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[ericpmoss]

what an amazing set of clouds and rocks and mountains Eric. how did you manage to compress the tonality so nicely?

Thanks. I have no idea. Sad, but true. It may just be a "feature" of the DP Merrill sensors and software. The day was overcast enough to not blow out any highlights, so that was probably half the battle. The photo looked bland in the original color, so I just desaturated it, added a little "fill light", which is pretty primitive in the Sigma software, and boosted the contrast a bit. I don't even remember if I had my circular polarizer on at the time.

[ericpmoss]

Here's another Sigma DP2 Merrill image, this one from the "Dog Nipples" area of Zion backcountry. It must have a real name, but I just followed they guy who knew where he was going, and tried to not fall off. I'd love to see what one of you could do with a real camera...

[Rael]

Ercona II, Delta 100. Taken while hiking Spruce Mountain, in NY

[tgtaylor]

Dancing Trees - Tomales Bay State Park, California.



Pentax 67II.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Crossing Taboose Creek - Taboose Pass Trail Sierra Nevada at elevation 2440m:

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This was taken on the east side of Taboose Pass two days ago. That's not me in the picture.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Outlet, Golden Bear Lake - Sierra Nevada.



Looking west. The lake is along the original John Muir Trail which climbed over Junction Pass at its far end before the newer (and easier) route was established over Forester Pass back in the 1930's. The route is seldom used now and its turn off from the JMT is obscured. The lake was a popular campsite before humping Junction and then Shepard passes in short order and rusty tin cans are plentiful in the campsites. Apparently freeze-dried food was not in vogue back then as it is today and you packed canned food instead. I remember my first back country trip out of Yosemite where I filled my pack with can foods. By the time I reached Nevada Falls I realized that if I continued with the cans, I would be miserable the whole trip. So I went back down, got rid of the cans, and replaced with freeze dried. What a difference it made!

Pentax 645N.

Thomas

[tuco]

Nice pictures guys.

GSW690III, PanF


Snoqualmie Falls Hike by tuco, on Flickr


Snoqualmie Falls by tuco, on Flickr


Snoqualmie Falls by tuco, on Flickr

[William Whitaker]

I've posted this elsewhere before, but it's definitely apropos to this thread. This is looking back along the Mist Trail in Yosemite NP. May, 2002, about 4pm (from memory).
Rolleiflex 2.8f. Vernal Falls is roaring at the viewer's right. This was (and is) my attempt at recording Yosemite without looking like I was trying to find Ansel's tripod holes.

[David Schaller]

Wonderful images Thomas, Tuco and Will. Here's a modest contribution from the White Mountains, taken a couple months ago.

[BennehBoy]

EDIT... forgot I already posted some of these! Removed!

The view from Kinder Scout:


On the way back from a fogbound Pen-y-ghent: