Venting Geyser

Calico Tanks

Bear!!!

See a bear on the side of the road.  A: high tail it out of there?  B: get out and ask him to smile for the camera?
...Viva la Blog!!!

Lone Buffalo (Re-posted)

I took this shot on the east end of the upper loop of Yellowstone.
I decided to add some saturation to this one and re-post it.

Camera Conversion

A couple of months ago I converted one of my D70s for full spectrum shooting. I replaced the hot mirror that blocks IR and UV for a clear filter that passes all frequencies.

Tonight I finally got out to take a few test shots. I haven't fiddled with the settings - including white balance - so this is straight off the camera. Here is the original image as recorded by the camera:


(d70, ISO 1600, 50mm, f1.8, 15 seconds)

The image is shifted towards red because the filter is no longer blocking the IR frequencies.

This next image is after some fiddling in Photoshop's RAW import utiltity.



For a first test I'm really happy with this pictures. I've never been able to get so much detail out of the Milky Way. Now I need to figure out how to refine the process. Some of the larger stars are blown out and I'm not getting the colors out of the Milky Way that I've seen in other pictures. Overall it is a good start.

Disneyland fun!

Specular Hematite

Azurite (blueberries)

Azurite, Malachite, and Aurichalcite or Rosasite

Apex Mine

A copper mine that closed down back in the 60s - we collected azurite, malachite, and other minerals here last saturday.

aiden

Pine Creek fun

Morning Glory Pool (Re-posted)

I am back from Yellowstone with a ton of photos. I am going post 'em one at a time.  This is a pool near Old Faithful.
I re-posted this one after I decided to get rid of some of the glare off the pool. I have to say that the recovery tool in lightroom worked great!

Photo story

Here's a little story that I came up with. Do you see it?

water x 2