mm, 1/400, f/5.7, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, , f/5.7, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, , f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, , f/5.7, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 50 mm, 1/250, f/2, ISO 1600)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, , f/5.7, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 32 mm, , f/4, ISO 100)

Grand Prix Hits Baltimore

Maxwell — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:31:31 +0000

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 35 mm, 1/8000, f/3.2, ISO 400)

This weekend was the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix in Baltimore City. When I first heard there was going to be a race through the city, I couldn’t be more thrilled as I’m a huge car enthusiast. I’d planned to attend for the past year and I was fortunate enough to get credentials to photograph it. My credentials gave me great access trackside and I was able to get extremely close to the cars flying by (sometimes literally) at over 160mph.

The racing occurred throughout Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On Friday, my plane from Vegas (for work) landed around 3:30am and I had to be downtown at 6:30 for a photographers meeting…that was a rough day. I spent it mostly walking around to gain familiarity with the track.

Saturday was the American Le Mans race, which I photographed mostly from the east side of the track.

Sunday was the IndyCar race. I planned to spend most of the time on the west half of the track, but also wanted to see if I could get to a high vantage point. I looked for the tallest building I could find over the track and knocked on the front door. The concierge let me in and said she would call her boss to see if I could shoot from the roof. She hung up the phone and said “he’ll call back in 10 minutes” – not the most promising response. A few minutes later a man came out of a back door, shook my hand, and said “come on up.” We took the service elevator to the top of the building and exited onto a terrace. The view was awesome and overlooked the whole track. I was able to shoot wides of Baltimore and really tight stuff of the track. The guys on the roof could not have been more helpful and accommodating. I ended up spending over half the IRL race shooting from the roof because there were so many cool possibilities.

Below is a mix of American Le Mans Series and IndyCar Series race photos. A big thanks to Nikon Professional Services for lending me a 600mm lens and a D3S – lighter and longer than my Canon 400! Also thanks to the guys for letting me up on their building – some of my better images couldn’t have been done without their help.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 190 mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 200)

This car got damaged within the first minutes of the ALMS race.

(Nikon D3, 600 mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 26 mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

I saw the sun setting and it produced a gorgeous glow off the pavement. I was challenged to find a spot to shoot from where I could get cars coming at me with the sun in the background. Took me over 45 minutes to walk to this location but the photos were worth it.

(Nikon D3, 850 mm, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 500)

Three wheel action:

(Nikon D3, 850 mm, 1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 500)

(Nikon D3, 850 mm, 1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 500)

These photos are from the Sunday IRL, when I was up on top of the building.

Pre-race flyover:

(Nikon D3S, 850 mm, 1/8000, f/5.6, ISO 800)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/40, f/32, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/8000, f/3.2, ISO 400)

(Nikon D3S, 600 mm, 1/5000, f/5.6, ISO 800)

(Nikon D3S, 600 mm, 1/6400, f/5.6, ISO 800)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 35 mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Nikon D3S, 600 mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

(Nikon D3S, 600 mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 400)

I talked to this DHS officer for a while. He was there in case of any bomb incidents but brought his radar gun and was having a blast clocking the cars down the straights. The particular straight we were at had cars going 142mph. During a yellow they were going 120.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 102 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 32 mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

At the end of the race, I was shooting by the turn near the pits. I wanted to shoot down the straight so I kept walking down to the runoff area where the safety truck sat ready until there was an incident. Not 30 seconds after leaving the turn, a yellow came out and the safety truck left. I saw it stop immediately after pulling out and figured there was a crash. I rushed back to the turn where I discovered that JR Hildebrand crashed his car into the wall RIGHT where I was standing. Don’t know if I’m lucky or unlucky that I wasn’t there photographing.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 16 mm, 1/4000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 16 mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Here are some shots from the Winner’s Circle.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 135 mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 800)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 70 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 800)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 70 mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 1000)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 110 mm, 1/2500, f/3.5, ISO 400)

Here’s a collection of some other famous people I saw:

Danica Patrick signs autographs.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 90 mm, 1/400, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Michael Phelps presents the 2nd place IRL trophy to Oriol Servia.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 135 mm, 1/3200, f/3.5, ISO 400)

Colin Powell conducts the opening ceremonies Sunday from above. The Nikon 600mm lens really has reach and is insanely sharp.

(Nikon D3S, 600 mm, 1/5000, f/4, ISO 400)

Paris Panoramas

Maxwell — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:24:02 +0000

Shot some panoramas in Paris (see gallery). I got a 60″ canvas print for my wall of the Louvre from Artistic Photo Canvas. It looks great (see below). Please let me know if you are interested in prints. E-mail me at maxwell@maxwellkruger.com.

Click on the images to view them larger and explore them.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 22 mm, 5″, f/4, ISO 100, 9 exposures)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 25 mm, 1.6″, f/8, ISO 100, 6 exposures)

On my wall:

Back from Paris

Maxwell — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:40:03 +0000

Been on the road a lot lately. Expect a lot more to come. Here are some of my photos from Paris. Whole album here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 70 mm, 1/640, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Eiffel Tower.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 25 mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 100)

Atop the Eiffel Tower gives some unique viewpoints.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/640, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/160, f/5.7, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 90 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 1250)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/400, f/4, ISO 100)

30 second exposure of the Musée du Louvre erases most people.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 30″, f/9, ISO 100)

We were there for the last stage of the 2011 Tour de France.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/60, f/16, ISO 100)

Stinkbug

Maxwell — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:08:53 +0000

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 2″, f/14, ISO 500)

Amanda in a field

Maxwell — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:36:35 +0000

Testing out my new light and octobox. Didn’t have an assistant and it was really windy, so I only got the opportunity to take a few shots.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 70 mm, 1/125, f/2.8, ISO 50)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/250, f/4.5, ISO 50)

Shackleford Wins Preakness 2011

Maxwell — Wed, 25 May 2011 01:20:30 +0000

Preakness this year was a lot of fun as usual. I spent the day before preparing to cover it and building a remote camera system. Ian and I ran around to electronic stores and Home Depot gathering electrical and audio components to put together a system so that I could put cameras in various places to capture the race.

On the day of the race, we showed up early to set up and test the cameras. After a few hours of setup, we were done until the 6PM race.

Hit the jump to continue reading.

Here are some of the remotes photographers set up. This shot is typically a high shot looking at the track slightly above. I had one camera there.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 23 mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 200)

After setting up the cameras in the morning, we spent the rest of the day testing the remote cameras on other races and shooting features.

We went to the roof of the clubhouse during the day to check out the view and eat lunch. I shot this panorama of Pimlico from the press box area. Click here to see this panorama large.
(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 17 mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 100, 7 images)

Enjoying lunch from the rooftop.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 17 mm, 1/1000, f/4, ISO 100)

One of my favorite things about Preakness are the hats. Here are a few choice selections.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 140 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 90 mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 125 mm, 1/4000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

American sky divers during the day:

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 100)

The race came a little after 6PM. I positioned myself across from the finish line in case of a close finish. I had my assistants (brother and Ian) on the other side of the track firing my remotes and ready to take my excess equipment as I ran to the winners circle.

This is my handheld shot as they crossed the finish line. ESPN picked up this photo and ran it on the front page for several hours after the race. An interesting tidbit: my remote rail camera is the one furthest right under the “B”.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 80 mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

This is the shot of the same moment from the rail remote pictured above.

(Canon EOS 40D, 16 mm, 1/8000, f/3.2, ISO 500)

This is one of my other remote camera shots from above.

(Canon EOS 60D, 58 mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

Shackleford jockey Jesus Castanon peers into the crowd after winning Preakness 2011.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 400 mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Trainer, jockey, and owners hold the trophy.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Front page of ESPN.com.

Lightning over DC

Maxwell — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:46:03 +0000

I was sitting at my desk last night doing some work when I was interrupted by a few repeated flashes of light. I looked out my window and there was quite an electrical storm happening in the distance. I decided to point a camera out the window to see what I would get. After about an hour of photography, this crazy photo showed up on the back of my camera.

(Canon EOS 40D, 85 mm, 5s, f/5.6, ISO 200)

Update: I have received many requests about prints. They are available here.

Some outtakes after the jump.

If you look closely, you’ll see that the same tower is hit in many of these photos.

(Canon EOS 40D, 40 mm, 5s, f/5.6, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS 40D, 60 mm, 5s, f/5.6, ISO 200)

India

Maxwell — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:57:33 +0000

I just got back from India a few days ago. Here are some of my photographs. You can see the whole gallery here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 65 mm, 1/300, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/40, f/2.8, ISO 1250)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 40 mm, 1/125, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 65 mm, 1/40, f/4, ISO 320)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 24 mm, 1/15, f/4, ISO 3200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 47 mm, 1/160, f/4, ISO 500)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/320, f/4, ISO 200)

Me at the Taj Mahal:

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 110 mm, 1/80, f/2.8, ISO 1600)

(Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT, 105 mm, 1/800, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 105 mm, 1/160, f/4, ISO 1000)

Lunar Eclipse

Maxwell — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:41:31 +0000

Total Lunar Eclipse tonight. Captured with a Canon 1D Mark IV and Canon 400mm 2.8 II with 2 1.4x teleconverters (783mm). Basic sharpening applied in Photoshop.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 783 mm, 1/2, f/8, ISO 5000)

Recent Work November 2010

Maxwell — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:49:19 +0000

Having a day job really makes it difficult to maintain a steady output of photography. I try when I can and you can see some of my recent stuff below. A few weeks ago, I shot a panoramic of Rosslyn, VA from my apartment. The image is a composite of 12 exposures on my Canon 1D Mark IV. It totals 135 megapixels. Most of the exposures are 6 seconds except for the road on the right, which I exposed for 30 seconds to get good car trails. Explore the image here. You can zoom in and see incredible detail.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 12 exposures, 22mm, ISO 400)

This is a bucket I found in an abandoned building. Not a great image, but I love the look.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, f/2.8, ISO 100)

Penn State vs Indiana at Fedex Field

Maxwell — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:38:54 +0000

Penn State played Indiana at Fedex Field in Washington DC this past weekend. This was a cool game, because it was an NFL stadium (Redskins) and I got to see a ton of old friends from Penn State who drove/flew in for the game. Here are some of my photos.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 16 mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Paterno waits with the team in the tunnel before they run onto the field.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 180 mm, 1/6400, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Former PSU and Redskins linebacker, LaVar Arrington was in attendance on the field.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 200 mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Royster scored the first touchdown.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 200 mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Click to keep reading…Brett Brackett scored a touchdown early in the second half.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 115 mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

I thought this series of two photos was pretty cool.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/5000, f/3.2, ISO 200)

Ran into my old roommate while walking around outside of the stadium. Small world.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/3200, f/3.2, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1000, f/3.2, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2000, f/3.2, ISO 200)

McGloin watches a replay on the screen as he walks off the field.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Linebacker Nathan Stupar (34) took the ball and ran it in to the endzone. After reviewing the play, officials stated Chappell was down before the ball was stripped.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Terrance Turner scores a touchdown.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 70 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 70 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 70 mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/8000, f/4, ISO 400)

Andrew Dailey blocked a punt in the third quarter. I love the look in James Van Fleet’s eyes here…he is clearly excited about scoring a defensive touchdown.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/4000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

This guy got lifted and dropped. Looked painful.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Not too soon after the blocked punt, Astorino intercepted the ball on the next drive.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Paterno yells at an official who laughs.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Silas Redd ran it in for a touchdown.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 123 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Joe Paterno and Bill Lynch meet on the field after the game.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Capitol Lightning

Maxwell — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:50:32 +0000

Shot from my apartment window.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1s, f/2.8, ISO 250)