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[jerseyfinn]

Sometimes you get lucky with the light. On this day, there's lots of clouds out there on the horizon which delays the sunrise. When the sun finally finds a hole in the clouds, the light & colors are extraordinary.

Another trick I've learned is to shoot things that are in motion in continuous mode -- I fire off 3 or 4 shots continuous mode. It works great with waves to capture just the right splash and also swaying leaves in the trees as there are subtle changes in the shadows & sometimes this small change makes for a better image as you capture the subtle light or motion change. In this image, I squeeze off 3 shots & get this gull in the frame as he flew unseen from behind me. It adds another element of interest to the image.

We get moving early each morning & walk up the beach to do breakfast at a nearby beach restaurant. This is when you can still capture some of those long morning shadows ( somewhat fleeting here, but still present ). Clouds keep turning the sun on and off & I keep switching white balance to get the proper tonalities ( also have to tweak EVs + 1/3 to + 2/3 to get the sand exposure right ). What's so neat about all of this is that we've been coming here 10 years & you still can have camera in hand as the light and scene is always changing so that even the familiar is something new.


Hope you enjoy these shots. Heading to Arizona soon to do some hiking.



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Barry




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[cindi]

Thanks for keeping up with the photo thread. I LOVE seeing all these wonderful pictures!

 

[geoand]

Palouse Falls in Eastern Washington

I am hoping that you will be able to follow the link. We were there over Mother's Day weekend.

Let me know if link doesn't work.

http://geoand.smugmug.com/Travel/Ea...ay-11/23099477_QVGWwm#!i=1859699080&k=Mb83635

 

[Timeshare Von]

Ruins of the Walled City of Fethard, Ireland

This photo is a merged pano of four images.

 

[Timeshare Von]

Ruins of the Walled Fort of Dun Aonghasa

Four image pano of Dun Aonghasa, a prehistoric fort on the island of Inis Mor, Ireland. The right side is facing the Atlantic Ocean while the left is facing the mainland of Ireland and the Connemara coast. The clouds are over the Connemara Mountains.

 

[Timeshare Von]

View Over the Edge into the Atlantic Ocean

Three image pano overlooking the edge of Dun Aonghasa, into the Atlantic Ocean. The foot/shoe is of the photographer - my DH David.

 

[Timeshare Von]

Kilkenny Castle - Ireland

When you don't have a wide angle lens, a pano image is the next best thing. This is three photos stitched together to create this pano.

 

[Timeshare Von]

Peeping Tom

Not the best quality photo, but I did what I had to in order to get the shot before he left. This photo was taken from the dining room (through the kitchen) of our timeshare at Connemara Country Cottages in Ireland

 

[Timeshare Von]

View to the Right of DH's Foot

Further down the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean at Dun Aonghasa - Inis Mor, Ireland.

p.s. More photos may be seen in my Facebook album.

 

[HatTrick]

View Through Ring of an Old Anchor

Lahaina, Maui

 

[easyrider]

Those pano shots are really cool Von.

 

[HatTrick]

Molokini at Dusk

Maui

 

[Timeshare Von]

HatTrick . . . love the creativity with the anchor! And who doesn't love a sunrise/set or diffused sunlight?

 

[Timeshare Von]

Those pano shots are really cool Von.

Thanks! There is so much beauty all around you in Ireland it seemed a pano was the only way to even attempt to capture it.

 

[HatTrick]

Nakalele Blowhole

Maui

 

[HatTrick]

HatTrick . . . love the creativity with the anchor! And who doesn't love a sunrise/set or diffused sunlight?

Thanks, Yvonne.

I agree with easyrider about your pano shots. Nicely done.

 

[HatTrick]

Charles Lindbergh's Grave

Palapala Ho'omau Church, Kipahulu, Maui

 

[HatTrick]

Watercolor Effect

Lahaina Harbor, Maui

 

[HatTrick]

Goats Inhabiting the Lava Fields

Southwest Maui

 

[Timeshare Von]

I love the wild goats in Hawaii.

 

[HatTrick]

Nightly Ritual: Gathering to View the Sunset

Lahaina, Maui

 

[artringwald]

Art students at the British Museum in London

 

[Timeshare Von]

Green County, Wisconsin

I don't know about everyone else, but for me, it has been easy to forget about the beauty in my own state (Wisconsin). I have a wanderlust to travel and see new things and have been fortunate to venture to places like Hawaii and Alaska several times to fulfill my photog interests.

This past Sunday I drove to Monroe, WI which is about 125 miles from where I live, to take in the US Open (Ballooning) Championships. I know . . . who'd have thunk it? I think there is a US Open for EVERYthing! Anyway, I took a lot of photos of the balloons in flight and landing and here's one.

I also took some photos of barn quilts, which are very interesting too. Here's an example:

Rather than cluttering up this forum thread with tons of photos, here is the link to my others posted on Facebook (which I've got as "public access").

ENJOY!

 

[artringwald]

Kissing the Blarney Stone

 

[SueDonJ]

I don't know about everyone else, but for me, it has been easy to forget about the beauty in my own state (Wisconsin). I have a wanderlust to travel and see new things and have been fortunate to venture to places like Hawaii and Alaska several times to fulfill my photog interests.

This past Sunday I drove to Monroe, WI which is about 125 miles from where I live, to take in the US Open (Ballooning) Championships. I know . . . who'd have thunk it? I think there is a US Open for EVERYthing! Anyway, I took a lot of photos of the balloons in flight and landing and here's one.

I also took some photos of barn quilts, which are very interesting too. Here's an example:

Rather than cluttering up this forum thread with tons of photos, here is the link to my others posted on Facebook (which I've got as "public access").

ENJOY!

Many years ago Don and I took a weekend drive to Newport and as we rounded a corner on the ocean drive there were hundreds of balloons just taking off from a field high on a cliff over the ocean. Beautiful! That was before the days of digital cameras, back in the days when I didn't carry a camera everywhere, but I'll never forget it. It was stunning.

Love your barn quilt photo, too. The first I learned of those was in Pennsylvania and I've always wanted to duplicate one of my quilts onto a wall somewhere. Your photo moves that idea up a notch or ten on my Bucket List.