OT - Sequoia National Park - Dialup warning

[BlueCorn]

I spent a little time in Sequoia National Park over the weekend. I snapped quite a few pictures, but this was my favorite. I love my 12-24mm lens.

 

[gregr]

Beeeautiful!
More must have more

 

[BlueCorn]

Ask and ye shall receive.

 

[Skipper]

Wonderful!!

 

[bertoni]

Makes me want to visit again. Very pretty!

 

[rbaker]

Well done Doug. The first photo is awesome...

 

[gregr]

Wow- thems some sweet shots.
Did you see a lot of wildflowers?

 

[BlueCorn]

Greg, we saw a fair amount down in the lower part of the park. By the time you actually got up to the sequoias there was 2-3 feet of fresh snow on the ground.

From the car, we did see a brown bear, some dear and a coyote.

 

[gregr]

Cool- thanks for the info.
I was in yosemite a couple weeks ago and there was a lot of snow there- made for some great scenery.

 

[masson]

What kinda camera?
Nice pics btw

 

[BlueCorn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7166680#post7166680 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by masson
What kinda camera?
Nice pics btw

Canon Digital Rebel XT

All the flower pictures are using a 100m f2.8 macro and ring flash
The waterfall pictures are a Tokina 12-24 and the last river picture is a 70-200 f4 L

 

[LeftCoast]

GAH! I wish I still lived in California....I miss the redwoods.

 

[louist]

Top work Doug, I feel all calm after looking at these! Thanks for sharing

My fav are #2, 3 and 4. I especially like 3.

 

[piberoptikz]

awesome man! love the #4

 

[DocReefer]

Very nice. All taken on a tripod? Don't you care for the kit lens?

 

[BlueCorn]

2,3 and 4 were hand-held. The others were on a tripod. I've got a little Gitzo, that I bought used. It collapses to 13 inches. It's really not tall enough for normal use but it's a great travel 'pod.

I shot about 50 pictures with the kit lens when I first bought the camera. It's not been out of the closet since.

 

[Dakna]

Now see, that first photo is amazing and I would love to know how to do that...also, I need to know if my camera can do it...I have the Nikon Coolpix 995...anyone know if I can take that flowing water type of picture with my camera?

 

[BlueCorn]

Dakna,

I'm not familiar with that camera. The secret is getting a long exposure. In that case, it was stopping the lens down to f22 which allowed me to set my exposure to 8 seconds.

 

[gregr]

I just bought a 995- awesome camera.
Try to take this sort of picture when the light is not very bright- overcast days are best. Try aperture priority and set it to the smallest aperture (biggest f number) to get the slowest shutter speed. Anything longer than a 2 seconds or so will blur the water nicely. If you have a polarizing filter bring that as it will slow down the speed by 1.5 stops.
Tripod is a must!

 

[levine_ari]

Very nice pics