Holiday Weekend Hiking

jsmasonjsmason Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
edited May 31, 2005 in Wildlife
Things at work have been quite busy and I haven't been on as much as I would like. I did get out to do a little hiking this weekend. Here are a couple of shots from Ricketts Glenn close to where I live.

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As always, comments are appreciated.

Stan
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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    Wow. Just beautiful Stan, gorgeous compositions. I like the contrast in #2, it really pops.

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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    Very sweeeeeeeeet.
    Thanks for sharing.
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  • jsmasonjsmason Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    AJ and John
    Thanks for the comments! - Stan
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    Very nice. We have no waterfalls here in the flatland :(
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  • david_hdavid_h Registered Users Posts: 463 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    I love both of those, excellent work.

    We have a very similar waterfall close to where we live and I was hoping to get some shots this weekend. As it happened, we left the anti-bug spray at home and it was not possible to linger more than a couple of minutes.

    Your shots have inspired me to get back in there, I'll blame you for every mosquito bite I get rolleyes1.gif
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  • jsmasonjsmason Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    Greaper...
    GREAPER wrote:
    Very nice. We have no waterfalls here in the flatland :(
    Actually, I grew up in Ohio close to Dayton and spent most of my life their. The last 13 years have been in Pennsylvania and I love the hills and the wildlife. - Stan
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  • jsmasonjsmason Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    David...
    david_h wrote:
    I love both of those, excellent work.

    We have a very similar waterfall close to where we live and I was hoping to get some shots this weekend. As it happened, we left the anti-bug spray at home and it was not possible to linger more than a couple of minutes.

    Your shots have inspired me to get back in there, I'll blame you for every mosquito bite I get rolleyes1.gif
    Thanks for the comments and I'm happy to take the blame. The bugs aren't too bad here but my wife and I will be heading up to Bar Harbor in a few weeks. This year we are going up a few weeks later in the year than we normally do and I hope the horse flies are less active. :):

    Stan
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  • WaterfallRichWaterfallRich Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    Really nice, Stan! I love a good waterfall shot. Dead wood is a problem in a lot of falls around here - you made really good use of it in the 2nd shot. Great composition thumb.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    Lovely work thumb.gif
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  • jeff lapointjeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Lovely work thumb.gif
    great shots! number 2 is moneyclap.gif care to share the tenical tips for us still learning? you use any filters, etc? how long of an exposure? thanks!

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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    The comp on #2 is great. The softness and light really work with it.thumb.gifthumb.gif
  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2005
    Nice! clap.gif
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  • jsmasonjsmason Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited May 31, 2005
    Jeff...
    jeff lapoint wrote:
    great shots! number 2 is moneyclap.gif care to share the tenical tips for us still learning? you use any filters, etc? how long of an exposure? thanks!

    -jeff
    Thanks for your comments, Jeff. I am still learning myself, but I'm happy to share. I shoot RAW format on a Nikon D70 with a Tamron 28-300mm lens. The exposure for the 2nd shot was 4/10 second at f/25. I was shooting in aperture priority keeping the aperture as small as possible and the shutter speed as long as possible. After each shot, I was checking the histogram in the camera and changing the exposure compensation as necessary. The ISO was set at 200, lowest possible for that camera. I don't have a ND filter or I would have used that to help reduce the light.

    I used the Photoshop Camera RAW plug-in to tweak exposure, brightness, and contrast. Once in Photoshop, I cropped it and I may have tweaked the sharpness a bit.

    Stan
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited May 31, 2005
    Lovely Stan thumb.gifthumb.gif


    Nothing as relaxing as a nice waterfall shot. These are very nice indeed clap.gif


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