Photography

Buena Vista on Highway 53

September 14, 2014 Photography 1 comment , , , ,

While out and about today and still looking for the perfect prairie grass I took highway 53 back rather than 93 (I already knew what was on 93 from an earlier trip). While I didn’t find the ideal clump of prairie grass, I did find a nice turnout, with a good view, that was westward looking.
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Pewit’s Nest

September 11, 2014 Fall Colors, Photography, Travel, Waterfalls No comments , , , , , ,

The fall color report on Travel Wisconsin has had a tantalizing photograph on its gallery from last year.  So, I decided to head down to figure out what some of the buttons on the new camera does and how to use them before I need to use them.  So, a trip to Pewit’s Nest was in order.

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On photographing waterfalls

June 11, 2014 Photography, Waterfalls No comments

One may notice that my pictures of photographing waterfalls are often tight shots of part of the waterfall.  There are two components to this choice – practical and the aesthetic.

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Baraga, Bond and Back

June 11, 2014 Baraga Summer '14, Photography, Waterfalls No comments , , ,

And up and leaving from Baraga.  There isn’t too much to say about this other than that I stopped by Bond Falls on the way back home.

I got into Bond Falls at about 10am.  Fortunately, the mosquitos weren’t out and ravenous as they were the previous afternoon.  However, the sun was shining on much of the falls creating some very large dynamic ranges on the scene making it very difficult to photograph… and so I continued home.  That’s about it.

Need to update my library and post some of the photographs from the trip.

Waterfalls of Baraga County

June 10, 2014 Baraga Summer '14, Photography, Waterfalls No comments , , ,

The day started out with a search for some insect repellant.  This has been a very buggy season – lots and lots of mosquitoes.  Started at the local mini-department store, but they were completely sold out.  After a bit of an excursion, found that there was only about a dozen cans of Deet based in the local gas station camping section and another dozen cans of permethrin at the local sporting goods – thats it in town and likely the county.

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Lytro at Mitchell Park

May 3, 2014 Flowers, Photography No comments , , , ,

I have a few cameras.  One in particular I haven’t had a chance to play with… yet.  Its a Lytro camera that has the ability to capture some of the three dimensional information about the scene (rather than just the flat focus plane).

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Silver Falls to Tillamook

September 26, 2008 Great Trip '08, Photography, Waterfalls No comments , , ,

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The day started with packing up and then a trip to Upper North Falls.  The rain from the previous day had a significant change to the amount of water over the falls.  I think I preferred the day before for the possibility of more detail in the rocks, but you take what you get.

Following that it was up to Multnomah Falls… one of the, if not the, most famous waterfalls in Oregon.  The GPS wanted to take me on the highway, but I saw a sign that said “that way” and so I went “that way” – it was the historic part.  It was built for the model T.  White picket guard rails, turns that had a 20 mph speed and straight away that were 30 mph.  It gave you time to see the view… and I saw cars whizzing by on the highway over a bit.  I thought I made a wrongish turn – that would take too long to get there.

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Silver Falls – Hiking

September 25, 2008 Great Trip '08, Photography, Waterfalls No comments , , , , ,

Base of Middle North Falls.

Base of Middle North Falls.

The odometer should be taken with a grain of salt or two… The loop that I hiked was listed as 8.7 miles.  The canyon trail was, well, in a canyon and the GPS doesn’t like canyon walls.  The other thing the GPS doesn’t like is rain.  I’ll get back to that.

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Burney Falls – Day 2

September 22, 2008 Great Trip '08, Waterfalls No comments , , , ,

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Today I started off with finding the wireless hotspot, and bought some time with AT&T.  Its a year worth, but compared to single purchases I should be able to quickly recover the cost.  And I uploaded photos and blog.

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Burney Again – Day 1 – Burney Falls

September 21, 2008 Great Trip '08, Photography, Waterfalls No comments , , , ,

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My first entry was a year and a bit ago, and I find myself back at Burney falls.  Last tuesday I decided to go on vacation.  I normally take a trip in the fall somewhere.  Last year was the midwest, and for several years before I went to the eastern sierras.  This year I decided to do a grand loop of western national parks. No, Burney isn’t a national park, its a state park.

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