Turns out there is a little nature preserve about 2 miles from my house..who knew? Anyway this is nothing special, just trying out the Brenizer Method. This is 6 photos stitched together to get a really shallow depth of field, just something I wanted to play with, also had to get pretty heavy handed with the colors cuz it was such a bla day, but I like it well enough.

Very nice.

quote SaganagaJoe: "Very nice."

Agree!

Thank you both.

that's a cool photo, redoleary, and i'd be interested in seeing more of that application.


rosehips framed by a burned tree from the ham lake fire.

Thanks Mocha, I'm going to continue to practice with this technique. I also plan to start playing with focus stacking and see how that works out?? Always something new to practice on it seems.

Rocks and Roots. quetico lake campsite/shoreline

Posted the following in the November POD after the end of the month so most folks probably will not notice it. So i thought i would post it again here in the right month!!

12/01/2015 07:37PM

Capture Minnesota is a website where mostly amateur photographers post their best pictures shot in Minnesota in numerous different categories. Other members can view them, vote on them or love them, and sometimes leave comments as well. The quality of the photography is amazing and it generates enthusiasm and ideas for those who frequent the site. Once a year they publish a book with the best of that years photos.


I have been a member for 8 years and have nearly 600 photos on the site. Also a member of Capture Wisconsin, same thing but photos taken in WI.


A lot of fun if you are really into photography. They are both free sites, just have to register with a username and password to view others' photos or post your own.

thanks for the information on that site.

Cross River, Dec 5, 2009. sure seems like just yesterday.

there is a hiking trail that leads to the top of this cliff, fabulous panoramic view from up there. this was taken a few days ago.

Thats some really nice light on the rocks and trees.

quote redoleary: "Thats some really nice light on the rocks and trees."

that was a really awesome sunset!

Sakatah Lake ~ young eagle on the ice, eating whats left of a dead goose

Storm clouds in the back ground while sun still shining on Rock Mt.

a view from a garage service door.

snow and rain mix all morning. lots of ice and slush and stickyness! good snowman snow, i guess.

bunny wabbit helter skelter back and forth up and down frantic

Quetico, Pickerel lake, facing west, sunset late september 2008.

singing brook portage, 2014.

No trip this year and maybe not in the cards for '16 so have been spending more time looking back on old trips and reminiscing. This was from 2010 during the last paddle of the day on Sawbill Lake. Good memories.

quote redoleary: "

Turns out there is a little nature preserve about 2 miles from my house..who knew? Anyway this is nothing special, just trying out the Brenizer Method. This is 6 photos stitched together to get a really shallow depth of field, just something I wanted to play with, also had to get pretty heavy handed with the colors cuz it was such a bla day, but I like it well enough."

I'm going to have to give this a try, thanks for bringing this up!

I think if I wanted to spend that much computer time (Brenzier Method) then I would just buy a really fast lens and tune in Photoshop. Is there an advantage?

There is hardly any time involved, just tell lightroom to stitch "x" amount of photos together, then process as you normally would. The benefit is that you get and effective f stop that is smaller than your actual lens. There are calculators out there that do this but one example I just looked up showed a image taken at f2.0 and after using this method the final image had an effective f stop of f.58.

Plus there is the added benefit that it inspires me to go out and try something new.

I don't think I am getting it. What are the 6 frames: multirow pano or something else?

For me, LR does not do that well with complex stitches and it takes a long time relative to photoshop.

Yeah it's basically a multi row pano. The benefit of stitching in LR is that it can stitch dng files and output a dng file which I don't believe PS can do.

I did not realize LR could do multirow stitches. I have 42MB files so that might be my choke point.

I watched a quick video which explained it well:

Brenizer Method

oly tg1, super macro setting, laying on my belly using two twigs as a bipod, unaltered.

BWCA rose lake, sept 2012

Dunstan Lake June 2015

quote jeroldharter: "I did not realize LR could do multirow stitches. I have 42MB files so that might be my choke point.

I watched a quick video which explained it well:

Brenizer Method "

42MB, I can see how those might slow you down. :)

quote hobbydog: "
Dunstan Lake June 2015"

this is pretty peaceful.

can't believe we're 6 days from christmas and you haven't posted the "tree" photo!

I meant to say "MP."

House Finch ~ Taken this morning

quote mooseplums: "House Finch ~ Taken this morning "

very pretty with that birch-like feeder.

Ditto what Mocha said. Is that feeder hand made? Love its look.

quote Mocha: "
can't believe we're 6 days from christmas and you haven't posted the "tree" photo!"

I had to think for a few minutes about which photo you were talking about. Merry Christmas.

quote bapabear: "Ditto what Mocha said. Is that feeder hand made? Love its look."

Not hand made ....it is actually a PVC tube with birch print.
it is very well made.
I bought it at Pet Expo in Mankato, Mn

quote hobbydog: "

quote Mocha: "
can't believe we're 6 days from christmas and you haven't posted the "tree" photo!"

I had to think for a few minutes about which photo you were talking about. Merry Christmas.



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have you given any thought to having postcards or notecards made? i'd sell them in our gift shop and i'd actually use this year round. it's a very peaceful look and feeling when looking at it.

I couldn't pass up a chance to paddle today. A little sun would have been nice. I only had my iphone along but it takes pretty good pics.

Bison at Minneopa State Park

On my WCPP trip this year I was on Jigsaw Lake for the longest day of the year. Sunset was about 9:40 but good reading light lasted until about 11 PM and started getting first light at 3 AM. When I got home everyone asked if I saw the northern lights while I was there. I thought it was kind of a dumb question because I was never up late enough or early enough to notice. It turns out there was a big a display visible in many parts of the lower 48 that night. I guess I missed it. It was still maybe my best day of the trip and maybe the best day of the year. I am really missing those long days on the shortest day of the year.

HB,
I recognize that site; it is probably the only viable place to camp on that lake. A friend and I were there at the end of August this year on a hot, muggy day. We caught some walleyes that evening. Jigsaw is aptly named. Great memories of that trip.

quote Ausable: "HB,
I recognize that site; it is probably the only viable place to camp on that lake. A friend and I were there at the end of August this year on a hot, muggy day. We caught some walleyes that evening. Jigsaw is aptly named. Great memories of that trip."

I think there were 4 campsites marked on the map but this was the only one that had been used.Like other WCPP campsites, they get so little use that the good ones are always available and the other ones never see any use. I don't know what this lake looked like before the fire but in 10-15 years it will be a beautiful lake. It was so peaceful that night. Low 60s, calm, loons were singing wildly and there was a bluebill chasing a hen on and off during the evening. At one point they flew within feet of me like I was not there. Hard to capture that in a picture.

from my yard

somewhere in quetico this year.

Off the Gunflint trail

a view from a campsite on argo.

from the garage service door again, digital zoom.

quote kanoes: "a view from a campsite on argo. "

where on argo is this site?

I think its on the larger of the two islands directly west of birch island.

Eagle Creek

a weathered stump on a Quetico beach. sorry, that was 2 for today.

King Williams Narrows

quote MNLindsey80: " King Williams Narrows


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Beautiful!

the original Mocha

My puppy Clíodhna in the first snow of the year several weeks ago.

A very fluffy, very chilly White breasted Nuthatch

Kendra....hammered yet again. ;-)

quote hobbydog: " "

nice action shot! before i enlarged it i thought it was a black eared rabbit. :)

quote Mocha: "

quote hobbydog: " "

nice action shot! before i enlarged it i thought it was a black eared rabbit. :)
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I think she does have a little jackrabbit in her. :-) She can really sprint.