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#1 Crying Rock in Right

 

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Crying Rock in Right

by Hin Man, on Flickr

 

It was my 6th week after ACL reconstruction surgery and I hiked down the path to the right of the Crying Rock. When I reached down to the base with a sandy path to Slot Canyon, I looked back and I shot a number of pictures on the rock that I hiked down with a single crutch and I was not paying attention to the crying man in the rock until someone on Facebook and another different person on Flickr commented on one of the related pictures and sure enough, I see the crying man in the right side of the rock.

 

Picture was taken in visiting Valley Of Fire State Park that is about an hour drive North East of Las Vegas that is borderline with Arizona. A fantastic place to visit when the temperature ranges from low 60 to mid 80. Earlier in spring time would have been nicer.

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#2 Droplets In Green Re-edited likely with Provia

 

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Droplets In Green with Provia

by Hin Man, on Flickr

 

When I search for my old photos with tags on "70-150" and this one stands out with usual green. It was an old picture taken in 2010 with K-x and Kiron 70-150mm f/3.8 M42 zoom lens.

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#3 Believe Or Not -- My Ultra Wide Angle

 

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by Hin Man, on Flickr

 

My widest lens is my DA 15mm f/4.0 but when I go traveling light, I use my mirror-less gear and currently I simply don't have an ultra wide angle lens that I can count on. Instead, I am using a tiny sensor with an action camera for the occasional need of ultra wide angle. I am not proud of it as it has distortions all over the edges. I have an old version of LR 5.7 on my macbook and pc and the only lens profile closest to Sony Action Cam AS100VR is the Sigma ultra wide or the GoPro Hero 3; both did a worse job in correction and I have not figured out the right manual correction. I have asked Justin to share the profile if he manages to find one. Unfortunately, he seldom shoots still photo with the video gadget. Mine is the older copy gotten in 2015 when I got more trips on skiing and I found the purchase right for my money at the time comparing to Hero3 as it works with a remote control worn as a watch to Rec/Stop on video or take Interval pictures continuously in 2 sec intervals. And the OSS with image stabilization was absent in Gopro Hero3. I have used Sony Action Cam quite a bit but it has no tuning of anything and there is no manual adjustment to the 170 degree shooting. I wish it has an adjustment for a narrower view and with less distortion. I don't quite know how the 170 degree translates to focal length in 35mm term. It is wider than any of my lens in possession.

 

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by Hin Man, on Flickr

 

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And with some editings, I find it usable

 

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Valley Of Fire

by Hin Man, on Flickr

 

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Valley Of Fire -- Slot Canyon

by Hin Man, on Flickr

 

Sorry to break the rules of 3 pictures. My excuse come as all these are related to my weird wide angle usage on my Sony Action Cam with AS100VR.

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