The Golden Grate

I couldn't resist the play on words...

"The Golden Grate"

How about some fall color shots...

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DateTime - 2008:09:22 09:47:11
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l :D nice pic John

Thanks Steve...

I nearly said 'grate pic John' :eek: - you wait, someone will :D

hehehehehe... you just did.:D

l:D

Nice shot, John)

nice one!

Nice shot John.

Thanks Keith, Fred, Steve and Lilu...

Here is one I took the other day. PRetty nice shot, Just wish the original looked this good. Had the color balance set wrong when I snapped this one. Had to tweak it...


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A beautiful day for pictures in this neck of the woods...

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Very nice colours John.
Were you wearing just one shoe? ;)

We don't get a 'fall' or Autum colours like that here unless the trees are introduced. No native deciduous trees here, though there is one in Tasmania.

Nope.. that is just a trick of the prespective of the shot. If you notice the dock in the foreground it is parrallel to the camera, but the far side of the lake looks tilted. The camera was level on the tripod... Sometimes you just can't win.:rolleyes::)

Thanks for looking.

Hey John I agree, I was just having a little fun :D

Still - why let a little perspective get in the way of some creative editing ;)

Nice edit. The perspective did make it uncomfortable viewing I thought.

I'd have done it even more simply ..... I'd just have turned it and cropped it to be square.

No offence John, but I have to admit I have difficulty believing that the camera was level on the tripod .... It just looks too far out of level .....

EDIT: Photograph removed -See below

Keith that works of course, but removing the foreground dock looses some depth to the photo.
Also, you've removed Johns copyright which in reality, in spite of being edited by us, should be retained. ;)

True - Just to be on the safe side, I will delete the picture.

Steve that was a nice seamless edit you did on it by the way. I can't see where it was edited.

Keith, I cloned the photo, removed the bottom, rotated it to level the bank (against a guide) then used a linear transparency on the rotated cropped clone to blend at the river level into the untouched copy beneath.

Less that 30 seconds to make a lovely scene comfortable to view.

At the mention of tripods, a small string-level is useful to help check the tripod is true. Though I must admit I rarely bother with a tripod now that I have learned how not to shake when I shoot ;)

Nice edits guys...

Anything below 1/30 with an IST DS and you will start to blur with the camera handheld. The higher the F-Stop (the wider the DOF) the longer the exposure has to be to see anything. For instance, this shot from today has an exposure too long with out a tripod. When I have the time, I use a tripod and a remote release. It makes for a cleaner sharper picture, even at shorter exposures.


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Isn't it fascinating how the photo appears to have been scribbled over with a white pen?

Well caught John. I can almost hear that one

Thanks Steve.

I have know idea how or what the white "scribbles" are. It was probably just the glint on the water as it was captured over the exposure.

How about another fall color pic... Is nobody else shooting any fall color?

Here is a picture of the "real deal".
I worked in the City today, just outside of the Golden Gate Park, near Sea Cliff.
- Andy

Nice shot Andy!

I sure am glad I don't live in that neck of the woods. Too much smog and haze for any really good shots. We have had 4 out of 7 days with perfectly blue skies, no clouds, no haze, no smog. Makes me sad to sit in the office on days like these.

BTW: The topic is Golden Grate, not Golden Gate... A play on words so to speak...:rolleyes::D

Yeah thanks, I only noticed that play on words after I posted the GG bridge photo.
I really need to get my eyes checked!
- Andy

Great shots John.
We get good autumn scenes here. Steve just lives too far north.
Rupert

Rupert,

If you have any shots from last season, post one or two...

I'd love to be shooting some autumn color...but we don't get much of a change of seasons in Miami, FL. The closest thing we get to fall colors is in a very popular landscaping plant called a croton.
---
Will

I spent some time in that neck of the woods. There is just 2 seasons there. Hot and Freeze your tail off. I have never felt so cold. 40 Degrees at 100% humidity is horrid.

That is why I like this neck of the woods... I get all 4 seasons but not enough of them to make me dread going outside.

John,

Nice waterfall. I see highlights in many shots. You don't notice it as much in place because things are moving.

Only thing happening here is a lot of trees are dying and falling into houses. A large Fur tree fell across the road and the road was closed for about eight hours.

Rich

John nice work I love this time of the year
greetings

Hi Rich,

Fall is weird in this neck of the woods also. Some trees are green, some are gold, some are green and gold. It is hard to find a nice shot. I years past I could get shots of an entire hill side in fall colors. This year, I am lucky if I get an entire tree in full color.

Thanks for looking Germaine.

Hi, John. You shou here very fantastic shots. Thanks.)

Thanks Lilu...

I had a few moments today so I stepped outside and took a few minutes to take a few test shots. this shot is with an accentuating filter and a circular polarizing filter. The first filter brought out the golds and the CPL brought out the beautiful clear blue sky.

Cropped, resized and tweaked with Xpro


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Here is a shot from today... used a CPL and enhancing filter.

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Wanted to see if I could get a nice shot backlit through the tree... used a CPL and an enhancement filter.


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