“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
If you’re in Hawaii , or planning a visit, and would like a beautiful portrait taken in the natural beauty of the island look up Nikki Jennifer. Nikki asks, “Have you signed up for my newsletter yet? I’ll be doing a bunch of promos with in the next few months. Promotions to be looking forward to: Senior Year, Halloween, and Christmas”~Nikki Jennifer
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On my second night hike up to Clouds Rest with some night sky photographer enthusiast we stopped on this great granite rock to take some photographs of the night sky. With a crescent moon the sky was a lot darker than my first hike up, and the Milky Way was more visible. I’ve been wanting to capture a great Milky Way shot for a long time. I don’t think I have nailed it yet, but I’m closer. The most amazing thing about this shot is that I could not see with my naked eye the orange and yellow light pollution, but the camera could. When I looked at my playback after the first shot I was thrilled with the color and the texture in the clouds. I hoped it looked as good at home on my computer.
Does anyone have any tips on post editing Milky Way shots to bring out the best of it? I tweaked fill, blacks, clarity, vibrance, sharpened, and a little recovery.
It was a great hike, and I made it up that last bit to the top and beyond. I’ve got a couple of more photos I’ll share from this hike and still one or two from the first hike up.
Hike stats:
Total Miles 14.2
Elevation Gain 3,687ft
Total Time hike and photography 13 hours
Not a lot of sleep on this trip either, but I did doze on the mountain while my camera worked, and in the car on the way home. I left home at 4pm on Aug. 23rd and got home just after 6PM on Aug. 24th. Yes, I’d do it again.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 17-35 @ 17mm| f2.8| 30 seconds| ISO 1600| Manual Mode| Tripod w/release cable
Canyonlands, and the Fjords in Alaska are breathtaking.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/national-parks-from-space?pid=1998
The Dawn of a New Day from Cloud’s Rest, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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Dawn unfolding her light across the mountains. There is something magical about the way that Alpine glow can reach across the span of a valley and warm, and fill me with inner peace and harmony. In these moments when nothing else exists but me, nature, and God…it’s euphoria.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 18mm ai-s| f22| 1/13sec| ISO 400| Manual Mode| Tripod| Cable Release
Taken from Cloud’s Rest, Yosemite National Park. The Sawtooth Mountain Range is to the right.
The Garden’s Court Stained Glass Dome, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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This beautiful room called Garden’s Court in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco was originally conceived of as the hotel’s carriage entrance – “a gateway to the splendors and remarkable innovations within.”
~The Palace Hotel-History
Today you can have Breakfast, Lunch Mon-Sat, Sunday Brunch, and Sat. afternoon Tea in this gorgeous room. They have a lunch tour I’m checking into. I’d love to do it.
Here’s the info on the lunch tour:
www.sfpalace.com/assets/u/HistoricMenuChandelier.pdf
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 17-35@19mm| f2.8| 1/25 sec| ISO 400| Manual Mode| Tripod
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Thought to be a piece done by famed graffiti artist known as Banksy. In 2010 several pieces thought to be his turned up in San Francisco. This is one.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 17-35 @ f5.6| 1.3 sec| ISO 800| Manual Mode| Tripod
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