On the way to the Extreme Sierras Workshop, Yosemite, Bodie, More...

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited September 5, 2008 in Landscapes
I found this character on Glacier Point at Yosemite:

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This is Ian408. Bit of a plain sky, but the colors were sure pretty :D

The little Canon SD870, nice quality for a P&S!
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After dark, just a little star trails:
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Next day, off to Mono Lake. These two shot with IR Modded Canon SD-870, shot in RAW mode with the CHDK.
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We went back later at Sunset time, and shot the tufa from the South area. Canon 1Ds Mark III, 24mm TS/E with 10-stop ND on board.
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Enjoy (pre-workshop) photography,
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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    magical

    oh, and tell Ian that monopod is overkill...
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,958 moderator
    edited August 31, 2008
    Wow!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    Woohoo i am glad you are back clap.gif
    Waiting for more wonderful images mwink.gif
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    REALLY like that IR of the roadway! clap.gif
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  • bryanj87bryanj87 Registered Users Posts: 859 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    WOW, that last shot of Mono Lake with the 10 stop ND....thumb.gifthumb
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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    The last three are brilliant. I love the IR shot of the road!
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    bryanj87 wrote:
    WOW, that last shot of Mono Lake with the 10 stop ND....thumb.gifthumb
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  • chrisdgchrisdg Registered Users Posts: 366 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    Excellent images Andy. Congrats.

    May I ask what approach you take in terms of the 10-stop ND filter? screw on? slide-in?
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    Andy,

    I like your Mono Lake sunset shot, and while the 10 stop ND filter obviously worked, can you explain why you decided to use it, and how ND filter works to benefit this type of photo?

    Thanks,

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    chrisdg wrote:
    Excellent images Andy. Congrats.

    May I ask what approach you take in terms of the 10-stop ND filter? screw on? slide-in?

    Hi Chris, it's a screw-on, B+W is the maker.

    Sam wrote:
    Andy,

    I like your Mono Lake sunset shot, and while the 10 stop ND filter obviously worked, can you explain why you decided to use it, and how ND filter works to benefit this type of photo?

    Thanks,

    Sam
    Thanks Sam, great questions thumb.gif I like the supreme water-smoothing ability of the 10-stop ND. Mono Lake had a light chop on at sunset time (a bit less than what you see in the infrared shot above, taken at 3pm-ish) .... and the 10-stop ND will smooth that chop beautifully as you can see - what happens is that it forces a long exposure - 25sec in this case. Exif.
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    Amazing colors in the sunset shot! Great light always follows your around. :D

    Wonderful texture and detail in the first. lol3.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    AaronNelson wrote:
    magical

    oh, and tell Ian that monopod is overkill...
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  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    Wonderful series Andy, I love that road shot and the last image is breathtakingthumb.gif

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  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
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  • SteveFSteveF Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    That ribbon like road shot really works well in IR.

    Nice job with the fg / bg comp on the tufas as well.

    Great to meet you as well.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    SteveF wrote:
    That ribbon like road shot really works well in IR.

    Nice job with the fg / bg comp on the tufas as well.

    Great to meet you as well.
    Working on my lappy they got pretty darn red lol3.gif I think I'll give 'em a proper workup now that I'm back. Nice to meet you, too!
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  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2008
    Andy wrote:
    Working on my lappy they got pretty darn red lol3.gif

    Hey, it's the numbers that count Andy deal.gif

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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2008
    Andy wrote:
    Hi Chris, it's a screw-on, B+W is the maker.


    Thanks Sam, great questions thumb.gif I like the supreme water-smoothing ability of the 10-stop ND. Mono Lake had a light chop on at sunset time (a bit less than what you see in the infrared shot above, taken at 3pm-ish) .... and the 10-stop ND will smooth that chop beautifully as you can see - what happens is that it forces a long exposure - 25sec in this case. Exif.

    Pretty obvious......after you explain it. :D

    Mono lake is awesome, but I have never caught it with a glass smooth surface. I will remember the ND filter next time.

    Thanks

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  • PHOTOemptPHOTOempt Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2008
    Lovely images, Andy. Great to see you again. Sarahclap.gifclap.gif

    PS "This is Ian408. Bit of a plain sky, but the colors were sure pretty" - I hadn't really seen Ian in those terms, but I'll take your word for it...!
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2008
    Had fun @ Bodie, too, before we headed to 12000 feet up in the Sierras :) What a cool place. I shot with both the color P&S and the infrared P&S.


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  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2008
    Andy wrote:
    Had fun @ Bodie, too, before we headed to 12000 feet up in the Sierras :) What a cool place. I shot with both the color P&S and the infrared P&S.

    That sure is a photogenic side there eh? Looks familiar:

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    And when I was at a street faire in Los Altos a couple months back someone was selling prints of it :D

    Nice shots! I might warm up the foreground in the Yosemite pic just a bit. But maybe that's just me.
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