Jay w wrote:Well done Peter...and on a tripod. Reflections like that are rare as hen's teeth.
Jay
Thanks Jay.!
That's a very nice compliment since you are a far better photographer than I.
I wasn't the only person who saw a good day for GNP. Quite a few folks out there today.
It was hard to get the video I wanted because of traffic noise. That and someone talking from across the lake.
Yes, it was that quiet out there today. Soooooo nice.
These stills were "hand held".
The
video was shot from a tripod.
Getting the horizon "square" is the most difficult part of composing these type of shots...for me.
The grid lines on my viewfinder are very helpful to me in composing shots, especially those with a long "horizon".
I have spoiled more than one pic by not getting the horizon squared up right.
The bubble level on my inexpensive tripod helps a lot getting a scene "squared up".
That said, the horizon formed by the lake shore is sometimes
deceiving.
The bubble indicates it should be level, but the grid lines on the horizon don't quite line up with the apparent horizon.
Some of that may be my difficulty in being able to see "precisely" where the line is relative to the lake shore horizon in the distance.
And some of the shots today required a 1 degree tilt--always to the left. They
still don't look quite right to me.
Some sort of "bias" in my eyesight I guess?
pete
PS
Notice the lack of snow?
Here at the end of February, those mountains should be white with snow much down farther than we see in the photos above.
This has the makings of an ugly summer if this weather persists. And no appreciable snow in sight for the next 5 days. We're running out of time