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18 October 2021, Monday
Murphey's Motel in Snow, 6:43 A.M. 3× crop by Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm camera to give 77mm equivalent in low light at f/1.5 hand-held at 1/30 at Auto ISO 640 (LV 3.4). bigger or fit-to-screen.
Yay! Snow! I felt like I was growing up back in New York and this was one of those rare and glorious snow days where we got to play instead of go to school. This is the same thing; I haven't been in snow for years.
First job as an adult: dig out the car. For me, rescuing a car from snow and ice is fun! Sorry for you folks who live in the snow and don't get excited about an inch of snow (feel free to skip past my snowy car photos if you like), but this is like being a kid again for me. My website, my rules:
Mercedes S550 in Snow & Ice, 6:44 A.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 hand-held at 1/30 at Auto ISO 640 (LV 3.4). bigger or fit-to-screen.
Mercedes S550 in Snow & Ice, 6:43 A.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 hand-held at 1/30 at Auto ISO 640 (LV 3.4). bigger or fit-to-screen.
Mercedes S550 Cockpit with Snow & Ice on Windshield, 6:45 A.M (alternate title: Firing up the Defroster). Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 hand-held at 1/10 at Auto ISO 800 (LV 1.4). bigger or fit-to-screen.
Mercedes S550 Dug Out of the Snow, 6:55 A.M. (Dave's getting in as well). Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 at 1/50 at Auto ISO 250 (LV 5.5). bigger or fit-to-screen.
Even though I now had my car ready to roll, no one else was stupid enough to be out driving around in this blowing blizzard:
Abandoned Route 395 in the Blowing Snow, Lee Vining, 7:00 AM. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 34mm wide-open at f/4.5 hand-held at 1/15 at ISO 200 (LV 7.4), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
How cold was it? This was shot with Shade (orange) white balance, and it still looks blue and frigid! Same thing for this shot:
Snow Plow on Abandoned Route 395 in Blowing Snow, Lee Vining, 7:00 A.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 27mm wide-open at f/4.5 hand-held at 1/13 at ISO 200 (LV 7.0), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
OK, time to roll:
Mercedes S550 in Snow and Ice, Lee Vining, 7:02 A.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 240mm wide-open at f/6.3 hand-held at 1/8 of a second at ISO 200 (LV 7.4), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
240mm wide open? Looks super sharp to me, and this is hand-held at 1/8 of a second!
All this fuzzy snow worked like sound insulation. My car was super quiet floating over the unpaved terrain to come.
We headed down to Mono Lake:
Mercedes S550 at Dawn in the Snow, Test Station Road, Mono Lake, 7:14 A.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 at 1/211 at Auto ISO 50 (LV 9.9), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
It's been a long time since I've seen snow:
Mercedes S550 at Dawn in the Snow, Test Station Road, Mono Lake, 7:16 A.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 at 1/131 at Auto ISO 32 (LV 9.8), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Icy Mercedes S550 Grill in Warm First Light, Test Station Road, Mono Lake, 7:24 A.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 at 1/314 at Auto ISO 32 (LV 12.9), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Icy Mercedes S550 lit by Sunrise over Mono Lake, 7:28 A.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera at f/1.5 at 1/2,045 at Auto ISO 50 (LV 13⅙), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Blowing Backlit Snow, Mono Lake, 7:29 AM. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 240mm at f/8 hand-held at 1/125 at ISO 100 (LV 13.0), unsharpened and as shot, with a mild crop. bigger or fit-to-screen or camera-original 45MP © 19 MB JPG.
The 24-240mm is sharp corner-to corner, especially at 240mm where many zooms go soft. Remember the top and bottom aren't in perfect focus, but look at the blowing snowflakes in the top corners that are in focus and you can see every one.
Snowy Mono Lake Shoreline, 7:48 AM. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L II on EF to RF adapter at 271mm at f/22 (for depth-of-field) hand-held at 1/30 at ISO 100 (LV 14.0), square crop (500mm eq. with some cropping on HASSELBLAD 6×6 cm, and good luck hand-holding that beast at 1/30!). bigger or fit-to-screen.
Abandoned Shack with Snowy Mountains and Blowing Snow, Mono Lake, 8:01 AM. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 100mm at f/11 at 1/320 at ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 15.4), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen or camera-original 45MP © 11 MB JPG.
Snowy Sierras, 9:11 AM. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L II on EF to RF adapter at 100mm at f/16 (for depth-of-field) hand-held at 1/100 at ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 14.6), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Aliens Return to Visit Their Commemorative Plaque, Mono Lake, 10:30 A.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 9mm (77mm eq.) camera at f/2.8 at 1/1,292 at Auto ISO 32 (LV 15.0), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Snowy Sierras and Fall Color, 9:11 AM. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L II on EF to RF adapter at 114mm at f/8 at 1/500 at ISO 100 (LV 15.0), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Clouds Over Negit Island, Mono Lake, 10:36 A.M. Canon EOS R5 in 4:3 crop mode, RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM at 23mm at f/8 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 13.6), Perfectly Clear, split-toned print. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Two Red Adirondack Chairs, Lee Vining, 11:50 A.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM at 25mm at f/8 at 1/100 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation to keep the reds from overloading with STANDARD Picture Style set to +4 Saturation (LV 12.3), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Shimmering Aspens, Tioga Pass Road, 12:25 P.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 9mm (77mm eq.) camera at f/2.8 at 1/315 at Auto ISO 32 (LV 12.9), Perfectly Clear, Skylum Aurora HDR from my single JPG shot, split-toned print. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Golden Aspen, Tioga Pass Road, 12:49 P.M. Canon EOS R5 in 4:3 crop mode, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 150mm at f/11 at 1/100 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 13.6), Skylum Aurora HDR to add detail to the bright orange leaves and bring up the dark green shadows from my single JPG shot. bigger or fit-to-screen or camera-original 45 MP © 9 MB JPG.
Golden Aspens and Snow-Covered Mountains, Tioga Pass Road, 1:21 P.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 34mm in square crop mode (80mm eq. on HASSELBLAD 6×6 cm) at f/8 at 1/640 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 15.4), Skylum Aurora HDR to make it magical from my single JPG shot whose background was a lot lighter than the trees. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Golden Aspens, Tioga Pass Road, 1:35 P.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 24mm in square crop mode (50mm eq. on HASSELBLAD 6×6 cm) at f/8 at 1/640 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 15.4), Skylum Aurora HDR to make it glow from my single JPG image. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Big Virginia Lake (also known as Big Valley Lake), 3:02 P.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 24mm at f/22 (for sunstars in the sparkles on the water) at 1/30 hand-held at Auto ISO 100, (LV 14.0), Skylum Aurora HDR to make it magic from my single JPG image. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Virginia Lake Panorama, 3:08 P.M. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5.7mm (26mm eq.) camera in PANORAMA mode at f/1.5 at 1/5,076 at Auto ISO 50 (LV 14½), Skylum Aurora HDR from my single JPG shot, split-toned print. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Golden Aspens and Snow-Covered Mount Emma, 4:45 P.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 90mm at f/9 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 14.0), Skylum Aurora HDR to make it more vivid, bring the tree forward and darken the periphery with vignetting from my single JPG image. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Golden Aspen Grove along Little Walker River, 4:45 P.M. Canon EOS R5, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 90mm at f/9 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 14.0), Skylum Aurora HDR from my single JPG image. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Wood or Brick? Bridgeport, CA, 6:21 PM. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L II on EF to RF adapter at 100mm wide-open at f/4.5 hand-held at 1/10 at ISO 100 (LV 7¾), 4:5 in-camera crop, Skylum Aurora HDR to boost color and highlight the center from my one JPG file. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Moonrise over Potato Peak as seen from Bridgeport, California, 6:22 PM. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L II on EF to RF adapter at 371mm wide-open at f/5.6 hand-held at 1/80 at ISO 100, shade white balance to make it all more orange (but turned the sky more purple than its original deep blue), -2.0 stops exposure compensation to preserve details in the bright moon (LV 11.4), Skylum Aurora HDR to restore detail in the resulting very dark everything else as well as in the bright moon, all from my one JPG file. bigger or fit-to-screen.
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