my walk this morning...

[lynnma]

my walk this morning was so beautiful, I just wanted to share it with you. Pictures are'nt the best but I wanted to share anyway... come with me, it's cool and misty, the chickadees are singing and I just heard a coyote... and I'm alone...

[lynnma]

my walk this morning was so beautiful, I just wanted to share it with you. Pictures are'nt the best but I wanted to share anyway... come with me, it's cool and misty... the dam

[lynnma]

the dam frozen lake

[lynnma]

try again...

[lynnma]

last one...

[Shay Stephens]

last one...
Really beautiful, all of them. The mist in the air really adds a nice feel to them. Well done.

[lynnma]

Really beautiful, all of them. The mist in the air really adds a nice feel to them. Well done.Thank you Shay, coming from you I take that as a real confidence booster and go forth again to take more.. and more.. and more... and maybe? I'll improve.
:D Lynn

[gus]

Nice shots...still looks real cold there lyn. Do your coyote's travel in packs ? We were woken nearly every morning as kids with dingoes howling at 4am. Certainly put your head under the blanket when they came close to the house.

[lynnma]

Nice shots...still looks real cold there lyn. Do your coyote's travel in packs ? We were woken nearly every morning as kids with dingoes howling at 4am. Certainly put your head under the blanket when they came close to the house.Hi humy thanks, no it was lovely today, about...65F or there abouts when I was out. Snow is melting like mad. Funny you should mention the coyotes.. yes they do run in packs and I was talking to a hunter one day who was telling me they will bring a deer down no problem and when he hikes alone he carries a gun just in case... I'd forgotton all about that conversation til I heard the coyote in the forest this morning... I did pick up a big stick (big help) and figured at least I'd get some good teeth shots before I died. I'm trying not to be paranoid as I love to hike alone.
Lynn:huh

[GREAPER]

As ussual, your shots are all very nice. I liked them all.

[gus]

If they will bring a deer down then a human is easy game...watch out.

I spent a lot of time in the bush as a kid by myself on a very old yamaha 175 ag bike. My father put a rifle sling on the front of it & wouldnt let me go of on my explorations without a rifle. Sometimes you would get a cross breed that wasnt as frightened of humans, he said if i fell & broke a leg, he may not find me for a day or 2 so i was in danger of a pack without a gun.

I used to trap & skin dingo's as a kid, got abot 50 odd a year for pocket money...I used to make a lure consisting of bullocks blood..ammonia & dog crap all mixed together & spread it around the traps, wild bloody smell let me tell you. We had a few thousand acres dingo fenced to keep them away from livestock but kangaroos would fight through the fence & rip a hole in the netting fence & next thing you know we would have half a dozen dingoes tearing the sheep to bits....they will 'thrill kill' often only taking a kidney, their fav bit of sheep. We would ride around & have to shoot the wounded the next morning. If they wer'nt too bad then we would sew them up on the spot.

We had a 'working dog' pound that had a 9' fence around & one night they got in there & we never saw one of the working kelpies again. Cattle dogs wer'nt there at the time... lucky for the dingo's or there would have been dingo splattered all over the place, cattle dogs fear nothing !

Do coyotes bark like a dog ? A pure bred dingo wont...just a howl that makes the hair on your neck stand up.

[gus]

They are a beautiful animal...see the white tips on the ears & chest, sign of a purebred. Also very wide at the base of the ears

[komet]

lynnma, those are beautiful pics.

[lynnma]

If they will bring a deer down then a human is easy game...watch out.


We had a 'working dog' pound that had a 9' fence around & one night they got in there & we never saw one of the working kelpies again. Cattle dogs wer'nt there at the time... lucky for the dingo's or there would have been dingo splattered all over the place, cattle dogs fear nothing !

Do coyotes bark like a dog ? A pure bred dingo wont...just a howl that makes the hair on your neck stand up.
this is a bear that was taken with one of those throw away camera a few years ago. I was camping a group of women and were way out in the mountains of New Hampshire when this bear pushed us out of camp and ate all our food. Lay on his back and tumbled the cookies in his feet before he ate them, packet and all. He ate for over two hours and we were cold and hungary.. what a night that was. He was very big and not scared of us at all.

[wxwax]

:yikes Amazing you got a shot of it.

Your pics o' the morning mist are corkers. Magical quality to them, especially #1. Nice job! :thumb

[lynnma]

:yikes Amazing you got a shot of it.

Your pics o' the morning mist are corkers. Magical quality to them, especially #1. Nice job! :thumbThank you waxy dear... I appreciate that coming from you:lust

[hutchman]

Lyn,

Great shots. One question, has the first shot been PSed to enhance the color of the road or is that natural?

Again, really nice stuff.

Hutch

[lynnma]

Lyn,

Great shots. One question, has the first shot been PSed to enhance the color of the road or is that natural?

Again, really nice stuff.

HutchThanks Hutch.. I upt the saturation just a tad but it was pretty close to natural.. I've been trying not to "over do " the ps stuff.
:):D

[pathfinder]

Thanks Hutch.. I upt the saturation just a tad but it was pretty close to natural.. I've been trying not to "over do " the ps stuff.
:):D
Lynn, your best work to date - way to go!! Shooting in the fog can be a lot of fun as I am sure you know all too well....

A coyote will not bother a full grown adult either - so - no worries, mate.....http://www.dgrin.com/images/icons/lickout.gif

[ian408]

Lynn,

Every one of them are keepers! I love the contrast between the mist and
color. Very magical.

Ian

[lynnma]

Lynn, your best work to date - way to go!! Shooting in the fog can be a lot of fun as I am sure you know all too well....

A coyote will not bother a full grown adult either - so - no worries, mate.....http://www.dgrin.com/images/icons/lickout.gifThanks Ian.. it was a magical walk. Its my first time shooting in the fog actually, I wondered if I would be able to capture it.
I've never worried about coyotes until this year when there are soooo many here and they are all in HUGE packs...Husband of lynnma is getting me some mace to carry (hopefully the big size) just in case, mace will keep dogs or coyotes from tearing lynnma to shreds. When the big bear came towards me I hid the mace behind my back... and it nodded knowingly, like "don't even think of waving that toy in front of me look". God, it's fur looked about 6 inches thick...

Thanks all for your kind words about my pics...most appreciated.

Lynn:D

[Sam]

Lynnma,

Thanks for the tour. I really liked the photos, and think you did a good job of capturing the feelings / images of your walk. (Verry difficult to do)

ps: Isn't it amazing how much bigger a bear looks up close and personal?

[lynnma]

Lynnma,

Thanks for the tour. I really liked the photos, and think you did a good job of capturing the feelings / images of your walk. (Verry difficult to do)

ps: Isn't it amazing how much bigger a bear looks up close and personal?thanks Sam.. yes it's amazing all right.. very intimidating indeed...:nod

[mystic7]

Beautiful pics, lyn. Where do you live, Sleepy Hollow? I'm telling you, the more I see pictures like these, the more I hate S. Florida, warm weather or not. It's just so green and brown and blah here!
M7

[ian408]

Thanks Ian.. it was a magical walk. Its my first time shooting in the fog actually, I wondered if I would be able to capture it.
I've never worried about coyotes until this year when there are soooo many here and they are all in HUGE packs...Husband of lynnma is getting me some mace to carry (hopefully the big size) just in case, mace will keep dogs or coyotes from tearing lynnma to shreds. When the big bear came towards me I hid the mace behind my back... and it nodded knowingly, like "don't even think of waving that toy in front of me look". God, it's fur looked about 6 inches thick...

Thanks all for your kind words about my pics...most appreciated.

Lynn:D
I saw a coyote in Woodside (of all places) yesterday. In fact, I almost
hit it as it wandered down the road. Portola Road is popular with the bicycling
crowd and there were a number of them stopped to look at it. I wish I had
the camera with me.

Best advice is to not walk alone. Often, predatory animals look for that
behavior.

Ian

[lynnma]

Beautiful pics, lyn. Where do you live, Sleepy Hollow? I'm telling you, the more I see pictures like these, the more I hate S. Florida, warm weather or not. It's just so green and brown and blah here!
M7I live in Athol Ma... and yes it is sleepy hollow... too sleepy sometimes. Small rather depressed town but picking up a bit now. My walk was in the Quabbin reservoir which is always lovely any time of year.

[lynnma]

I saw a coyote in Woodside (of all places) yesterday. In fact, I almost
hit it as it wandered down the road. Portola Road is popular with the bicycling
crowd and there were a number of them stopped to look at it. I wish I had
the camera with me.

Best advice is to not walk alone. Often, predatory animals look for that
behavior.

IanYep you are probably right Ian but how can I not go into the woods alone with my camera... I figure big mace has to do it.. maybe they will realize I'm one of them and leave me alone :nono no no no - no shredding Lynnma

[lynnma]

another walk yesterday... please critique cruelly... lest methinks I'm improving
must not get big in boots....:)

[lynnma]

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[Jewel]

Beautiful pictures. Of course, I'd rather be where I'm at in sunny and warm Florida.

Jewel

[lynnma]

Beautiful pictures. Of course, I'd rather be where I'm at in sunny and warm Florida.

JewelHi Jewel!! thanks and welcome (did I say that already? so many new people). I keep going out and looking for SOMETHING that is not frozen to shoot! I'm desperate. Where in Florida are you? I'm visiting friends next week for a few days of snorkling and sun... and photographs (hopefully).
:D

[Baldy]

Amazing shots, Lynnma. To improve beyond those is going to be a tall order.

[rutt]

I love the shots from Saturday. Could be postcards or National Geographic or somthing. As Baldy says, not much room for improvement.

The pond shot from today has a cyan cast in the high midtones. You can see that the sky isn't true blue, but you know it must really have been less green because of the reflection in the pond. That means that there is too much yellow in the very light parts of the photo:

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/3157597-M.jpg

I corrected this:

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/3154636-L.jpg

I lost some detail in the clouds when I did this. Part of the problem is tha tthe ski is overexposed. I don't think you could really help this. The subject of the photo is the pond and you do want that to be properly exposed.
Anyway, to make a long story short, you can probably make the sky blue and retain the cloud detail with a little plate blending if it matters. It wasn't worth doing on the low res image.

[lynnma]

I love the shots from Saturday. Could be postcards or National Geographic or somthing. As Baldy says, not much room for improvement.

The pond shot from today has a cyan cast in the high midtones. You can see that the sky isn't true blue, but you know it must really have been less green because of the reflection in the pond. That means that there is too much yellow in the very light parts of the photo:

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/3157597-M.jpg

I corrected this:

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/3154636-L.jpg

I lost some detail in the clouds when I did this. Part of the problem is tha tthe ski is overexposed. I don't think you could really help this. The subject of the photo is the pond and you do want that to be properly exposed.
Anyway, to make a long story short, you can probably make the sky blue and retain the cloud detail with a little plate blending if it matters. It wasn't worth doing on the low res image.Thanks Rutt, I can see the improvement in the cyan cast. Maybe I'll try the shot again and do a Waxy on it. Two exposures, one for the pond, one for the sky.
lynn

[Max Power]

Great shots Lyn. I think you are a touch over exposed on some of them. It sure would be cool if you could give some details of the shots. Shutter speed, ISO, aperture, lens focal length. I bumped the exposure down a bit on the second pic. This is closer to what I would be looking for.

http://coolpics.smugmug.com/photos/3158167-L.jpg

http://coolpics.smugmug.com/photos/3158168-L.jpg

[lynnma]

Great shots Lyn. I think you are a touch over exposed on some of them. It sure would be cool if you could give some details of the shots. Shutter speed, ISO, aperture, lens focal length. I bumped the exposure down a bit on the second pic. This is closer to what I would be looking for.

http://coolpics.smugmug.com/photos/3158167-L.jpg

http://coolpics.smugmug.com/photos/3158168-L.jpgIts better, definately better... I'm bushed but I'll look up the settings tomorrow and post. Thanks a lot Max :)

[Max Power]

Its better, definately better... I'm bushed but I'll look up the settings tomorrow and post. Thanks a lot Max :)

:thumb

[wxwax]

Really nice shots, Lynn! That's two days in a row, girl!

Hey, I was reading about polarizing filters just now, and wondering if they would help with your dilemma - bright sky and dark subject? Anyone here have enough experience with polarizing filters to say if one would solve Lynn's challenge?

[Sandy]

An incredible place to live and take your morning walks. Beautiful shots. Thanks

[bikehiker]

Nice photos Lynn. and about the coyotes get the pepper spray it stops bears too! Just replace yearly.

[lynnma]

Nice photos Lynn. and about the coyotes get the pepper spray it stops bears too! Just replace yearly.thanks Mike.. I will... I have bear Karma.. they follow me around for some reason. Where ever I do I seem to have a bear experience.. usually fun... so far.
Lynn

[damonff]

WOW Lynn - those are nice.

[lynnma]

WOW Lynn - those are nice.Thanks Damon, I always love your picutures, look forward to seeing more.
Lynn:D

[tgame]

Coo! The places some people live in!

But not all share them like this.

Thanks. They are gorgeous.


last one...

[lynnma]

Coo! The places some people live in!

But not all share them like this.

Thanks. They are gorgeous.Hi Tony,

Thanks so much... looking at your profile I see you are English..ME TOO! bin here a long time tho. Welcome to the forum... looking forward to more pictures from you.
I'm from Cambridge, Willingham, actually :).

Lynn

[lynnma]

I'm off to bed but.... this was part of my walk today... I'm so lucky...this is such a beautiful place... and it's 3 minutes from my house..:nod

[ReeferBen]

Very nice shots, love the way the mist adds to the effect!