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Sunrise at horseshoe bend. I was shocked they hadn't placed a fence around the edge!

Glad they haven't but surprised, it is a long drop.

another view from lower anelope canyon. it looks like a scene from a scify movie!

Another anelope canyon photo that highlights the blue/purple look of airlight and

reflected light. It loses a little on the upload

I wanted to share some of my recent photos from Anelope Canyon. Despite all the

sand now in all my equipment it was all woth it. This is lower anelope.

Just what a photographer wants-driftwood in the forground and a storm coming in the

background

just caught the boat in the nick of time

This time just a hint of the driftwood. My other photo had driftwood as the main focus.

Thanks for commenting Nik. I used both. I always use a polarizer around water. For this series of shots instead of a grad filter I used bracketing( +2,0,-2) and photomatix to combine.

Lucky to get still mirror like lake surface. 5 minutes later it was gone and when you

are on vacation you usually get just 1 chance .

Some more photos from my Canadian vacation

Vibhav,

We must have missed each other by just a few days. Take a look at my site. You got higher on the rock pile than I was able to. Nice composition not sure how anyone can give it just a 4? Someone gave me a 3. Did you use grad filter or bracket and HDR? Paul

Another from Canadian vacation. Just love the color of the water

More from Canadian trip. Wanted more of a mirror lake but you get what you get when

on vacation!At least it didn't rain that day

The trial and tribulation of an amateur photographer on a Canadian Rockies vacation

with my family. Thanks to photonet I asked a few questions before I left to improve

both my techniques and equipment. With family in tow I tried to get my photos done

early before breakfast (catch that 5:30 sunrise) and in late day (when I had just a

few minutes to do my thing). I used a tripod, remote and sometimes timer. I really

liked using the timer. Most photos were bracketed and merged in photomatix. I tried

using my grad filters but I got better results with bracketing do to the extreme

contrast I found in the field. I tried different apertures but seemed to get the best

results with f/22. I was hoping to use a full frame camera but that didn’t work out (

see a previous thread of mine) so I primarily used my 20D with a 10-22mm lens

with polarizer.I was a little frustrated with my new arca swiss monoball z-1. The flip

lock quick release plate seemed to loosen too often-the coged wheels just didn’t

keep the same tension. I was also frustrated when trying to take vertical shots and

just wished the vertical notch on the arca was a little longer. I had to move the tripod

legs when I just wanted to move the camera 5 degrees more but the notch wouldn’t

let me. Not all my foregrounds subjects were as sharp as I wanted but all in all for a

rank amateur with family in tow I think I did well

Paul

Don, very nice shot. I have to admit I am a sucker for grainy silhouette photos like this. It started for me with those photos of JFK/RFK in the White House. The expression from your model is wonderful and just complements the overall look. Kudos. Paul

so what do you think?

working on form and lines. critiques welcomed

black and white version-is this nicer than the color version?

this is my color version. which do you like more.

Milena. Nicely done. I have a suggestion try shooting from the same perspective but leave out the sky. I have tried this in the past and found it looks more dramatic. You do have to find a "full" tree.

Paul

Hi Rick. Great detail.I don't know how you got it so sharp. I was in the church last year at this time and I tried to use a small tripod but they wouldn't let me set it up no matter how much I protested. I ended up using my 20D with a 50mm 1.4 lens and used wide open and high iso. I attached 1 of my photos and as you can tell fairly noisey. I love progued and just wished I had more time to explore.

Paul

Another hummingbird shot.

Tip of the continental US-Cape Flattery in the Olympic National Park

would you crop out forground tree or keep it in for depth?

OK it is not Provence but Sequim, Washington. I placed my tripod and got down low.

Sure would be nice to have lcd that would swing out instead of trying to use canon's

angle finder and bending down like a pretzel Also too much wind but it did smell nice