I'd just like to keep the same format as previous months but add "discussion" specifically to the title. I always sort of felt like I was straying off topic when going into specifics about photo, or when commenting on someone else's.

So, this isn't "fishing for compliments" in fact you can still post your photo and say nothing about it, however if you see something and would like more info about how the photographer did it or what were the circumstances when the photo was taken etc you're encouraged to ask away. Maybe we can all learn from each other.


Misty Lake Milky Way, Algonquin Prov. Park July 2015

Captivating! That photo is like a book I can't put down. Wish it was a panorama. Have you done a series of these or was this a one of a kind and how did you set up for it?

quote bapabear: "Captivating! That photo is like a book I can't put down. Wish it was a panorama. Have you done a series of these or was this a one of a kind and how did you set up for it?"

Thank you bapabear. This was at the end of a very long day and I just didn't have it in me to try a pano. I did try to do a pano on a different night on this trip with some degree of success but it still needs some work.

Anyway, I subscribe to the 500 rule to get the longest shutter without star trails for night photograpy ie: 500 ? the lens focal length, in this case 24mm.
So 500?24=20.833, 20 is close enough. Mount the camera on tripod, level it, open the lens up all the way (2.8) manually set focus at infinity, crank up the ISO I take some at 3200 and 6400, this one happens to be 6400. That's it take several verifying settings each time and hope for the best. I process in Lightroom when I get home, I also shoot RAW because getting the white balance right for stars is though, and if I shoot raw I can fix WB at home.

Anything I didn't cover feel free to ask.

RED

While on a camping trip in Oregon took this picture of Lost Lake. Mount Hood in the background.

full frame or crop sensor?

If you're asking me,my camera is full frame. If you use the 500 rule with a crop sensor you do the math with the effective focal length. If I put my 24mm lens on a nikon crop sensor with a factor of 1.5 the effective focal length is 36mm so it would be 500/36= 14-ish.

This was my first go at a nighttime pano, wish I'd have gotten more "up" than across but, this is how we learn.

Red, thanks for your techno tips. I do love the shot.

My pleasure, I just noticed the computer replace my "divided by" symbol with a question mark so my math problems look a little funny, should have been 500/24 etc.

Red, I'm curious about your profile picture? Something you made?

quote bapabear: "Red, I'm curious about your profile picture? Something you made?"

That is a Northland Canoe built in Huntsville Ontario. My folks bought it new in 1972 and it was the family canoe my whole life (I was built in 1971). It saw many years of neglect, Dad semi-restored it once then set it back outside hanging under the deck where it went to hell again. Then he pulled it back inside and did a more thorough restoration and gave it to my wife and I as a wedding present back in 2008. So now I use it somewhat frequently mostly paddling solo on the lake across the street from our house. It's something I really treasure.

From our trip to Algonquin this summer.

quote redoleary: " From our trip to Algonquin this summer."

That's a really nice picture, well exposed, good detail and color. Is it multiple exposures or a single exposure with lots of post processing?

"That's a really nice picture, well exposed, good detail and color. Is it multiple exposures or a single exposure with lots of post processing?"

Thank you. It's a single image, and if I recall correctly I used the graduated filter in LR on the left side to control the sky a bit, and some judicious cropping. The D750 has a really good dynamic range so I don't have to work too hard at getting a shot that's easily workable in post.

I can see now looking at the tree on the left, what you have probably mostly cropped out.

Too bad you couldn't have rented one of the faster, more photogenic "red" canoes for that picture ;).

Oh how I long for a red canoe.... they're faster too. :)

quote redoleary: "Oh how I long for a red canoe.... they're faster too. :) "

Green canoes are sexier.....and they turn better

It's amazing how a red canoe can jazz up a picture. :)

quote rtbaum: "

quote redoleary: "Oh how I long for a red canoe.... they're faster too. :) "

Green canoes are sexier.....and they turn better"

I agree, Green Canoes!!

quote MHS67: "

quote rtbaum: "

quote redoleary: "Oh how I long for a red canoe.... they're faster too. :) "

Green canoes are sexier.....and they turn better"

I agree, Green Canoes!!"

Oooo, that is sexy!

This guy was a few hundred yards from our camp and when he left the swamp he came to our camp.

this big boy is a regular in our camp. he doesn't cause any problems and is just interested in eating grass, clover and miscellaneous scraps of stuff.

Red is faster......and portages quicker

quote Mocha: " this big boy is a regular in our camp. he doesn't cause any problems and is just interested in eating grass, clover and miscellaneous scraps of stuff."

He is a big boy!! Looks like he still has some salad stuck in his teeth!

Hanging on the wood shed.

momma and tiny baby! for 3 weeks or more they have been concentrating on grass and clover and whatever else is along the side of this road.

quote MHS67: " Hanging on the wood shed."

Is that a deer?

quote redoleary: "

quote MHS67: " Hanging on the wood shed."

Is that a deer?"

Its an old cow head I found years ago. It had short horns but the gray squirrels chewed them off over time.

Tonight's super moon. Details: Pentax K20d APSC-DSLR, Sigma 400mm APO, ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1 second, very slight PP in Lightroom.

quote MHS67: "

quote redoleary: "

quote MHS67: " Hanging on the wood shed."

Is that a deer?"

Its an old cow head I found years ago. It had short horns but the gray squirrels chewed them off over time."

Ha! Thanks, clearly I am not a zooarchaeologist. :)

quote Ausable: "Tonight's super moon. Details: Pentax K20d APSC-DSLR, Sigma 400mm APO, ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1 second, very slight PP in Lightroom. "

Wow! Very cool!

Red, your B&W photo inspired me to see whether any recent photo of mine would look OK as a B&W. The subject is a bit complicated or cluttered, but maybe it's not too bad. The image is of the cascade on the east side of Mexican Hat Lake in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park.

quote Ausable: "Red, your B&W photo inspired me to see whether any recent photo of mine would look OK as a B&W. The subject is a bit complicated or cluttered, but maybe it's not too bad. The image is of the cascade on the east side of Mexican Hat Lake in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. "

That came out really nice! What was the shutter speed on that one? Do you always take a tripod on your trips or do you rely on propping your camera up on something? I used to be a "propper" now I won't leave the house without my tripod. :)

This was a portage sign in Grassy Bay in Algonquin. Grassy Bay is quite the maze of a swamp.

quote redoleary: "

quote Ausable: "Red, your B&W photo inspired me to see whether any recent photo of mine would look OK as a B&W. The subject is a bit complicated or cluttered, but maybe it's not too bad. The image is of the cascade on the east side of Mexican Hat Lake in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. "

That came out really nice! What was the shutter speed on that one? Do you always take a tripod on your trips or do you rely on propping your camera up on something? I used to be a "propper" now I won't leave the house without my tripod. :)
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Thanks. I'd like to continue to play with it to increase contrast a bit. Details: tripod, APSC-DSLR, 20-35mm lens at 23mm (equivalent to 35mm on a FF camera), 8-stop ND filter, 8 seconds, f/16, ISO 200. I always take a tripod. The portage trail alongside the river was difficult, to say the least, with the trail often under water.

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This was a portage sign in Grassy Bay in Algonquin. Grassy Bay is quite the maze of a swamp."

I like the crop and symmetry. The yellow sign is a nice contrast with the sky. Is that a trail on the right side?

@Ausable: thank you, nope, to a trail on the right, the only way to get to this sign is to paddle or swim. :) Two days before we had come from the portage that it's pointing to towards the right, and on this day we were heading to the portage that is straight ahead.