Train or boat or drive - you will fall in love with the beautiful nature
by pgirish007

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Could have called this one "just down the river". :-) Good luck with this aerial view there Girish. I'll bet this looks a whole lot different once the leaves come off, eh?

In waving grass I stood
by RianBotes

Comment:
Beautiful! Lovely wildlife capture.

Inquisitive Ratites
by ThingFish

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Not these guys again? LOL Interesting (curious) creatures for sure. Good luck, hope it does well for you Fred.

Forever Changed ~ Bear Lake RMNP
by Ja-9

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Hmm. Feels like we've seen this before. ??? Lovely location and well captured.

Ah, found it. Lighting is a bit different. Haven't seen you around since April?! Yikes. Well, good luck with this one. Should do well.

Engineer Mountain, San Juans, Colorado
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
Awesome capture! Wish it wasn't a square crop, but still, very nice.

Alpine Valley
by MargaretNet

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There's that windshield look again. :-) Well, not quite so defined this time. Pretty view.

Osprey Nest, Salt Marsh, Golden Hour
by Bear_Music

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Hooray! A drone shot I can appreciate and like. :-) Nice.

Rural Expanse
by skewsme

Comment:
My guess is the blown out highlights being mentioned are actually vibrant yellow trees in fall color.

Transition
by glad2badad

Comment:

Originally posted by GolferDDS: I am interested in your technique. I am fascinated by the fact that you have such a sharp focus on the stars which required a fast shutter speed and yet there is light coming from either a sunrise or a town on the other side of the mountain. So what interests me is how you get both the light and dark so nicely exposed. Good job.

Thanks for the comment / question. It's a bit of experimentation to find the right ISO and shutter speed. Started with the 400 rule (400 divided by focal length … 400/24 = 16 seconds rounded down). Take a few exposures to dial in the settings. Hardest part is getting focus. The lens I used, like many, doesn't quite sit right at the infinity mark. Just a slight movement in focus (like 1/32") made a big difference. In retrospect I think I sharpened this a bit too much in post (I should edit on my PC and good monitor instead of being lazy and doing it on a laptop in front of the TV - LOL).

Seaside
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:

Originally posted by Dr.Confuser: Originally posted by glad2badad: Nice, but it's all in the crop. How interesting. I saw a wide beach, both from side to side and in the depth of the beach. I saw a wide sky. Wide reflections. And I guess I was blinded by that. You saw a wide crop, and were maybe blinded by that. I was focused on wide content. You seemed to focus on wide form. At least from my perspective, it was not “all in the crop.”

Guess I didn't expect this challenge to be a 'Panoramic' challenge (we have those too once in a while).