Picture of the Day

[Fuzz]

Yesterday was a very clear and crisp day:

[Lane Meyer]

Yesterday was a very clear and crisp day:

Nice Fuzz lovely shot...not trying to be a dick, but if you look carefully there's a bit of a halo along the trees to the far left...sharpening artifact (clarity in Camera Raw), or perhaps too much structure in SilverEFX pro?

[Lonnie]

Fall in Zion

[SchralphMacchio]

Fall in Zion

oooooh, want moar!

[Lonnie]

oooooh, want moar!

Calf Creek Falls. A southwest Utah classic...

[Fuzz]

Nice Fuzz lovely shot...not trying to be a dick, but if you look carefully there's a bit of a halo along the trees to the far left...sharpening artifact (clarity in Camera Raw), or perhaps too much structure in SilverEFX pro?

No worries. It was admittedly a bit aggressive processing in LR3 that is showing up. I did wonder how noticeable it would be to someone else, and now I know the answer. Need to keep an eye on it and tone it down next time.

[uglymoney]

These cement pilings were exposed this summer after 90 years underwater leading to the demise of these mussels.

[SchralphMacchio]

I'm no zoologist ... quaggas?

[chuckh]

This young guy was observing me carefully in my backyard:

[Lonnie]

Kodachrome Basin SP.

[outabounds]

The first of two waterfalls that took hours of major bushwhacking to reach on Saturday.

[uglymoney]

I'm no zoologist ... quaggas?

You know more or as much as I do I'm sure. They definitely look like Zebra mussels with some native mussels mixed in maybe. I don't hear much about quaggas around here so I'm thinking they must not be here yet. Here is a better picture for identifying these particular mollusks.



My wife was recently out on a boat with some contractors that specialize in looking for native mussels on a different waterway and they found them.
The following two shots are not my pictures.



She is holding one that they found and it is a native North American mussel of some sort.



Probably a variant of one of these:

http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/animals.../page42_3.html

I wish I knew enough to look around for natives while I was up there.

[splitter]

[Fuzz]

Around Vail, on the way to Moab:

[SchralphMacchio]

man lots of prettiness on this page.

uglymoney, that followup shot is really interesting. Definitely look like a lot of zebras in there. it's really interesting reading about how they alter ecosystem balance.

outabounds ... great capture. how much room to the right of your tripod?

Chad man that snowfall shot has some great soft light and texture. lovin the partially covered creek that'll be gone soon!

[Fuzz]

The first of two waterfalls that took hours of major bushwhacking to reach on Saturday.

I'd say it was worth it. I'm not a huge fan of long-exposure waterfall/stream shots (due to over-exposure (no pun intended)), but that is one spectacular shot! The composition is just perfect.

[TNKen]

Daughter on her first lift evac. refresher this weekend.

On belay.



On the ground.

[Lonnie]

Good Morning Bryce....

[smmokan]

Red Mountain Open Space, north of Fort Collins.... as a nice little cold front was moving in. (first shot looking north, second shot looking south)

[outabounds]

outabounds ... great capture. how much room to the right of your tripod?

about four inches? I spent a lot of time close to edges on Saturday. Really makes you miss the solid granite of the Sierras sometimes.

[Lonnie]

about four inches? I spent a lot of time close to edges on Saturday. Really makes you miss the solid granite of the Sierras sometimes.

Lol. I know the feeling. I just about took the slide for life getting this pic. Bunch of loose Bryce gravel on a steep slope. A bit disconcerting when your holding a bunch of $$$ camera gear! I had tossed my wife my tripod to use as a walking stick for her to get down. What we do to "get the shot" sometimes amazes me.

[outabounds]

Lol. I know the feeling. I just about took the slide for life getting this pic. Bunch of loose Bryce gravel on a steep slope. A bit disconcerting when your holding a bunch of $$$ camera gear! I had tossed my wife my tripod to use as a walking stick for her to get down. What we do to "get the shot" sometimes amazes me.

How many times have I been on a very steep slope and thought "This wouldn't be so steep if I had skis on"?

Your Bryce Canyon shots are great. I'd love to get back there someday.

[Lonnie]

How many times have I been on a very steep slope and thought "This wouldn't be so steep if I had skis on"?

^^ That's great. Can I steal it for my next blog post?

If you ever get back this way, let me know. I'll hook you up with the beta on some cool places to see and shoot. I'd love to see what you could do with this site....

http://landshapephotography.blogspot...s-zion-np.html

[SchralphMacchio]

Good Morning Bryce....

good lord that is beautiful light. fantastic capture.

about four inches? I spent a lot of time close to edges on Saturday. Really makes you miss the solid granite of the Sierras sometimes.

Haha that's great, just got me chuckling about that volcanic breccia how big of a dropoff? scary ... but also type 2 fun. Not fun while you're taking the shot, but afterwards ... well at least you try to convince yourself it was worth it

[Lonnie]

good lord that is beautiful light. fantastic capture.

Here's a pic of me getting that shot taken by my lovely assistant (my wife)...

A little filter stacking....