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[Chainsaw_Willie]

Nice! Looks like it was during daylight, or twilight at least. Did you use an ND filter? If so, how dark and how long of an exposure?

[mtcham]

Nice! Looks like it was during daylight, or twilight at least. Did you use an ND filter? If so, how dark and how long of an exposure?

This was actually shot at 11pm. Settings were Manual bulb with a shutter release,f8, iso800, 48 seconds. We were getting sporadic strikes so I just open the shutter until I get a strike. Sometimes I'll use the intervalometer and rattle off a bunch. Someday I hope to get one of the caliber you shot

[Fuzz]

Fuzz- your latest TR was insane. you're so on-point these days it's ridiculous.

Thanks, although the places I've been visiting are so photogenic, it's hard to take a bad picture.

One from Monte Baldo:

Lake Garda by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

One from the castle:

Lake Garda by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

[pappag]

More yoga, less post work...

[Chainsaw_Willie]

PappaG - what kind of camera are you shooting with? A GND would really help that picture if you are using a DSLR or smaller camera that can accept filters.

Similarly, if you are shooting RAW there are techniques you can use to help balance out the exposure a little more. Shoot for the sky to be no more than 2 stops over-exposed. For maximum sky detail (if there are thin clouds or anything) shoot for about 1.5 - 1-2/3 stops over. Lightroom's highlight recovery should then be able to bring the sky down to where it looks blue-ish and bring the darker foreground up for good overall detail providing there's not more than about a 3 stop range between foreground and sky. If more than that, use the GND or the foreground will look a bit grainy.

[pappag]

That explains why I had to doctor that one photo above because I didn't shoot overexposed and had to overcompensate to draw the foreground into color.

Pictures taken with the Lumix LX7. Thanks for the tips. Didn't occur to me until recently to capture with overexposure.

PappaG - what kind of camera are you shooting with? A GND would really help that picture if you are using a DSLR or smaller camera that can accept filters.

Similarly, if you are shooting RAW there are techniques you can use to help balance out the exposure a little more. Shoot for the sky to be no more than 2 stops over-exposed. For maximum sky detail (if there are thin clouds or anything) shoot for about 1.5 - 1-2/3 stops over. Lightroom's highlight recovery should then be able to bring the sky down to where it looks blue-ish and bring the darker foreground up for good overall detail providing there's not more than about a 3 stop range between foreground and sky. If more than that, use the GND or the foreground will look a bit grainy.

[smmokan]

Took this one last night as some storms were rolling through Boulder:

[Danno]

Great shot, Steve.

[Edgnar]

Willie, Steve, Fuzz, dfinn, splitter, mtcham, system, you guys just keep getting better, and better, and better...

Constantly blown away by the talent in this forum.

I think I posted some shots from this trip, but I don't know if I posted this one.

[AlexC]

I got to take some kayaking pictures today for the first time. I only have them uploaded to Facebook right now, so the compression is less than desirable.

First, it was the Jordan River:




Then we went over to the Illecillewaet:

[Edgnar]

From the air and space museum last week. Predator drone.

[systemoverblow'd]

[skiingislife]

^ This is awesome!

Thanks! I'm digging your B&Ws.

haha Busch. takes me back to my freshman year of college- that stuff is a ham sandwich in a can. stellar photos though

Hah! An ice-cold, refreshing ham sandwich that gets you drunk.

[smmokan]

I took these yesterday deep within the Indian Peaks Wilderness at Red Deer Lake:

[shroom]

dude, yes!

[systemoverblow'd]

dude, yes!

Thanks! This year was ticketed unlike years past so I was limited in my veiwpoints. Was tough getting good shots with a decent background not totally overpowering the shot. I really liked this one without the sky, which was the opposite of what I was going for most of the day.

[splitter]

smoke from the Rim Fire along the east shore of Tahoe this morning


smokey hidden m2b by chadbrownimages, on Flickr

[pappag]

Getting upside down at Kite Lake near Mt. Democrat

[uglymoney]

Finished processing photos from our summer trip out east but haven't had time to put together the trip report yet. Here is the pretrip thread: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ee-suggestions Hopefully this weekend I can do it while at a Y11 soccer tourney but until then here is a shot I like of the wife at Whiteface.

[splitter]

aiden haybale by chadbrownimages, on Flickr



dinner prep by chadbrownimages, on Flickr



aiden by chadbrownimages, on Flickr

[skiingislife]

Some shots from a camping trip to the Elks last weekend.

Baldy Reflection



A Crossbill Finch



The chipmunks are fat. That means a big winter is coming, right?



Not a bad view to wake up to



On our last night of camping, the evening started out clear. Shortly after I took this shot, the clouds moved in from the south, and it rained for most of the night.

[GoEhuge]

^^^ Those are some great shots!

[skiingislife]

Thanks! It's hard to beat the scenery around CB.

[smmokan]

A few from this morning's hike up to Niwot Ridge in the Indian Peaks. The light was pretty crazy all morning, thanks to the storms that moved through earlier.

[Crystal_Mt_Dreamin]

P&S puppy stoke