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10/20/2008 02:49:51 PM · #1 |
Thought it was about time I loaded up some images from the recent bay area sojurn. Here's some shots from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium for starters:
   
  
And here's  Generale with his son Isaac in a valley inland from Bixby Creek at Big Sur. Those are young redwoods behind them.
R.
ETA: Sheesh, I forgot JELLY 2 (above)
Message edited by author 2008-10-20 16:08:37. |
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10/20/2008 03:46:59 PM · #2 |
And here's  jdannels shooting at the edge of a 300-foot dropoff just north of Point Sur in a 40-mph wind :-)
...and this is approximately what he was shooting at, except he was using a longer lens :-)
R.
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10/20/2008 03:58:54 PM · #3 |
| The jellies are fascinating--so many shapes, sizes, and colors. |
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10/20/2008 03:59:04 PM · #4 |
Thanks for a great trip -- glad you made it home safely. Here are the sample pictures I already posted when I got back:
   
  
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10/20/2008 04:04:47 PM · #5 |
And while Joe and I were down at Big Sur we came across a place where they are (apparently) rehabilitating California Condors and preparing to insert them back into the Ventana wilderness:
R.
Message edited by author 2008-10-20 23:52:55. |
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10/20/2008 07:50:28 PM · #6 |
And here's the world-famous Bixby Creek Bridge, considered the greatest marvel of road building in America at the time of its completion in 1932.
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10/20/2008 08:12:50 PM · #7 |
| Beautiful pictures. Looks like you had a great trip! |
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10/20/2008 08:32:41 PM · #8 |
I was just following your lead Robert. :)
  
Some of the Condors we ran into!
  
And one that Bear told me to take. :)
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10/20/2008 09:02:04 PM · #9 |
My shots of the bridge    and the valley behind it  |
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10/20/2008 11:10:06 PM · #10 |
When you get aome photographers who really know how to take pictures
and set them loose in photogenic territory, this is what you get.
Fantastic images, people. |
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10/20/2008 11:56:35 PM · #11 |
I did some googling on the condors, and indeed there's been an active condor reintroduction program on the Big Sur coast at least since 2006. Google "condors big sur" and get quite a few links to sites and videos, awesome stuff.
Amusing side note: in the first line google asks me "Did you mean "condos at Big Sur?" Jejejeâ„¢
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10/21/2008 04:13:40 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Amusing side note: in the first line google asks me "Did you mean "condos at Big Sur?" Jejejeâ„¢ |
Funny, when I googled, it said "Did you mean big condoms, sir?" Bwaahahaaaa. :P
Great photos, guys! I was REALLY tempted to jump on a plane when I heard bear was going down there. Just not good timing for me. Looks like good times were had by all. Thanks for sharing. |
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10/21/2008 12:06:29 PM · #13 |
Here are some more from the area around Bixby Creek:
  
  
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10/22/2008 12:21:11 PM · #14 |
Here are some more shots from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I was very surprised at how many shots "worked" -- the lightng, glass, and lack of reflections were all far better than I've experenced previously. I still had to go to ISO 400 (at least) for almost all the shots, which (on my camera) is quite noisy, so most of these have had a touch of noise-reduction applied. All of these are hand-held, shutter-priority mode.
  
   
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10/22/2008 12:30:14 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
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Interesting to compare that one with this one:
No noise reduction needed on mine. Mine's shot with the 20D, minimally processed. Yours is with one of your several Powershots I believe, though I don't know which one. I used the comm f/2.8 Canon Macro lens, for what that's worth...
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10/22/2008 12:47:24 PM · #16 |
These are all shot with the Canon S3 IS; here is the (partial) EXIF and the resized original:
File: - IMG_6108.JPG
Model - Canon PowerShot S3 IS
DateTime - 2008:10:09 15:50:39
ExposureTime - 1/20 seconds
FNumber - 3.50
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/20 seconds
ApertureValue - F 3.51
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 3.51
MeteringMode - Center weighted average
Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 35.40 mm
ColorSpace - sRGB
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Auto
DigitalZoomRatio - 1.00 x
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Macro mode - Normal
Self timer - Off
Quality - Superfine
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Single or Timer
Focus mode - Single
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Manual
Digital zoom - None
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal
ISO Value - 16784 (other) = ISO 400
Metering mode - Center weighted
Focus type - Auto
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Tv-priority
Subject Distance - 143
Image Type - IMG:PowerShot S3 IS JPEG
Image Number - 1036108
Owner Name - PMarcus©
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10/22/2008 12:53:45 PM · #17 |
You really want your addy posted in here paul?
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10/22/2008 12:57:27 PM · #18 |
Well, that's why I have a PO Box as contact point -- anybody tries anything "funny" with that and I'll have the FBI on my side. But I took it out anyway ...
I thought I did pretty good getting all that info into the puny number of bytes Canon allocates that field.
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10/23/2008 02:16:23 PM · #19 |
And here's the Golden Gate bridge on a misty morning as I waited for dennis ( estimatedeyes):
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10/23/2008 02:29:54 PM · #20 |
Wow those are some fantastic pictures.
What was everyone using for inside the aquarium? Lens/settings/etc. The one time I went to an aquarium the shots turned out like poop.
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10/23/2008 02:30:11 PM · #21 |
| Looks like you had an awesome trip! I was in Cali earlier in the summer but Joe and I were not able to cross paths... gotta get back there someday |
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10/23/2008 02:47:46 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Bujanx:
Wow those are some fantastic pictures.
What was everyone using for inside the aquarium? Lens/settings/etc. The one time I went to an aquarium the shots turned out like poop. |
I started out with 50mm f/1.8 at ISO 1600 and realized that was faster than I needed, amazingly. Wanted to get in closer to the Jellies so went with 60mm macro, f/2.8, ISO 800, shutter speed around 1/250 to 1/320. There WAS motion to be stopped, of course, plus stability issues as no tripod, so that worked for me. I sort of wish I'd gone to ISO 400 but to be honest I wasn't expecting much from the jellyfish images; I was pleasantly surprised. The "fish tanks" for the most part were a lot darker and there were issues there.
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