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Good pic from the lake last weekend
« on: September 14, 2006, 10:07:55 AM »
Took this with my new toy (Canon 70-200 f/2.8L). Would you believe this old fart is well into his 70's?! He still skis at least three days a week, even during the dead of winter.

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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2006, 10:10:54 AM »
SWEET PIC!  I really like the way the water catches the sunlight and glows with that lovely late afternoon gold color.  How big is the original?
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2006, 10:11:25 AM »
Very nice. I like the contrast between the color of the spray and the the black (I'll assume underexposed) skier.
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2006, 10:17:27 AM »
Native image was 3072 x 2048 which equates to roughly 11 x 17 at 180 dpi. Image files are usually around 3 Mb.

The original image was actually a regular daylight shot, but the backlit water spray completely overpowered the shot. However, a quick contrast tweak in PShop produced the image above.

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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2006, 10:58:59 AM »
Last night in Aguadilla, PR.

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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2006, 04:45:25 PM »
Brad,

Great capture! Can you post a larger version? I'd like to see how it looks as a background...say 1024 x 768?

Thanks.

And here's my contribution. Canon 100-400 IS L lens that I picked up a few weeks ago.

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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2006, 05:22:48 PM »
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Would you believe this old fart is well into his 70's?! He still skis at least three days a week, even during the dead of winter.
Lucky old man. I had to give up water skiing about 10 years ago, a previous spinal injury made it too painful to ski anymore. Sad  Great picture btw.

Sitting on the deck and enjoying a cold one is about the most exciting thing I do around water anymore (besides fishing).

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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2006, 05:33:45 PM »
Brad, what shutter speed did you use for that pic?  Sweet shot.
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2006, 06:01:24 PM »


Right outside my college. Pretty amazing to this city boy's eyes. Taken at f11 and 1/500 shutter speed, 400 speed film, with my father's olympus om-1 circa 1972. His present from HIS father for college graduation.
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« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2006, 06:55:30 PM »
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Great capture! Can you post a larger version? I'd like to see how it looks as a background...say 1024 x 768?
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Brad, what shutter speed did you use for that pic?  Sweet shot.
Without looking at the pic data file, I think I was running somewhere around 1/450 @ f/4.0 using ISO 100.

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« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2006, 08:10:52 AM »
Great photos by all.

Brad, the way you captured that spray is sweet.  The pic brings back good memories of high school and college summers I spent on the lake, skiing when the fish weren't biting and fishing when I was too tired to ski.
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2006, 11:45:55 AM »
End of summer pics?



These were all take Labor day weekend, above 9,000'






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