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snogger
Footballguy
Still waiting for it to green up around here.. Everything is that nasty light brown. Went out hiking with the wife & daughter again this weekend and still brown and boriing.
I've probably taken about 500 Shots already, but most of that is learning the new camera, what it can do and testing..again with it being so
around here right now not much I'd want to upload but..What I have uploaded so far
If, and it is a big IF, the weather does what they are predicting( Mid to upper 60's with just a few clouds) I am thinking of heading to the Crex meadows this upcoming weekend.
Crex Meadows.
:Fingers Crossed:
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Parmcat
Canada: Beer, Bacon and Beavers
Hey Guys,
I have been lacking with posts, as I have not shot too much. I have been out a bit this pastweek or so, and here are a couple I captured:
Red Tail Hawk
Waterfall
Runoff
Looks like a lot was lost in the conversion....
Hope you enjoy. I will be looking at your posts this afternoon to comment!
Parm
I have been lacking with posts, as I have not shot too much. I have been out a bit this pastweek or so, and here are a couple I captured:
Red Tail Hawk
Waterfall
Runoff
Looks like a lot was lost in the conversion....
Hope you enjoy. I will be looking at your posts this afternoon to comment!
Parm
kbreaker
Footballguy
kbreaker
Footballguy
Crex looks like a prime opportunity. Don't forget to stop & smell the roses.
Bevo
Footballguy
Regarding f29 (and other high f stop values).
You need to be a bit careful when using these f stops, especially with wide angle to short telephoto lenses or you may end up seeing slight fuzziness/blurring in your shots due to diffraction of the light around the lens diaphragm. While you may well end up with more depth of field with small diaphragm openings you may pay a price in sharpness that cannot be fixed in post processing.
You need to be a bit careful when using these f stops, especially with wide angle to short telephoto lenses or you may end up seeing slight fuzziness/blurring in your shots due to diffraction of the light around the lens diaphragm. While you may well end up with more depth of field with small diaphragm openings you may pay a price in sharpness that cannot be fixed in post processing.
kbreaker
Footballguy
Never thought of that, but there does seem to be a big payoff for closer subjects, and the runoff picture is a good example - that and you can have a slower shutter speed if you want to imply movement, like Snog's waterfall. It would just be nice to have the option to break it out once in a while.
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snogger
Footballguy
One thing I have to say so far about this new camera is the clarity of the shots when you "zoom" in on the picture.
Take the picture below as an example(Forwarning, it will take a bit to load the image).
You can not only see the crack in the sign from the winter and the rust on the bolts, but also actually read the story behind the name as if you were standing right there:
Paperjack Creek
Noticed today on my way home the rain from yesterday and the sun of today are starting the green up process.
Take the picture below as an example(Forwarning, it will take a bit to load the image).
You can not only see the crack in the sign from the winter and the rust on the bolts, but also actually read the story behind the name as if you were standing right there:
Paperjack Creek
Noticed today on my way home the rain from yesterday and the sun of today are starting the green up process.
Drifter
Footballguy
I've got some shots of Angel's landing somewhere, Pretty spectacular and one hell of a hike.
Bevo
Footballguy
Bevo
Footballguy
Break it out a lot! I didn't mean to imply you shouldn't use it, I shoot a lot of landscapes and therefore I shoot a LOT of small apertures, just know what to look for and try to minimize the problems when the opportunity presents itself (i.e. don't shoot really small apertures if you can get as sharp or sharper image at a larger aperture).
Bevo
Footballguy
Pretty awesome, eh? I am going to take a wild ### guess that you are going to have fun with that puppy as the weather warms up (and beyond)!One thing I have to say so far about this new camera is the clarity of the shots when you "zoom" in on the picture.
Take the picture below as an example(Forwarning, it will take a bit to load the image).
You can not only see the crack in the sign from the winter and the rust on the bolts, but also actually read the story behind the name as if you were standing right there:
Paperjack Creek
Noticed today on my way home the rain from yesterday and the sun of today are starting the green up process.
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
I really dig these photos. Makes me wish I had a nice camera. I'm no photographer, nor do I pretend to be one with my 6 year old crappy digital camera I borrowed from my brother. But here are my favorites out of the thousands I've snapped. They're no match for y'alls pictures, but they're pretty good for an idiot with a crappy camera. 
Water Tower Sunset
Tripoli Sunset
Tripoli Sunset 2
Sheikh Zayed Road
Saharan Sunset 2
Saharan Sunset
Sabrathan Pillar
Desert Paradise
Desert Paradise 2
Mediterranian Walkway
And I'm not sure why, but this is one of my favorites. I just happened to walk past a locked gate, when I decided to stick the camera through the bars to take the picture. Nothing special about it, but for some reason I love the way it looks.
Irish Doorway
Water Tower Sunset
Tripoli Sunset
Tripoli Sunset 2
Sheikh Zayed Road
Saharan Sunset 2
Saharan Sunset
Sabrathan Pillar
Desert Paradise
Desert Paradise 2
Mediterranian Walkway
And I'm not sure why, but this is one of my favorites. I just happened to walk past a locked gate, when I decided to stick the camera through the bars to take the picture. Nothing special about it, but for some reason I love the way it looks.
Irish Doorway
snogger
Footballguy
Some nice shots there.With all the traveling you do (you lucky SOBI really dig these photos. Makes me wish I had a nice camera. I'm no photographer, nor do I pretend to be one with my 6 year old crappy digital camera I borrowed from my brother. But here are my favorites out of the thousands I've snapped. They're no match for y'alls pictures, but they're pretty good for an idiot with a crappy camera.
) you really should see about getting a decent camera.
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snogger
Footballguy
Very nice shot of the Hawk.
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
Yeah. I kept telling myself to buy a nice camera, but it always seemed to get pushed to the back burner. It wasn't until I was standing in front of Red Square or Roman ruins did I think to myself, "I should have bought a damn camera."snogger said:Some nice shots there.With all the traveling you do (you lucky SOBTheIronSheik said:I really dig these photos. Makes me wish I had a nice camera. I'm no photographer, nor do I pretend to be one with my 6 year old crappy digital camera I borrowed from my brother. But here are my favorites out of the thousands I've snapped. They're no match for y'alls pictures, but they're pretty good for an idiot with a crappy camera.) you really should see about getting a decent camera.
snogger
Footballguy
All I can say is.. Come on Mother Nature wake the bleep up and start greening things up..
Here are a few shots from last weekend.. Color is lacking but got a few "nice" shots:
Blending in.. How many do you see?
Tree Deer
The Falls
The "easy" way down
Looking down on her Mother
Taken two weeks ago:
Open Valley
Come on Mother Nature wake the bleep up and start greening things up.. Here are a few shots from last weekend.. Color is lacking but got a few "nice" shots:
Blending in.. How many do you see?
Tree Deer
The Falls
The "easy" way down
Looking down on her Mother
Taken two weeks ago:
Open Valley
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snogger
Footballguy
I didn't even upload some of my favorite prespective shots from there due to the lack of color. There are some GREAT potential shots there once things green up. Will be planning a few Sunrise/Sunset visits there. I think Sunset wil be extra special as the Sun will set almost directly behind me from where I would take shots of the Falls.
$25 got me a pass to this state park as well as all the rest in Wisconsin for the year. 
snogger
Footballguy
OK, so made the trip to Crex meadows. Left my house Saturday Morning before 5am. By the time I made it up there I had 5 minutes to find a place to capture the sunrise..
Great potential there but not right now
Between things still needing to green up, not a cloud in the sky and the fact they just completed a controlled burn last week there wasn't a heck of a lot to photograph.
It was a great scouting trip for later on in the year but not a ton of photo's to share.
I'm not sure why, as there isn't a lot to this shot (and maybe the simplicity of it is why), but I really liked this shot:
Early morning flight
Larger View
I'll upload some more later.
Great potential there but not right now
Between things still needing to green up, not a cloud in the sky and the fact they just completed a controlled burn last week there wasn't a heck of a lot to photograph.
It was a great scouting trip for later on in the year but not a ton of photo's to share.
I'm not sure why, as there isn't a lot to this shot (and maybe the simplicity of it is why), but I really liked this shot:
Early morning flight
Larger View
I'll upload some more later.
snogger
Footballguy
snogger
Footballguy
Thanks
snogger
Footballguy
Thanks..I actually woke up at 4am( on a SaturdayVery nice color on both pics. Don't know if I'll ever be doing one of those 5am trips, though.snogger said:
). 
But by the time I took the dogs out, finished packing the car and taking a shower I was speeding just a bit.
I knew it would take a little over an hour to get there and sunrise was at 6:15am.
Strong
helps delay the .. The drive home was harder than the drive up though.
Mrs. BSR
Footballguy
These are beautiful. Where is this?
snogger
Footballguy
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snogger
Footballguy
Bevo
Footballguy
I was out driving around late yesterday afternoon looking around for some wildflowers to shoot when I noticed a big bank of clouds threatening to unleash a thunderstorm. Ended up blowing away without so much as a raindrop. Quick and dirty High Dynamic Range processing. Trying to decide if it is worth spending 2+ hours work on it to make it printable.
Inks Lake State Park
Inks Lake State Park
Mrs. BSR
Footballguy
Wow. Nice color!
Bevo
Footballguy
Thanks. One of the nice things about High Dynamic Range is that it makes it considerably easier to get nice saturated colors.
kbreaker
Footballguy
That is awesome! Any way to get a High Dynamic Range processing 101?
kbreaker
Footballguy
Here are a few recent ones from me:
North Conway Sunset
Cathedral Ledge
Dusk at Kendall Pond
Zoned Out
Cat Nap
North Conway Sunset
Cathedral Ledge
Dusk at Kendall Pond
Zoned Out
Cat Nap
snogger
Footballguy
Bevo
Footballguy
The first 3 are very nice. I think that North Conway and Kendall Pond have the potential to be very, very good with a little work in Photoshop.
Bevo
Footballguy
Great potential. When you see this on the camera's LCD consider bracketing and/or severely underexposing another shot immediately if you see silhoutte possibilities. You have likely already lost most/all of the detail in the shadows anyway, go ahead and drive them to black and you will get more saturated colors in what is left and you likely won't blow out nearly as many pixels.
snogger
Footballguy
Thanks.. I had planned to try bracketing but just got busy taking without thinking..One of the things I dislike about sunrises compared to sunsets. Timing.. You have 2 to 5 mintues tops of the pre-sunrise to BLAZING during the sunrise to get your photos taken.
Sunsets you can take your time, find plenty of shots to take while the sun is setting, then take sunset pictures and still have enough light after the sun sets to shoot some more.
Plus, it didn't help that I had to
like a mad man for a hour at 5am to get to the spot 5 minutes before the sun peaked.
Bevo
Footballguy
This very rarely works out. As hard as it may be it is better to get there 30 - 90 minutes before actual sunrise. If you are willing to work with a tripod you may find yourself amazed at how many really good shots are available BEFORE the sun actually crosses the horizon. The light changes dramtically (and quickly) in the 45 minutes or so before the sun actually gets to the point where it can be seen.I went to a seminar recently presented by a guy that says that he plans most of his landscape shoots to be done in the 90 minutes around (mostly before) official sunrise and 90 - 120 minutes around (mostly after) sunset as he believes that the best and most dramatic lighting is typically found in those times. He had a lot of very good work to buttress his theory.Plus, it didn't help that I had to
snogger
Footballguy
Oh I agree.. I usually get to where ever I'm going to do sunrise shots at least 30 minute prior to the time the sun is suppose to rise.. Next up is the Falls at Sunset hopefully this weekend..This very rarely works out. As hard as it may be it is better to get there 30 - 90 minutes before actual sunrise. If you are willing to work with a tripod you may find yourself amazed at how many really good shots are available BEFORE the sun actually crosses the horizon. The light changes dramtically (and quickly) in the 45 minutes or so before the sun actually gets to the point where it can be seen.I went to a seminar recently presented by a guy that says that he plans most of his landscape shoots to be done in the 90 minutes around (mostly before) official sunrise and 90 - 120 minutes around (mostly after) sunset as he believes that the best and most dramatic lighting is typically found in those times. He had a lot of very good work to buttress his theory.Plus, it didn't help that I had tolike a mad man for a hour at 5am to get to the spot 5 minutes before the sun peaked.
A sun rise capture this weekend may not be out of the question with this data:
May 5th:
SUN Data
Begin civil twilight 5:22 a.m.
Sunrise 5:55 a.m.
MOON
Moonset 7:21 a.m. at about 90% of full
Almost full moon setting just after sunrise time.. Now if the weather will just cooperate. <_<
Bevo
Footballguy
That is the one that kicks my ### most of the time. I can't even begin to remember how many times the weather was just about perfect for sunset pictures (nice clouds, low wind, whatever) at about an hour before sunset then just completely disintegrated into abysmal conditions by sunset. Happened to me on both Saturday and Sunday this last weekend.Now if the weather will just cooperate.
snogger
Footballguy
So when are you going to invent that Weather machine alreadyThat is the one that kicks my ### most of the time. I can't even begin to remember how many times the weather was just about perfect for sunset pictures (nice clouds, low wind, whatever) at about an hour before sunset then just completely disintegrated into abysmal conditions by sunset. Happened to me on both Saturday and Sunday this last weekend.Now if the weather will just cooperate.
:X
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Blackhawk 69
Mr. C.
I think it's worth it.You've captured the dynamics of nature, the contrast between the foregroung and the foreshadowing of the trees is striking.
Nice.
cactus
Telepathic Stuntman
