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Hey Vincent, nice looking dogs and super pics!

Jon, sorry, I just saw your comment. I haven't been paying much attention lately. On my trips I usually carry two camera bodies (Elan 7 and my newer 20D) and I carry a Canon 17-40 lens, a Canon 70-200 lens, and a Canon 15mm fisheye lens. I recently bought a 400mm lens that I backpack with occasionally but it's dang heavy. I carry 4 Galen Rowell/Singh-Ray GND filters (2-3 stops in both hard and soft), polarizers and warming filters, lots of film, and a full-sized carbon tripod. I also take my fishing pole and related gear too, it's not ALL about photography. :^D But unless you're there to put some serious photo time in, I wouldn't carry as much as me. If you are there to come back with lots of pics and want all the options available to you, then to me it's worth the extra weight. All together it's probably a dozen pounds or so added to my pack. A few more grunts is all.

Wow, such a gorgeous shot! The curves of the tree really bring this together perfectly, excellent framing!

This was the morning view from my campsite on a recent backpacking

trip. I used a 2-stop hard GND to keep the peaks from blowing out,

which I might not have needed because the lighting was already soft

from clouds diffusing the rising sun behind me. This was shot with

my Canon 20D but I also shot lots of Velvia 50 at the same time so

I'm curious how they'll compare when I get my film back. The

wilderness RULES!

Thanks again!

 

Hey Maurik, sorry, I do try and read comments but sometimes I forget to respond later when I don't have time at the moment. I appreciate your remarks. I have never tried submitting my photos for publications or contests, so far I just enjoy documenting my trips. As for protecting my camera while kayaking, I carry a drybag on my deck with my camera, lenses, filter, and film and it's pretty scary when I take them out for a photo. ha ha! I need to get waterproof cover for my camera instead of being exposed while photographing. When I look through the viewfinder and take my eyes off the horizon my kayak gets pretty tippy. So far I've been careful and lucky but it only takes one dunk.

 

I have thought about submitting a few photos and a story of this winter trip to Mono Lake to Kayaker or Paddler Magazine, it was a cool adventure! I have lots of shots I haven't uploaded due to space constraints. Thanks again!

Cool, since it's a single shot and not a composite I'm even more impressed! Excellent! That's some dynamic range!

Hey Curtis, I love the shot, it's gorgeous, but is this a composite of two exposures? Something looks, well, like it couldn't be done with one shot? I dunno. I could be wrong. It looks so crisp and fine-edged with the high congrast lighting. I only ask because it says non-manipulated, which is no biggie. Either way, nice capture! Looks like a great adventure too!

You have captured a beautiful display of nature! Awesome image!

Mmmm mmmm! What a beautiful and relaxing image! Great job!

A VERY beautiful sunset! Wow! Excellent shot!

Looks like a beautiful sunset and a nice capture but a bad scan. I'm not sure which equipment you were using because you left no details, but if this was shot with film and is indeed a bad scan I bet the original was pretty nice! Keep shooting... and perhaps leave more details for a more thorough critique, if you wish.

What a beautiful scene! It's like a dream!

Magnificent capture!

(gulp) So beautiful!

Gorgeous! Whew! So beautiful!

I don't know how I missed this one... WOW! Great detail, subject, and composition!

The colors are amazing, and the composition is wonderful! 7/7

I'm not sure what you used here (your equipment list doesn't reveal it), but for rainbows a polarizer can enhance the brilliance.

Thanks for the lens info, Adam! Mucho apprediatedo. I don't frequent many sites but I understand how it could get tedious giving lens and filter specs on each image if you do so. Canon sure would appreciate it if you did so, though! :^D I'd like to get me one of those 10-22's after seeing this image!

Hey Adam, I really love this image! I wish you would include your lens and filters and all that relevant data with your images, there must be some reason you choose not to. If this was shot with the 20D, which lens did you use? It's pretty wide, was it with the 10-22? Again, this is a beautiful image!

Absolutely incredible!

Thanks Ferrando! I didn't access the beach because it's illegal to do so right here. Not only is it illegal, but the only way down is via steep cliffs so that would keep most people out anyway. I'd like to sea kayak through this cove though!

Check me out, a wilderness adventurer taking common easy-to-reach

places like Yosemite Valley and McWay Falls! Sorry, I'm just waiting

for the snow to melt so I can get into the high country. Still, I

think these places are very beautiful even if I use other people's

tripod holes. :^D

Hi Walter! Thanks for the comments, and you are probably correct in the minor alterations you mentioned. I shot this with a warming polarizer filter which enhanced the warmth on the rocks (I don't have a neutral polarizer yet as I'm still used to using my warming polarizer to counter Velvia 50's cool casts, this digital camera thing is new to me!). But most of the warmth on the fall is because the sun is low on the ocean horizon and it is facing directly towards the setting sun. When you mentioned the unsharp mask, are you suggesting it needs more or less sharpening? My Photoshop skills/knowledge is very limited and all I do is hit "sharpen" once on all my pics. Gracias again, I always appreciate your comments.

BEAUTIFUL!!!