Glacier and Yellowstone national park dump thread

iamsneaky13 · Jul 27, 2011

i am currently at yellowstone right now and i have already spent a week at glacier national park. During this time i have taken thousands of pictures and some of those i am going to begin to dump here. I plan to upload one a day for as long as it takes which may be a long time. I hope you like what you see, and feel free to dump any pictures here as well. I will start with an early morning shot of a reflecting lake, and a sunset shot over the mountains. C&c is always welcome and appreciated because i am trying to really begin to grow as a photographer.

Markw · Jul 27, 2011

No EXIF?

Both are beautiful; iconic. I can't wait to see the rest of the series!

Mark

Trever1t · Jul 27, 2011

nicely done on #1 with the foreground to lead me into the distant hills.

480sparky · Jul 27, 2011

Markw said:
No EXIF?
.......

One reason I hate Flicker.

iamsneaky13 · Jul 28, 2011

the exif is gone because of the raw converter i have to use on my laptop. i have original photoshop cs and they do not have updated camera raw for that version. in shot one it is 1/100s f6.3 iso 100 20mm focal length, and in the second it is 1/100s f10 iso 100 and 50mm.

iamsneaky13 · Jul 29, 2011

well its late, but im gonna put some up tonight. the first i need an opinion on because i dont really know how i feel about it

i am adding this one because i like how the river winds through the mountains

and the fourth is just a fun one, its my sister doing a handstand by a cliff

Markw · Jul 29, 2011

Wow. Such a beautiful place. You're so lucky to have the opportunity to shoot there! I think the first one could use a little bit of leveling. Though it looks like it's on a hill, so that may not work so well. Other than that, I'd bump contrast and satudation a ad, and youre good! I wish there was more detail in the second one. You lost a lot because of the flare. The third is a great keepsake photo. Without her, it's s beautiful photo as well. Are you shooting these with a polarizer?

Can't wait to see more!
Mark

iamsneaky13 · Jul 29, 2011

well my ten to twenty has a polarizer and my fifty that i used for the first and third did not. i really didnt use the polarizer for the second picture though because i wanted the reflection on the water, but now i realize what a difference it makes

Markw · Jul 29, 2011

Yeah, the great colors gained would have been spectacular. Nothing a good PSing couldn't fix. :wink:

iamsneaky13 · Jul 29, 2011

i traveled all day, so im only going to upload this one shot

iamsneaky13 · Jul 31, 2011

this photo is one of my more interesting from this trip. It has a lot going on so i will explain it. When i took the image i lit the forground with a couple of flashes from my unit and during that time a bat flew right in front of the camera. In the top right that is a shooting star then on the bottom left is a plane. the sky is lit with three exposures at iso 3200 f2.8 and 30 seconds that i stacked using the the lighten blending mode after manually aligning them.

and here is another fisheye

beanphotography · Jul 31, 2011

beautiful stuff man

frisii · Jul 31, 2011

:thumbup: #2 .. 7-28-2011 11:22PM

markmako · Jul 31, 2011

You have some really nice shots. My trip to Yellowstone was in 1986 using film. I'd really like to go back with my current kit to see what I can do. I especially like the shots with reflection in the water with some of the water in the foreground with detail. Can you give a little more detail on your setting for how you setup your gear for them? Thanks.

Markw · Jul 31, 2011

Wow. That night shot is just fantastic, really. I could do without the plane, but whatever. It doesn't matter, it's a fantastic image. Very lucky to catch the bat! I'd love to hear some more info on the actual trip. Are you just humping it through with a backpack and a sleeping bag? Or are you driving through?What are you doing for food and drink? Or are you lodging someplace? I don't know much rapt all about taking long-term trips outside of a hotel. :lol: