Northeastern Pennsylvania May GTG

Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF

05/08/2007 10:45:15 PM · #176

Edit : made the thumbnails smaller!

Message edited by author 2007-05-09 10:50:52.

bs-photos

Pentax K7

05/09/2007 10:28:18 AM · #177

More awesome shots vikas!! I love the 1st one 2nd row with the log & falls. You got some great portraits too!

Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro

05/09/2007 10:47:45 AM · #178

Originally posted by bs-photos:

More awesome shots vikas!! I love the 1st one 2nd row with the log & falls. You got some great portraits too!

Thanks Brandi! Most of my waterfall shots (that are decent) are from later in the day while hiking back, light was just too harsh in the afternoon.

Message edited by author 2007-05-09 10:47:52.

OdysseyF22

Panasonic DC-G9

05/09/2007 10:57:22 AM · #179

Originally posted by bs-photos:

More awesome shots vikas!! I love the 1st one 2nd row with the log & falls. You got some great portraits too!

I'll second this - you've got some great shots there vikas!

Stiger

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/09/2007 01:05:25 PM · #180

You guys should check out Vikas' photostream at Flickr. Some really awesome stuff there.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/09/2007 01:24:27 PM · #181

Honest, I was in a good mood that day...!

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

05/09/2007 01:27:59 PM · #182

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Honest, I was in a good mood that day...!

Maybe that was taken after you tested the bouyancy of your lens hood? ;-)

05/09/2007 01:52:06 PM · #183

Okay, I'm not really pleased with the outcome of my shots. But not having an ND filter and never having shot waterfalls before; I guess I'll chalk it up as a learning experience. But out of approx. 200 photos these were the best ones. I did some light image processing (mainly hues, minor dodge & burn, and some USM). So I am not sure how much is a lack of the photo and how much is a lack of pos-processing. All I know is I have a lot to learn to get my shots to come out with the quality that many of my DPC friends shoot at.

:)

(PS - Thanks for pointing the rainbow out to me in this last one.)

These shots are not photoshopped (except re-size/re-sharpen), this bizarre effect was achieved via the use of two polarizers. Not having an ND filter I was endeavoring to reduce the visible light by stacking my polarizers. On the last waterfall, when rotating one of the polarizers I noticed that I was getting strong color shifts and filtration. It created an interesting effect.

Message edited by author 2007-05-09 13:55:22.

05/09/2007 02:27:29 PM · #184

Originally posted by scalvert:

Maybe that was taken after you tested the bouyancy of your lens hood? ;-)

That just may have been the face! That situation went something like this:

Unscrew, unscrew... oops! ...boing... ...boing... ...sploosh!... ...(expletive deleted)... ...phew!...

05/09/2007 02:57:19 PM · #185

Yeah...but had it been the lens and not the lens hood it would have been.

"Unscrew, unscrew... oops! ...boing... ...boing... ...sploosh!... ...(expletive deleted)... ...more (deleted expletives)...followed by even more(deleted expletives)"

;)

05/09/2007 03:31:20 PM · #186

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Originally posted by scalvert:
Maybe that was taken after you tested the bouyancy of your lens hood? ;-)

That just may have been the face! That situation went something like this:

Unscrew, unscrew... oops! ...boing... ...boing... ...sploosh!... ...(expletive deleted)... ...phew!...

and I thought you were making that face at me for going yup yup yup yup .. ;)

I didn't know we had accidents on the trip!

Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF

05/09/2007 03:50:51 PM · #187

Yes, if anything was going to go boing boing into a stream, a lens hood was a good choice.

Speaking of accidents, how are your basketballs -- I mean cameras -- Shannon and Scott??

bs-photos

Pentax K7

05/09/2007 04:26:23 PM · #188

Any opinions on this edit?

scooter97

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

05/09/2007 08:34:27 PM · #189

You know those Canon's take a licking and keep on ticking.... oh wait that's something else haha I have taken about 100 shots since the 'bounce' and everything is working fine. Not even a nick in the paint!

05/09/2007 08:43:46 PM · #190

What did they both drop theirs?

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

05/09/2007 08:51:29 PM · #191

Shannon said he dropped his during his extended stay at the falls by the highway (before we took the falls trail). But he also claimed to have seen a bobcat at one point, and a hot babe modeling under one of the falls, so I'm learning to listen to him with a raised eyebrow :)

Scott took a little fall, possibly due to failing bionics, very near the end of our trek, and put a little bit of a ding in his lens.

Originally posted by theSaj:

What did they both drop theirs?

Message edited by author 2007-05-09 20:53:26.

scooter97

Canon EOS-6D

05/09/2007 09:04:13 PM · #192

"Scott took a little fall, possibly due to failing bionics, very near the end of our trek, and put a little bit of a ding in his lens."

I was running out of Dilithum crystals :P

pgirish007

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

05/10/2007 06:30:41 PM · #193

Originally posted by vikas:

Edit : made the thumbnails smaller!

very nice!!!!!!

TonyT

Fujifilm X-T5

Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4.0G IF-ED

05/11/2007 07:40:53 AM · #194

Alan,
Are you posting the recipe for those cookie bars here? I am still waiting.
TonyT

spydr

Nikon D850

05/11/2007 08:00:17 AM · #195

Originally posted by TonyT:

Alan,
Are you posting the recipe for those cookie bars here? I am still waiting.
TonyT

Those were awesome. Yeah Alan, give up the secret.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

05/11/2007 09:41:55 AM · #196

DISAPPEARING MARSHMALLOW BROWNIES

1/2 c. butterscotch chips
1/4 c. butter or oleo
3/4 c. flour
1/3 c. packed brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 c. mini marshmallows
1 c. semi sweet chocolate chips (6 oz.)
1/4 c. chopped nuts

Melt butterscotch chips & butter in 3 qt saucepan. Remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm. Add dry ingredients, vanilla & egg to butterscotch mixture. Mix well. Fold chips, marshmallows, and nuts into batter just until combined (about 5 strokes). Spread into greased 9x9 pan. Bake @ 350 20-25 minutes. Do not overbake. Center will be jiggly but becomes firm upon cooling. Keep pan away from Alan as he'll eat the whole damn thing before anyone else has a chance.

pgirish007

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

05/11/2007 09:48:46 AM · #197

Now you guys are making me jealous :(

First of all nice location then photography and now Brownies!!!

Did you have some more hidden treasures from the GTG that you would like to share?? ;);)

05/11/2007 09:59:37 AM · #198

Originally posted by alanfreed:

I didn't get any of the magic brownies as I was too busy cooking. So I reserve one for the next PA GTG.

05/11/2007 10:21:00 AM · #199

Originally posted by theSaj:

I didn't get any of the magic brownies as I was too busy cooking. So I reserve one for the next PA GTG.

Uh oh... sorry to hear. I'll have to mail you one :)