Marc Adamus wrote:
Well Mike, I knew a lot of NW photogs, myself included, that didn't think that log would wash out for thirty years and when it did, we were pretty surprised. It survived a few floods in the past decade, and then just fell over one day. You never know.
Actually, I went in 1997 with my father which was the first year of the log. Returned in 1998 and still there was the log. Back in 2008 with one of my boys and there was the log still. So I got tired of it, brought a chain saw this winter, and out it went ...
Great photos as others have said. Inspirational stuff that will cause many of us to spend lots of $$$ for return trips ...!
I also added some diffusion to the scene, to make the highlights 'glow', which I feel makes it easier on the eyes when looking at such a photo. I simply blew a bit of fog onto my lens two thrids of the way through the exposure (a technique I've described before). You can also mimic this effect with certain variations of the 'Orton' diffusion technique.
1Ds III, 22mm, .6 seconds at f/11, polarizer.
Sorry for being so late with my question. I have been wondering about this since you first posted i just kept forgetting to log on to ask every time I was home. I just want to check to see if I am reading this right. You blew on the lens two thirds the way through a .6 second exposure to fog the lens? How do you time something like that? Fogging up a lens 1/5th of a second before the exposure is up? I love your work and try to learn as much as I can from each of your posts so I was hoping I could get a little clarification on this one.
You celebrated Spring in grand style. Wonderful landscapes with great tones, colors and of course, flawless composition. The redwoods/rhody comp is one requiring great photographic skill, well done.
Beautifully composed images as always, you really do have a great eye.
I was wondering if you could explain exactly what you do to your images colour wise. I actually think for my personal taste some of these are a tad oversaturated, but I see a depth of colour in many of your images, which I beleive is acheived through not only spectacular light, but also through processing, which I would like to try on my own images.
i might be a bit gullible but seems feasible :-P