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Shootout 2008 Chronicles: Castle Rock

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited November 5, 2008 in Landscapes
1: Pre-dawn:

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2: 3P pano:

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3: Sunrise:

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"May the f/stop be with you!"

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    Dooginfif20Dooginfif20 Registered Users Posts: 845 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    I love these shots. I hope to be able to shoot something like this! I am just guessing but did you shoot the last one with a high f stop and a slower shutter speed? I just want to know how to get really detailed pics like this myself with a great dof.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    Dooginfif20 wrote:
    I love these shots. I hope to be able to shoot something like this! I am just guessing but did you shoot the last one with a high f stop and a slower shutter speed? I just want to know how to get really detailed pics like this myself with a great dof.
    Thank you! thumb.gif
    All these were done on a tripod, with f/8 or slower (pretty much going hyperfocal) and as long shutter as it took. Bracketed, mostly (except for pano), then blended in PS (manually, FWIW).
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,697 moderator
    edited November 1, 2008
    Great fire in the sky in your third shot, Nikolai.

    There just was not time enough to begin to explore all the opportunities around Moab, was there?
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    spechtalspechtal Registered Users Posts: 344 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    Beautiful. I love how the water in the foreground of #1 looks like it is still moving.
    Angela
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    schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    Yes, the warm sunlight in the last really brings an unbelievable amount of depth to the scene! thumb.gif

    Definitely a morning and a location worth waiting for!
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    pathfinder wrote:
    Great fire in the sky in your third shot, Nikolai.

    There just was not time enough to begin to explore all the opportunities around Moab, was there?
    Thanks, Jim!
    One can spend his life in Southwest and still don't get enough...
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    spechtal wrote:
    Beautiful. I love how the water in the foreground of #1 looks like it is still moving.
    Thanks, love! It was, actually, I think it was a fairly long exposure:-)
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    schmoo wrote:
    Yes, the warm sunlight in the last really brings an unbelievable amount of depth to the scene! thumb.gif

    Definitely a morning and a location worth waiting for!
    "Wish you were here" iloveyou.gifthumb.gif
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    CalfeeRiderCalfeeRider Registered Users Posts: 258 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    Love the sky and colors on that lost shot!

    Isn't this Cathedral Rock in Sedona?
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    CalfeeRider wrote:
    Love the sky and colors on that lost shot!

    Isn't this Cathedral Rock in Sedona?
    Thank you Jack! thumb.gif
    I thought it's been called "Castle Rock", but I may be wrong. ne_nau.gif And yes, it's just outside Sedona, AZ. deal.gif
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    SchnauzerSchnauzer Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    Very nice work Nik. Looks like a beautiful location.
    RON
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    Schnauzer wrote:
    Very nice work Nik. Looks like a beautiful location.
    Thanks, Ron! thumb.gif
    It is indeed! The whole Sedona area is gorgeous - but so is pretty much the whole Southwest mwink.gif
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    SunnyvalejohnSunnyvalejohn Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    That is a great set of images! I like the color and reflection detail in the third. Looks like one of those places I will HAVE to visit!

    Cheers,
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    Sunnyvalejohn wrote:
    That is a great set of images! I like the color and reflection detail in the third. Looks like one of those places I will HAVE to visit!

    Cheers,
    John
    Thanks, John! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited November 2, 2008
    Beautiful shots, Nikolai! I especially like the first and the third. Love the colors in that last one. I guess it was worth getting up at 3:00 AM after all, eh? :D

    Cheers,
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    kdog wrote:
    Beautiful shots, Nikolai! I especially like the first and the third. Love the colors in that last one. I guess it was worth getting up at 3:00 AM after all, eh? :D

    Cheers,
    -joel
    Thanks, Joel, totally! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2008
    kdog wrote:
    Beautiful shots, Nikolai! I especially like the first and the third. Love the colors in that last one. I guess it was worth getting up at 3:00 AM after all, eh? :D

    Cheers,
    -joel

    Yeah, F-Stop, he slept.

    Great shots Aperature.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2008
    jdryan3 wrote:
    Yeah, F-Stop, he slept.
    Great shots Aperature.
    That Iso's couch was sure comfy, beats the hell out of the BB front seat in CDC mwink.gif
    Thanks, Shutter! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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