Official Photography Thread

[swampfrog]

Went for a short walk/hike with just the 10-18mm. Challenging in the PNW to manage the busyness of so much foliage at the wide angles.

[Pelado]

Pretty funky shot.

[swampfrog]

A few from a quick weekend to Seattle. Love polarized skies.

[swampfrog]

From the local refuges again.

[swampfrog]

some more tundra swans in flight, early evening light

[wuapinmon]

You make it look so easy.

[swampfrog]

You make it look so easy.

Tundra swans are fairly easy at the refuge. Sit in your car, wait until they fly towards you. Obviously I don't post the several hundred throwaways (clipped, out-of focus, poorly framed, etc.), love digital. And I've finally (mostly) learned not to press the shutter button when the bird only occupies 1/50th of the frame, or when they are flying or looking away (which saves several hundred more presses of the delete key).

[wuapinmon]

Tundra swans are fairly easy at the refuge. Sit in your car, wait until they fly towards you. Obviously I don't post the several hundred throwaways (clipped, out-of focus, poorly framed, etc.), love digital. And I've finally (mostly) learned not to press the shutter button when the bird only occupies 1/50th of the frame, or when they are flying or looking away (which saves several hundred more presses of the delete key).

I found this one today, photo by Wilson Chen. It's pretty amazing.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

I found this one today, photo by Wilson Chen. It's pretty amazing.

Wow. What a great shot. Osprey are one of my favorite species to watch. Especially when they fully submerge after a dive like this.


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[Dwight Schr-ute]

Official Photography Thread

I took in my first Photography Workshop in Death Valley at the beginning of the month. I talked work into covering the costs as my photos get used in all of our publication and outreach material. $700 for a Saturday and Sunday. I’d probably be pretty disappointed if it had been my own money, but glad that I could just enjoy the experience. I rented a 10-30 mm wide angle for the weekend and really enjoyed playing around with that. Here’s a few of the shots that I’ve had a chance to play around with.






















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[Jeff Lebowski]

Holy cow, Dwight. Well done!

[swampfrog]

I took in my first Photography Workshop in Death Valley at the beginning of the month. I talked work into covering the costs as my photos get used in all of our publication and outreach material. $700 for a Saturday and Sunday. I’d probably be pretty disappointed if it had been my own money, but glad that I could just enjoy the experience. I rented a 10-30 mm wide angle for the weekend and really enjoyed playing around with that. Here’s a few of the shots that I’ve had a chance to play around with.






















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Nice work. I tend to not saturate to that level (I should revisit my reluctance), these are done to good effect.

[wuapinmon]

"First class" means more than one thing there.

[swampfrog]

These are a little more dramatic than I would typically go. Subjects from yesterday, though I've shared other outings to the same locations.

[Pelado]

These are a little more dramatic than I would typically go. Subjects from yesterday, though I've shared other outings to the same locations.

Cool.