Unfortunately I didn't get out there eary enough in the day to scout out my locations. I wound up by the Colorado river close to sunset. By the time I finished up at that location nobody was around in the locations I wanted to shoot in. Not wanting to face a double barrel of buckshoot I headed home.
So enjoy the setting Sun in Nelson Nevada...
Just before sunset on the Colorado (D60, ISO 100, 50mm, f4, 5 image HDR, 1/500 - 1/80)
(D60, ISO 100, 50mm, f4, 5 image HDR, 1/160 - 1/25)
(D60, ISO 100, 50mm, f4, 5 image HDR, 1/60 - 1/10)
From the top of a boulder (D70, ISO data missing, 27mm, f6.3, 3 image HDR, 1/640 - 1/40)
Saturday's light painting venture was shot. OK, there are some neat stone cabins up at Red Rock. Sunday I headed up to Red Rock Canyon and guess what... I messed up again. It turns out the cabins I was thinking of are actually out at Valley of Fire. Oh well, more sunset pictures for your enjoyment...
(D60, ISO 100, 50mm, f4, 6 image HDR, 1/160 - 1/15)
The same view about 15 minutes later during the "blue hour." (D60, ISO 100, 50mm, f4, 7 image HDR, 1/30 - 1/2)I love the look of those last two pictures. Other than minor adjustments while building the HDR image I did not change the colors of them. It is a dramatic example of how much of a difference 15 minutes can make. I was using a 1:1.4 50mm prime lens stoped down to f4 and it was pretty dark out by the time I took the second (blue) set. I just picked up the lens last week from Goodwill and I'm definitely happy with it.
Finally, as the Sun was setting a newlywed couple showed up for some wedding photos. I grabbed the D70 off of its perch and snapped a few shots. I didn't get the focus dialed in and the other photographers were in the way but here's my favorite shots:
(D70, 35mm, f4.1, 1/10)
(D70, 50mm, f4.5, 1/20)
(D70, 40mm, f4.5, 1/13)Sorry for the long post, hope you enjoyed it. ;^)
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