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California's Eastern Sierra, 18 October 2007.
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Stinky Foam, Southeastern Shore, Mono Lake, California.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 0.6 grad ND filter at 18mm, f/16 @ 1/15 (Av mode), ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
Dawn, Picnic Grounds, Mono Lake, California.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 16mm, f/16 @ 1/30 (Av mode), no exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
Lee Vining, California.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 21mm, f/11 @ 1/60 (Av mode), -0.7 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
Lee Vining, California.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 138mm, f/8 @ 1/400 (Av mode), -0.3 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Very slight crop. Next Photo >>
South of Lee Vining, California.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 200mm, f/8 @ 1/400 (Av mode), -0.7 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG.
The key to vivid fall color is to place the sun behind the trees. Let the light shine through the leaves. This makes the color twice as vivid as having the sun behind you. Next Photo >>
South of Lee Vining, California.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 191mm, f/8 @ 1/200 (Av mode), -0.7 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Very slight crop. Next Photo >>
South of Lee Vining, California.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 116mm, f/8 @ 1/125 (Av mode), -0.3 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Slight crop.
What makes this shot interesting is 1.) the speckled lighting that adds depth to the hills, and 2.) highlights the spot of color in the lower right. Next Photo >>
June Lake Loop, Eastern Sierra, California.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 180mm, f/8 @ 1/125 (Av mode), -0.3 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
June Lake Loop, Eastern Sierra, California.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 200mm, f/8 @ 1/500 (Av mode), -0.3 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG.
Color contrast is what makes this work. The three-dimensional effect comes from contrast between the blue sky and the yellow leaves. As all painters know, warm colors move forward, bringing the tree forward and pushing the sky back. Next Photo >>
June Lake Loop, Eastern Sierra, California.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 16mm , f/11 @ 1/160 (Av mode), ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG.
I was too lazy to straighten this. I'm really impressed at how the brilliant aluminum boats rendered. The green spots on the boats are registration stickers. The orange blobs at top left center are ghosts. Next Photo >>
June Lake Loop, Eastern Sierra, California.
Canon 5D, 14mm f/2.8 L , f/11 @ 1/125 (Av mode), ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
I love the tremendous sucking power of the 14mm. See how everything pulls out towards the edges? The fact that yellow moves forward helps make this shot appear three-dimensional. I was too lazy to run this shot though DxO as I usually do with my 14mm. The hokey 6-pointed sunstar comes from the fact that my 14mm only has a 6-bladed diaphragm. Next Photo >>
Bridgeport Reservoir.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 0.6 grad ND filter at 16mm, f/11 @ 1/200 (Av mode), -1.3 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Cropped a little off of the left side. Next Photo >>
Mother and Children, Bridgeport Reservoir.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 35mm, f/11 @ 1/200 (Av mode), -0.7 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
Mother and Children, Bridgeport Reservoir.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 16mm, f/11 @ 1/125 (Av mode), -0.7 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
Walker River.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 16mm, f/11 @ 1/80 (Av mode), ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). I cropped a little from top and bottom of vertical shot to fit the Internet better. Unlike hung prints, the Internet is a horizontal medium. Just look at the shape of your screen. Next Photo >>
Not far from Walker River.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 35mm, polarizer, f/11 @ 1/30 (Av mode), ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). I cropped a little to rectify the aspect ratio, and the fact that my lens only went to 35mm. Next Photo >>
Not far from Walker River.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 200mm, f/8 @ 1/250 (Av mode), -1.3 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). I corrected my unintentional Dutching and cropped a little. I had to pull back on exposure, as the Canon's black-and-white meter saw too much black. Next Photo >>
Color.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 200mm, f/8 @ 1/640 (Av mode), -1.0 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). I cropped very slightly.
This isn't a photo of a tree. This photo has only one subject, and that is color. Next Photo >>
Color.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 70mm, probably polarized, f/8 @ 1/250 (Av mode), -1.0 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). I burnt-in the blown-out left side with curves and layer masks. English teachers: what is the proper way to use all those ending prepositions?
Again, this photo is about color, not trees. Next Photo >>
Color.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 97mm, f/8 @ 1/400 (Av mode), -0.7 exposure compensation, ISO 100, hand-held (tech details). Next Photo >>
Bridgeport, California.
Canon 5D, 70-200mm f/4 L IS at 70mm, f/5.6 @ 1/40, ISO 200, hand-held (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG, removed a wire and dropped out the backlit bottom of the sign below "vacancy." Next Photo >>
Rhino's Bar and Grill, Bridgeport, California.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 16mm, f/2.8 @ 1/5 second, ISO 800, hand-held, no stinking tripod (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
Mono County Courthouse, Bridgeport, California.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 21mm, f/2.8 @ 1/13 second, ISO 1,600, -0.7 exposure compensation, hand-held, no stinking tripod (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG. Next Photo >>
Bridgeport, California.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L II with Tiffen 812 warming filter at 16mm, f/2.8 @ 1/6 second, ISO 1,600, hand-held, no stinking tripod (tech details). Exactly as shot in JPG.
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