outdoor scenery today

[down2earthlv 0]

the tiny black stripe is the road that leads from Las Vegas (to the left) out to Lake Mead (to the right).....this photo was taken from the top of Sunrise Mountain which is our eastern peak.

 

From the other side of the mountain an unobstructed view of Las Vegas. Too bad I can't take wide angle shots! If you look real close you can see a white vertical line downtown...that is the Stratosphere Tower Casino. Not much of the strip showed up in the pic, the cloud cover and lack of wind over a few days trapped in alot of smog.....

[Sturgeon_Catcher 0]

How's about a wild flower taken today - while fishing of course.

 

 

Maybe just one more!

 

 

Guess I better show you a picture of a fish. Huh? Red Side Rainbow

 

 

check out that gill plate!

 

 

Fell for a White Cahill

 

later

Fred

[Graham 0]

Saweeet...

[longears 0]

A Rainbow from "zipper-Lip" lake in BC

[longears 0]

Trying again to post this sunset pic from Charlotte Lake. It is located on the Chilcotin Plateau south Of Anaheim Lake in BC.

[Steeldrifter 0]

Absolutly beautiful sunset longears

[Sturgeon_Catcher 0]

That there is a right purty sunset, Longears..

later

Fred

[Joe Hard 0]

I am digging bloodworms at a spot where the tide goes out the farthest in the world. Although the tide was not dropping out as far as it could go you can see where an arrow point is formed. There is a river on the right, (the one I fish for brown trout), and two smaller ones joined on the left. It was blowing and the water was a bit choppy and murky. None the less big stripers were belly flopping on either side. Its real hard to concentrate on worms when you see fish like that.

 

Here is the shore, I was not at the very tip but close. It took me about an hour to walk out, once I left solid ground. Digging bloodworms involves walking the flats, in the valley area, this is the "WALK of Walks".

 

Here is the last stretch of the walk and the same shore in the photo above. The mud is real soft and sticky, and probably the hardest part of digging at this spot. I had to stop a few times to catch a breath and adjust my boots. The mud seems to want to own them. There is a big flat rock where I am taking this picture, about the size of a sheet of plywood. Thank god. 20 years ago I started digging at this spot. There would be 7 to 15 men trying to have a break from the mud, crowded like gulls. Now its just me, lots of worms, so I will take the good with the bad.

 

One last pic, of the flooding tide, It looks real neat as it creeps in filling all the little channels. When the water does come in it fills the mud from underneath first and the whole mudflats sounds like rice krispies.

[Peterjay 0]

If you're shooting film, just find a (brightly) front-lit subject with a darker background and meter on the subject - a spot meter helps a lot - if your camera has an average meter, (an average meter takes in the whole scene and averages it out) you'll have to do a lot of bracketing.

[Peterjay 0]

Sorry, that last post was an attempt to answer Chris and Daryn's question on Pg. 3

[KVRNut 0]

Stunning sunset picture longears.

 

colbyjack & Joe Hard: The background on the rose picture was a combination of factors. If I was to send you the file for the picture, you'd be able to see some very dark green leaves near the bottom of the picture. The photo below taken about 2 seconds later, on the run, will show what I mean. (Sorry about the blurries but that spider can move.) I used a slow film (ISO 200), low light, 1/60 sec. shutter speed and f.22 aperture setting on a 28-70 mm macro lens. The shot was taken almost directly above the subject looking down to the darkest part of the flower bed. Taking the shot in the late afternoon on the shaded side of the house with a close up setting also darkened things a bit too. This all brought out the color of the rose but left the background dark.

Hope this helped to answer your questions.

 

Glad you liked the shots of Margaret Falls PJ and JH. That canyon is similar to a coastal rainforest but far different in a lot of ways. The ground cover in a coastal forest is more dense, the cedars larger, the air more pungent with the smells of a forest. If I get over to the coast next month (Queen Charlotte Islands) I'll take some pics to show you what I mean. If I don't make it over there, I'll try and get up around Revelstoke and into the cedar woods around there and take some shots. Speaking of that area, I'm outta here!

 

Ernie

[James Daly 0]

On the way to Oil Creek,PA. Sorry it's through the windshield at 55 mph. Best I could muster up while driving!!!

 

*Note to self* *DO NOT ATTEMPT SUNRISE PICS AT 5:45 am without addled dosages of coffee or someone else in the driver's seat*

 

 

[Graham 0]

Wow, there really are some incredible photos here, and of so many different things, its like eye candy to me.

 

I just took this pic of a bee in my back yard. I used a 105mm lens, handheld with a flash. I'm really getting to like this setup, much lighter and easier to use when compared to a 200mm lens. The larger lens really requires a tripod and I very much like the freedom of hand holding the smaller 105mm lens.

 

[Sturgeon_Catcher 0]

"Off Hand" I would say that is right fine!!! I believe it to be an Italian Honey Bee. Nice shot Graham.

later

Fred

[KVRNut 0]

Wow, there really are some incredible photos here, and of so many different things, its like eye candy to me.

 

I can't help but agree with you Graham. There are so many great photographs being shown and so many talented people out there. I think a magazine could easily recruit some talent from here as I've seen a lot of real good cover shots.

 

Have to admit, this has turned into a great forum.

 

Ernie