Hey all. I thought it might be fun to post a favorite photo or two. COuld be from anywhere. This one is from Jay Cooke St. park. What do you think? Let's see those photos!

Nice!

This one appeared in the 2009 Wisconsin State Park calendar. It was taken at Hartman Creek State Park.

Heading to EP14 on LIS North. Had me thinking of the old "Hamm's"
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butthead

Koda, Very cool. How did you go about getting that photo in the calendar?

Butthead, Love that photo. I really like the flair at the top. Definitely has that "land of sky blue waters" look!

RGR, I was working at the DNR and learned about the Parks calendar photo competition. I submitted a few and they chose that one. The next year this one was chosen:

My photo hobby began with race photos, so I offer this. Carl Edwards winning the first NASCAR race held at 'Road America' since 1956!
Raw development thru Bibble 5.

butthead

great photos everyone!

this is one of my favorites i took last winter...

Nice photo again BH but I have to say it brings up negative emotions as I used to work for Fastenal:)

Bear- Sharp photo! I hope it was snowing and that's not sensor dust:)

Here is one more that I took last month. Canon T1i. 18-55mm IS ND-4 filter and CPL. What gear are you all using?

Nice, RGR.
I use a Canon 40D with an 18-200mm lens (effective focal length 29-320mm due to 1.6 crop factor, same as your T1i). It always has a circular polarizer mounted.
I also use an Olympus 720SW, which lives in the pocket of my PFD when in the canoe.
The first pic I posted was taken with a Canon PowerShot A80.

Wow, Koda. I guess the old adage "it isn't the camera its the person useing it" really proved itself in your first photo. Kudos.
I'm not familiar with the Olympus you use. Is it a point and shoot? I've taken a look at your website and from the pics you've taken it seems like a great BW camera while in the boat.

quote RainGearRight: "Wow, Koda. I guess the old adage "it isn't the camera its the person useing it" really proved itself in your first photo. Kudos.
I'm not familiar with the Olympus you use. Is it a point and shoot? I've taken a look at your website and from the pics you've taken it seems like a great BW camera while in the boat."

Thanks, RGR. The 720SW is a waterproof digicam (point & shoot with limited features), which is why I'm able to shoot every portage landing and a lot more. The lotus picture on my website is a crop from a picture taken with it. It's slow and kind of clunky, but the optics are good.

One of my favorite shots is this one, taken with a cheap 35mm film camera some years ago. It has not been retouched in any way. Sometimes you just get lucky!

Koda, I've seen this on this site and really liked it. Never thought it was film. It kind of has that HDR feel to it. This is what I like about photography, capturing a scene as you see it and sharing it with others. Very nice.

Let me ask another question that I'm sure has been covered before. How do you pack you 40D and when do you bring it out? I recently purchased my DLSR and would prefer not to wreck it this spring.

For me it's a, Pelican 1300, currently contains Oly 620, 2 zoom lenses, FL36 flash, and accessories.

butthead

quote RainGearRight: "Let me ask another question that I'm sure has been covered before. How do you pack you 40D and when do you bring it out? I recently purchased my DLSR and would prefer not to wreck it this spring. "

I have a Pelican case similar to butthead's, which weighs 9 lbs fully loaded with camera and 70-300 lens. Without the long lens I can get it all in a well-padded Witz waterproof case - including my Olympus and extra batteries for both cameras. I have another Witz case for my Coleman stove plus two pints of fuel. Both cases have a cam-buckle strap around them the long way just in case the latches get flipped open.

The Canon stays in the box until I'm on shore. Then it's usually just inside the tent or under the vestibule flap.

i also use a pelcan case. the 1500.

Quiet board. Any good photos from this spring?

A few from the P&S

One for my last trip.

butthead

Here are a few that I am fond of from last year. I'm a professional photographer and have a lot of my landscape photos here: Feel free to check them out.




and as far as the question on how I bring my gear in. I use a LowePro dryzone 100 backpack.....

Here are a copy of my favorites...

Nice photos everyone.

One more from the 4th. Haven't figured out GIMP yet and don't want to spend the money for CS9 or whatever it is now so I couldn't tone down the vignetteing. Shot with a sigma 10-20, f4.6

From our June Quetico Trip, McAree Lake, when the light is right, take lots of pictures.....one will be better than you think! :-)

Great light coming through the trees FG! Really liked your trip report and photos BTW. Makes me want to get to Quetico!

got the wife a Sony HX9V P&S for Christmas and I am learning how to use it. These are a few of my favorite shots with it so far. How am I doing?

quote bbrown6057: "got the wife a Sony HX9V P&S for Christmas and I am learning how to use it. These are a few of my favorite shots with it so far. How am I doing?


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Not bad. This is only my opinion and I am no means any where close to an expert so take this advice with a grain.

#1 is a nice capture with the reflection but you could crop some sky out since it doesn't add much to the photo.

#2 Its i nice idea but its out of focus.

#This is a hard time of day to shoot but it looks like your camera did a nice job of measuring the light and the subject is great. the light posts in the back ground take my eye away from the geese.

I think you are on the right track. Keep shooting and learning the camera. Here is a good link to check out if you are not familiar with the rule of thirds
Again, no disrespect intended. Just my opinion:)

Also I should add a thanks for injecting some life into this tread!

No disrespect taken, I'm here to learn and that's why I posted the pics. I have no clue about thirds but I'm about to thanks to your link. I am just really getting into taking pictures so the more I can arm myself with knowledge, the better the photos will turn out. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me!

Here is another shot I really like minus the wifes shadow lol. I can get rid of that in Photoshop with no problem so it's not a big deal to me.

The shadow in the middle which you are behind splits the photo in two, along with the wife's shadow. Its a strong concept, with the shadows of the trees. Try taking a handful of steps right or left and catch the shadows of the trees at a more dramatic angle. You have a pretty good eye for what makes a good photo. The age of digital, you can take a hundred photos to capture one keeper. I've deleted twenty photos for every one i thought was just OK.

quote bbrown6057: "No disrespect taken, I'm here to learn and that's why I posted the pics. I have no clue about thirds but I'm about to thanks to your link. I am just really getting into taking pictures so the more I can arm myself with knowledge, the better the photos will turn out. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me!"

This book is not about digital photography but is a good primer on composition, exposure, and technical aspects of nature photography. Excellent book.

quote RainGearRight: "The shadow in the middle which you are behind splits the photo in two, along with the wife's shadow. Its a strong concept, with the shadows of the trees. Try taking a handful of steps right or left and catch the shadows of the trees at a more dramatic angle. You have a pretty good eye for what makes a good photo. The age of digital, you can take a hundred photos to capture one keeper. I've deleted twenty photos for every one i thought was just OK."

You are so right about taking more photos. I have to get out of the habit of just taking a few and shoot a lot of them at different angles. I see your point now that you mention to move right or left. It seems there is more to shooting than just knowing the camera, it's a lot of brain work too.

So in this picture below, I should have offset the flowers lets say farther left as we are looking at it per the rule of 3rds. It would have definitely brought more shadows/contrast to the shot don't you think? I'm just seeing if I get what your telling me.

not to go off topic here but here is a little taste of my photoshop abilities that I'm rather proud of. I took these sources.... and turn it into this...

The best thing about digital photography is that you have control of developing, and presentation, and are not limited by film constraints. Shoot more and play with the results. As mentioned just stepping to the side makes a change,

Have fun with your new camera and keep posing pictures, we do enjoy em!

butthead

Taking more photos of some beautiful flowers tomorrow if I remember to take the camera to work. Hopefully I can take some decent ones.

how are these guys? I tried to incorporate the rule of thirds on the first shot.The second shot I just wanted to try to capture the colors a little closer up.

not a favorite photo, but i thought it was kind of neat. it was one of those mornings where you notice something unique and try to capture the feeling.

quote bbrown6057: "how are these guys? I tried to incorporate the rule of thirds on the first shot.The second shot I just wanted to try to capture the colors a little closer up. "

The first photo, the back ground is no good. Very busy. Also the table edge is intrusive. The second photo however has much more going for it. It has good depth of field and the subject(flowers) fills the frame nicely. It's the better of the two by far.
Keep shooting!

yeah I shot them at work, not much for background scene lol. This little camera has some pretty good color to it if you ask me though. Darn thing has a ton of options on it that I don't know how to use lol

ok guys here are a few more to critique if you don't mind. Playing around at home and decided to snap a few.



Pic one is just the subject matter I was shooting. The rest I tried to make look better. I like trying to get a depth of field in them. How am I doing?



and last but not least, my personal favorite.I like the way that the camera knows which item is closest and blurs the background out on the setting I have it at.

Not BW related, but took these this year while Morel hunting. Was not expecting to really find any shrooms as all the other area we hit turned up ziltch. Got permission to hunt a cow pasture and scored big time. Not too bad of photos considering they were taken with a cell phone lol.






At least once a year during the Winter months, we get that hazy/foggy weather that coats everything with a light frost. These are some pics I took with a Sony Cybershot a few years back of the trees that make up one of the wind breaks on our pasture. Always liked this time of year but you gotta act fast to get pics like this as the sun is just moments away from poking thru the clouds, melting the snow and turning the frosty stuff into falling piles of confetti.







Wife and I on boat ride in the San Fransisco Bay area. Did a night time cruise to Alcatraz. Golden Gate bridge in the background.

Just down the road from my house.


Near the Brule River.



Brule River





These are taken with a 4mp or a 7mp point and shoot.

Here's a couple of my fave's:











Thanks for looking!
Great photos everyone by the way...

This one's been quiet for awhile so in the spirit of my mission to renew the forum...here's a couple shots I like:



Caribou Lake Dawn...sometimes the presence of a person in a photo can detract from it and sometimes it adds to it. Here my buddy is getting water for that first pot of coffee on an incredibly foggy and serene morning. Better with person or without?




Fiery sunrise on a foggy morning at Horseshoe Lake





Sunset on Meeds Lake...I used a flash to illuminate the foreground




The island in front of our campsite on Caribou Lake...the dense fog at dawn has begun to give way to blue sky and a glorious morning.



Enchanting sunset on Meeds Lake

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During the day, this was an ordinary grayish rock off our campsite on Horseshoe Lake, but the golden rays of sunset transformed it into this interesting and unusual sight.

Posted Jan 28 2013 but didn't update last post to topic???

Some amazing talent here guys! Here's a couple more to keep the thread going :)


Killarney Provincial Park (just outside)


Algonquin Provincial Park

quote SteveElms73: "Some amazing talent here guys! Here's a couple more to keep the thread going :)


Killarney Provincial Park (just outside)



Algonquin Provincial Park"

Steve,
Can we get some photo details on this first shot?
AP/ISO/EXP Length/Lens

Stunning.

Thanks! The first shot took a while to set up and multiple attempts to get the lighting right (different light sources inside the tent). Also, it was SUPER windy so the tent kept blowing around lol. Here were the camera settings:

f22 @ 8 seconds, focal length of 24mm, iso 200.
Camera was a Nikon D3S with a 24-70 f2.8 lens

I had visioned that shot for a few years and wanted to capture a "warm" feeling for the tent with a "cold" feeling for the environment.

This was taken in late September just outside Killarney, Ontario.

Hope that helps!