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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-09-2017, 08:43 AM
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Drove down to Bannack state park yesterday (it's an old mining ghost town, similar to Bodie CA, but not as hard to get to). The mix of fall colors, overcast shade, circular polarizer made PP in Lightroom almost HDR like, but I don't hate the effect, and the old wood has a strong contrast as well. Winter is coming way too soon for my liking in western Montana though, as it was snowing at higher elevations. First time I've used my Sigma in probably over a year, I forgot how much I like super wides.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-23-2012, 10:19 PM
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Nothing as nice as some pics people has posted lately, but I had to get out of town, even only 20 miles north, I just liked these trees, almost spooky looking.
And this isn't a 10-20 capture (I took it with my 60-300mm Tamron), but the mountains were pretty yesterday.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-16-2011, 08:31 PM
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End of September at Pigeon Point Lighthouse
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-04-2011, 11:10 AM
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Spent this weekend over in Owens Valley, cutting across the Tioga Pass in Yosemite to get there, and then coming back around through the Mojave.
First couple attachments are from Tioga Pass, middle two are from Bodie, and the last is the soul consoling tower (obelisk) at Manzanar.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-21-2011, 01:35 PM
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Part of it, from the Zoo website:
 Quote: The Arctic Ring of Life is North America’s largest polar bear exhibit, which also houses arctic foxes and seals. This state-of-the-art, $14.9 million, interactive facility encompasses over four acres of outdoor and indoor exhibits.
The most unique feature of the Arctic Ring of Life is the spectacular 70-foot-long Frederick and Barbara Erb Polar Passage, a clear tunnel that winds through a vast underwater marine environment. This 12-foot-wide, 8-foot-tall tunnel takes visitors underneath diving and swimming polar bears and seals! The bears and seals are separated from each other by a transparent barrier but appear to share one aquatic environment. Visitors then arrive in an "ice world", passing through a frigid ice cave and finally entering the Exploration Station with Arctic Ring of Life - Detroit Zoo
Here's a shot of a polar bear swimming overhead:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-20-2011, 09:05 PM
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A few when I was back home in MI last week:
Arctic Ring of Life exhibit at the Detroit Zoo:
The Horace Rackham Memorial Fountain (also at the zoo):
The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-22-2011, 06:39 PM
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You won't be disappointed (at least I hope not).
It's my favorite lens, only disconcerting issue, is the barrel distortion at 10mm, as well as some vignetting, but I think that's the nature of the beast. I like it more with a circular polarizer, makes landscapes really pop.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-06-2011, 08:48 PM
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I also brought along my kit lens and Adaptall 60-300, but never used either one more than for a couple shots from each. Additionally, I usually PP in Lightroom, but I'm really impressed with how my new to me (bought Nov. 2010) K20D handled these, just straight from the camera.
Edit: Forgot to mention, this was yesterday afternoon at Fort Point in San Francisco.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-31-2011, 08:43 PM
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Looking down Filbert St (near Coit Tower), SF.
SS Hercules, Hyde St. Pier Maritime Museum
Pointing out the side of a cable car (Hyde & Powell route)
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