Last ones, I promise....lol

[Steve Cavigliano]

Yeah, more Yosemite shots :dunno

I don't have anything more recent to share...lol

Sam all set up to take cloud pics....lol Ohhhh I see some PF in this one :huh
http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22048548-L.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22048961-L.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/21954833-L.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22048549-L.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/21954836-L.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/21651452-L.jpg

I'm glad I got that out of my system....lol

Thanks for looking :thumb Cooments/suggestions welcomed :D


Steve

[Andy]

i'm glad you posted these. the ir is great! love the black water, eh? :D

and bambi looks to be jumping right onto my dinner plate :rofl

[4labs]

Steve the BW pic before the deer is incredible, that should be printed laaarge!Thnxs for sharing...

[bfjr]

Wow Steve
What a sweet set as your Finale :thumb

Would you just know it with all that elbow room in Yosemite someone :dunno has to stick theirs in your Pristine shot :D

Really dig the second to last, besides Andy already got dibs on the venisen (sp, maybe) :lol

[MuskyDude]

Steve,


Heh, how in the heck could you get sick of shots like these? :D :dunno Just plain awesome, so wonderfull to look at. :clap

AJ

[gus]

Good stuff mate....that IR is beautifull.


I hope to get some up in a day or 2.

Gus

[ginger_55]

Steve, those shots are wonderful, really great! I love clouds, especially when there is something tall enough to meet them.

You really done good there.........now the deer, enjoy him Andy.

ginger

[Nikolai]

IR are gorgeous!:clap
And I really like the pine needles..:thumb
Deer shot is a great capture, but a bit OOF:-( not that have a better one:-)
Thanks!
Cheers!:1drink

[GREAPER]

Love the IR shots Steve.

[huffmajo]

Wow! I am new here, but you can keep on posting em if they look like these!!!Love the IR shots Steve.

[Seamus]

Really nice photos Steve, as were all of the pics from Yosemite.

[Eric&Susan]

Gotta love those IR shots. :thumb


Eric

[jwear]

well it is the deer and that pine I like the pine shot a lot it's very dif. if it was a butt shot i would buy it :clap :D

[wxwax]

These three, mate, they're great. Super job! You really did save the best to last. Next you'll turn water into wine!

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22048961-S.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/21954833-S.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/21954836-S.jpg

[Nikolai]

How you guys manage to quote a smaller copies?
Thanks!

[GREAPER]

In the quote, in the image link, change the Capitol M or L to a S

[Nikolai]

In the quote, in the image link, change the Capitol M or L to a SThanks, Greaps!:thumb

[rahmonster]

:jawdropThese are gorgeous! Oh and no way am I getting sick of admiring the wonderful shots from Yosemite so don't worry. That 2nd shot is absolutely stunning!

[gus]

:jawdropThese are gorgeous! Oh and no way am I getting sick of admiring the wonderful shots from Yosemite so don't worry. That 2nd shot is absolutely stunning!
You wanna try sitting here processing 1300 of them in RAW ????

Man i got calouses where i shouldnt have them from the last 2 days on the computer.

But... its a good pain :thumb

[Andy]

In the quote, in the image link, change the Capitol M or L to a S

or to a -Ti for a teeny tiny reference shot if you are speaking of just one photo of many :D

[bkriete]

Those are wonderful...can't decide if I like 2, 3, or 5 best.

[Steve Cavigliano]

i'm glad you posted these. the ir is great! love the black water, eh? :D

and bambi looks to be jumping right onto my dinner plate :rofl
Thanks Andy :D

And thanks for taking the time to post those IR post processing instructions. They've really helped my IR shots :thumb

Why doesn't you comment about Bambi surprise me?....lol We've got to try venison or elk next time you're out here :clap

Thanks again,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Steve the BW pic before the deer is incredible, that should be printed laaarge!Thnxs for sharing...
Thanks Eric :D
I really like that one too :clap I was also thinking of maybe an 11X19 of that one. I'll give it a try :):


Thanks for looking,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Wow Steve
What a sweet set as your Finale :thumb

Would you just know it with all that elbow room in Yosemite someone :dunno has to stick theirs in your Pristine shot :D

Really dig the second to last, besides Andy already got dibs on the venisen (sp, maybe) :lol
Thanks Ben :D

Sam didn't elbow into that shot, he was supposed to be the main subject...lol Lots of DR in that shot, so I didn't capture Sam's face as well as I would have liked :dunno

That deer shot was tough. It happened during my 15 minutes of using the 600mm lens. I was really worried about my tripod toppling over with this $7000+ piece of glass on it. Then all of a sudden this small herd of deer started running towards us from across the meadow. I swung that 16 incher....lol around and tried to capture what I could (I got more than a few deer butts, BTW :lol ) You'll also notice the shallow DOF that that lens gives ya @ F5.6 :rolleyes

Anyhow, thanks for your comments and you'll have to fight Andy for the venison....lol


Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Steve,


Heh, how in the heck could you get sick of shots like these? :D :dunno Just plain awesome, so wonderfull to look at. :clap

AJ
Thanks AJ :D

Noooooo, I'm not sick of these type shots. I just figured with 30 members posting shots of the same area, that many of you would be getting a bit tired of the SOS :dunno The best part of looking at and processing these shots is that I remember what I was doing before the shot and who I was shooting with. That was where the real fun was at :thumb

Thanks for looking and for your kind comments,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Good stuff mate....that IR is beautifull.


I hope to get some up in a day or 2.

Gus
Thanks Gus :D

Oh man, Andy and I drove back semi-comatose. I had to take Monday off to recuperate :rolleyes I can just imagine how tough it must have been for you folks who had to travel back home to another continent :huh Get some rest and then start posting some shots :thumb

I'm really interested in seeing some of those bird shots you got :rofl

Thanks for commenting and I had a ball shooting with ya,

Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Steve, those shots are wonderful, really great! I love clouds, especially when there is something tall enough to meet them.

You really done good there.........now the deer, enjoy him Andy.

ginger
Thanks Ginger :D

This place was sooo full of photo ops, you'd have to shoot with your lens cap on to screw it up :lol There was lots of "tall" there. We were at 3500 feet, or so in the Valley and those tall peaks still towered over us :uhoh


Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

IR are gorgeous!:clap
And I really like the pine needles..:thumb
Deer shot is a great capture, but a bit OOF:-( not that have a better one:-)
Thanks!
Cheers!:1drink
Thanks Nik :D

I sort of liked that pine needle shot too. Like greaps I was trying for something "different" and a shot of the moisture on those needles, with that colorful oof background, seemed like a good idea.

As for the deer, I think he's less oof than not sharpened when I resized him downwards :rolleyes

After a bit of USM
http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22085409-L.jpg

I shot this whole series in continuous and was set to One Shot, instead of AI Servo :dunno So I'm sure they could have been sharper with the right settings...lol

The shot before the one above
http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22085408-L.jpg

The DOF was pretty small, at this distance, using the 600mm @ F 5.6 :uhoh


Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Love the IR shots Steve.
Thanks Brian :D

As you wrote in your "Something Different" thread, I was going for something unique that wouldn't look like everyone elses shots. IR is really good for this, not to mention what IR does to landscapes :): While it wound up not being that unique, I think 4 or 5 of us were shooting IR. I really couldn't have gone all that way and not come home with at least a couple nice IR shots :clap

Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Wow! I am new here, but you can keep on posting em if they look like these!!!
LOL Thanks Huffmajo :D

Nothing in the world makes me feel as good as when someone asks me to post more pics :thumb Now that I think about it, that's pretty sad :lol :lol


J/K and thank you for taking the time to view these pics and comment,
Steve

[pathfinder]

Thanks Nik :D

I sort of liked that pine needle shot too. Like greaps I was trying for something "different" and a shot of the moisture on those needles, with that colorful oof background, seemed like a good idea.

As for the deer, I think he's less oof than not sharpened when I resized him downwards :rolleyes

After a bit of USM
http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22085409-Ti.jpg

I shot this whole series in continuous and was set to One Shot, instead of AI Servo :dunno So I'm sure they could have been sharper with the right settings...lol

The shot before the one above
http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22085408-Ti.jpg

The DOF was pretty small, at this distance, using the 600mm @ F 5.6 :uhoh


Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve


Lovely series of images, Steve. I liked your wet pine needles also. I like those kind of location detail shots.

Shooting 600mm lenses is a new skill set in itself. DOF is Very shallow as you said. I am still learning with my 300 and 2X telextender.

[gus]

Thanks Gus :D

Oh man, Andy and I drove back semi-comatose. I had to take Monday off to recuperate :rolleyes I can just imagine how tough it must have been for you folks who had to travel back home to another continent :huh Get some rest and then start posting some shots :thumb

I'm really interested in seeing some of those bird shots you got :rofl

Thanks for commenting and I had a ball shooting with ya,

Steve
Did you get to the bird joint on the way home ?

I actually had a great flight home...got to the airport really early & was 1st in line to ask for the 1st 'cattle class' isle seat behind biz class at the emergency exit & had maybe 8 or 9 feet leg room. Took some little helpers & slept for about 11 of the 13 hours to New Zealand & then got another good seat almost straight away back to 0z..only 3 & a half hours home so sat in 3 seats by myself & shot maybe 100 out of the window as the sun was rising over the clouds & wing.

Made almost a fatal error by asking the hostie if i could get my gear down & "shoot out of the window" as we were taking off & she looked shocked & asked me to repeat what i had just said !! I realised immediately & corrected myself & said "photograph out of the window" She realised i had said the wrong word & was cool with all the lenses on the spare seats.

...you really have to think about what you say on a plane these days.

It was great meeting you & all the advice you past on to me as simple as it may have been it helped me out heaps. My 400 sits perm on the 20D now & im shooting the water skiers going past my unit today....great fun.

You know who to call when you lob over here mate....i'll run you about & show you birds like youve never seen.

Thanks heaps mate :thumb

[Harryb]

Enough already. Geez it was bad enough to have missed the trip but you have to keep posting these great pics. These have better be the last ones or you will have some explaining to do. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/xxbah.gif

[Steve Cavigliano]

Really nice photos Steve, as were all of the pics from Yosemite.
Thanks shay :D

As I've maintained all along, the pics were just the icing on the cake. Getting to meet all these folks and being able to laugh, joke and shoot with them was something I'll never forget. In a group this large, you'd figure there would be some folks you just wouldn't hit it off with. Not so with this group :thumb Everyone was a hoot to be with :clap

See ya next year in Utah?

Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Gotta love those IR shots. :thumb


Eric
Thanks Eric :D

That's the main reason I kept at least one of my Sonys. I really enjoy IR and they do it so easily. Although, now that I've seen some of Andy's wideeeeeeeeeee modded DR pics, I'm not sure a 38mm wide angle will cut it anymore.....lol

Thanks for the comments,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

well it is the deer and that pine I like the pine shot a lot it's very dif. if it was a butt shot i would buy it :clap :DLOL Jeff, glad you liked them and yes I do have some deer butt shots for sale :lol As a matter of fact, Andy had left his tripod/camera in the meadow and the deer ran right past it. Here I am trying not to drop that 600mm while panning with those running deer and I see his set up in my VF as I'm snapping away. So not only do I have some nice deer butt shots, I have them with Andy's set up in the frame :rofl

Thanks for looking,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

These three, mate, they're great. Super job! You really did save the best to last. Next you'll turn water into wine!

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/22048961-S.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/21954833-S.jpg

http://freezeframephotography.smugmug.com/photos/21954836-S.jpg
Thanks Sid :D

I was in such a hurry to join the avalanche of Yosemite posts, I overlooked some pretty decent shots. Andy's IR post processing tutorial really helped too :clap The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that we were there in perfect weather. Those clouds did a lot for many of our pics :thumb If I wanted a crystal clear Tunnel View shot, I could just have picked up a postcard at the Village Store.....LOL

Thanks for your too kind comments,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

:jawdropThese are gorgeous! Oh and no way am I getting sick of admiring the wonderful shots from Yosemite so don't worry. That 2nd shot is absolutely stunning!
G'day Rahmonster and thank you :D

Glad you aren't getting tired of all these shootout shots. One of the best memories I have from this trip is getting to spend so much time with one of your countrymen. I've always liked Austrailia and the Ozzies I've met. But meeting Gus cemented the deal. If I ever have enough $ to go on a long trip, forget Europe, or Asia (no offense intended), I'm going to visit you folks down under :thumb I can't imagine any other country, with any nicer folks :clap

Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Those are wonderful...can't decide if I like 2, 3, or 5 best.
Thanks BK :D

I'm glad you enjoyed even one of them, let alone 3 of them :thumb

If you ever get a opportunity to shoot with any fellow Dgrinners, I suggest you jump at the chance. This shoot would have been far less enjoyable without a group of really fine folks to share the results with :D That obviously applies to the folks that didn't get to attend too. Man I love this place.....lol


Thanks for looking,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Lovely series of images, Steve. I liked your wet pine needles also. I like those kind of location detail shots.

Shooting 600mm lenses is a new skill set in itself. DOF is Very shallow as you said. I am still learning with my 300 and 2X telextender.
Thanks PF :D

So how did Kathy's flower and plant shots come out? She let us chimp a few of her shots and I believe she had some very nice ones captured :thumb Of course, almost everything looks good in that 1.8" LCD......lol

You aren't kidding about that shallow DOF :rolleyes Next time I get to use this lens (and there will be a next time), I'll make sure I've got the camera set up better. F8 for starters and AI Servo selected too....lol

Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Did you get to the bird joint on the way home ?

I actually had a great flight home...got to the airport really early & was 1st in line to ask for the 1st 'cattle class' isle seat behind biz class at the emergency exit & had maybe 8 or 9 feet leg room. Took some little helpers & slept for about 11 of the 13 hours to New Zealand & then got another good seat almost straight away back to 0z..only 3 & a half hours home so sat in 3 seats by myself & shot maybe 100 out of the window as the sun was rising over the clouds & wing.

Made almost a fatal error by asking the hostie if i could get my gear down & "shoot out of the window" as we were taking off & she looked shocked & asked me to repeat what i had just said !! I realised immediately & corrected myself & said "photograph out of the window" She realised i had said the wrong word & was cool with all the lenses on the spare seats.

...you really have to think about what you say on a plane these days.

It was great meeting you & all the advice you past on to me as simple as it may have been it helped me out heaps. My 400 sits perm on the 20D now & im shooting the water skiers going past my unit today....great fun.

You know who to call when you lob over here mate....i'll run you about & show you birds like youve never seen.

Thanks heaps mate :thumb
Gus,
Nah, we didn't make it too the Baylands. We got back and it was raining on and off, plus we were beat :rolleyes The drive seemed a lot longer on the way back.......lol We missed your stories :wink


LOL @ you asking to SHOOT on the plane :rofl Yep, you've really got to watch what you say nowadays :huh If you see a friend named Jack on the plane, you definitely don't want to shout out "Hi Jack" :lol

So did ya nail that Osprey/Sea Eagle yet?


Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Enough already. Geez it was bad enough to have missed the trip but you have to keep posting these great pics. These have better be the last ones or you will have some explaining to do. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/xxbah.gif
LOL Harry. You got room to talk with those darn rookery pics. You've had me drooling all over myself for days :huh Well, drooling more than I normally do anyway....lol

We surely missed ya. We needed another crusty old fart along to keep these younguns under control. Being the only "mature" one there was a tough job:lol

Yep, last ones ( I got birds to shoot...lol) and thanks so much for your comments,

Steve

[Seamus]

Thanks shay :D

As I've maintained all along, the pics were just the icing on the cake. Getting to meet all these folks and being able to laugh, joke and shoot with them was something I'll never forget. In a group this large, you'd figure there would be some folks you just wouldn't hit it off with. Not so with this group :thumb Everyone was a hoot to be with :clap

See ya next year in Utah?

Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve
It was an amazing achievement to see so many people gel so well. If I can I will be there.

[SusanB]

Excellent Steve,

While I really enjoy looking at all of them, the dew on the pine needles is a delightful surprise. :clap :clap :clap

Susan

[Steve Cavigliano]

Excellent Steve,

While I really enjoy looking at all of them, the dew on the pine needles is a delightful surprise. :clap :clap :clap

Susan
Thanks Susan :D

I thought it was pretty kewl too. It gave me something to do to keep warm too...lol


Steve

[MiagraphicsPhotography]

I am new here and I'm fairly new to more than point and click photography but.. that second shot reminds me of home (I'm from Alberta, Canada) and the Rocky mountains.

Thanks!!

[Steve Cavigliano]

I am new here and I'm fairly new to more than point and click photography but.. that second shot reminds me of home (I'm from Alberta, Canada) and the Rocky mountains.

Thanks!!
Thanks Miagraphics :D and welcome to Dgrin :wave

Glad you liked the shot of that rugged terrain. There are many other Yosemite shots in this forum that I'm sure you'll enjoy as well.

We also have a few other members who live in Alberta :-) SO I'm sure you'll see some "local" shots posted here too.

Thanks for your comments and I hope you enjoy Dgrin,
Steve