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 ©2004 Ed Book ( larger image here ~750k )This December 8,'04 image was exposed on seven frames of Fujichrome Velvia 50 ISO film in a tripod mounted Nikon F4s camera, scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan LS-5000 film scanner, panorama stitching with no adjustments with PhotoShop CS3 Photomerge tool, and optimization in Photoshop CS3.
Peace Tags: -print available-, brown, canyon, desert, landscape, orange, panorama, photohoop, snow, utah, winter
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 First, about the photo. A couple weeks ago, I was at the Box Canyon of the Cowlitz River in Mount Rainier National Park. I looked down about 185 feet into the narrow slit that the Cowlitz abraded with its glacier silt and found that because of the heavy overcast, there wasn't a large difference in luminance value between the top and bottom and that the Canon 1Ds Mk II camera with it's DMax (density range) could record detail in both shadow and highlight areas. Film, especially Velvia transparency, wouldn't be able to handle the density range but here is the result of a digital capture. I didn't adjust other than to set white balance (by selecting the gray in the water as neutral) and white and black points in RAW conversion. This is the way the image looks at that point. Now, in Photoshop levels as well as saturation and maybe a little curves adjustments are needed... but... overall adjustments will cause other areas to go beyond density limits. So... here's another poll... and I'm going to leave it open... no multiple choice... What would you do? no, that's too easy... how would you do it? Peace Tags: -print available-, canyon, intimate landscape, poll, waterflow
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Stevens Canyon - Mt Rainier National Park - ©2005 Ed BookThis image is an example of the dynamic range of the digital camera format and the Canon EOS (Electronic Operating System). Had this exposure been made using Velvia, Provia, or one of the Pro Ektachromes, the limited range the film could handle, from detail in shadows to detail in the highlights, would either show detail in the highlights or shadows but not both... and in fact, in this particular image, if the exposure was set for details in the highlights or shadows, the midtones would be featureless because of the vast range from bright to dark. When I looked at the RAW image file, I could see that there was detail through the full range of exposure values and adjusted white and black points so Photoshop could further adjust effectively. In Photoshop, the first thing I did was adjust shadows and highlights and then I could do levels adjustments to fine tune how I wanted the image to appear... Had this been film, I would have probably allowed the shadows go black and concetrate on the highlights not going featureless white... (the eye expects to see featureless black without stress but featureless white is usually associated with squinting and it's associated stress... but here, there is detail in both and hopefully unstressing... except that the image is a bit busy for my taste... but that is a personal taste... [in a large print the busy detail would be appreciated––because there would be places for the eye to explore that can't be seen in a small jpg.]) Peace Tags: -print available-, autumn, canyon, forest, intimate landscape, mount rainier, mountains, trees
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Skokomish River north fork - Olympic National Forest, WASunday, I was up the Skok with my Daughter, Lisa, and my three Grandkids, Cody, Parker, and Jaden, and my Son, Seth and his girlfriend, Victoria. We built a campfire and cooked hot dogs (mine veggie, theirs chicken) hiked in the rain and visited the high steel bridge across the river. This image is from the bridge in the rain. After a five week visit here in WA, Lisa and the kids are flying back to North Carolina where they moved last summer. Keith, Lisa's husband, had to stay in NC as he is teaching this summer. Camera: Canon EOS D1s MkII, 28-135mm lens at 33mm with polarizer, ISO 100, 2.5 sec at f/20 tripod mounted with remote shutter trip, conditions light rain and fog moving through the trees above the canyon. Peace Tags: -print available-, canyon, forest, landscape, mountains, olympic mtns
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but! I had a digital camera! with light amplification... at least I could get something... a snapshot or few... as long as I had a tripod for the four second exposure it could extend to. I just wanted to document that I was there and do a little scouting for next time... after all I wasn't even supposed to be there... I arrived at the pull-out for the trail to Mesa Arch... you'd recognize it as the long arch that good photographers record at sunrise when the sun hits the red cliffs below and reflects wonderful warm light up under the arch where you'd expect shadows. Well, I was there after sunset and couldn't delay any longer on my detour from my detour on my way home. The past few mornings had clouds in the east to block the morning light and the next day would probably be the same (at least I rationalized that). The temperature was 14 degrees and dropping quickly because it was already half way through civil twilight after the sunset... The sign said Mesa Arch 1/2 mile loop trail... I grabbed the digital camera (forgot the tripod) forgot my jacket, and ran through the 6" deep snow till I ran out of breath (old out of shape me at altitude---geeze how am I going to xc ski this winter?) I continued on generating warmth from my hurry till there it was just as I didn't picture it in my mind. oh no, no tripod... I held the camera against a log and tripped the shutter... after a lot of photoshop work, here is an image of it. 
Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, UtahPeace Tags: canyon, desert, landscape, mountains, phot expd, utah
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'after my full day at Arches National Park in SE Utah (not nearly enough time to get more than a "I gotta come back here" taste of the place) I continued on my way home... [ remember from an earlier post that the only reason I stopped at Arches was to avoid driving I-70 in the snow at night and ended up sleeping near Moab and spending the whole day at Arches.] Well, after my full day out in the cold, I traveled about a half mile out of the park and decided to stop for the night... Instead of parking at the same wide spot beside the road that I had the night before, I turned onto the road that goes to Canyonlands National Park and stopped at one of the turnouts near the beginning of the road. In the morning, I got up and walked around and climbed around the big rocks that had fallen from the bluffs towering along the edges of the broad canyon. I found some volunteers that wanted to go home with me to play in the water of the pond/waterfall I've been building for the past three or has it been four years... I needed the ballast for the trailer if it's electric brakes were to do other than lose traction and skid should I touch the brake petal on snow or ice... I had to undo the plywood sheet that I was using for the back door of the trailer (the plywood sheet screwed to the sides eliminated flex in the trailer) --a word or few about the trailer... It started out as a tandem wheeled (four wheels) travel trailer in 1965 so says it's axle certificate and after a long life making some family happy on vacation was gutted to the metal frame. More framing was added and it was used for a while as an auto hauler (it's about 14ft x 7-1/2ft) and then sides were added to it to make it an open topped cargo trailer... then, the sides were raised and a roof was added with a rear door that also doubled as a ramp.
I bought it a few years ago to haul my llamas to the mountains in. Then, it sat in my pasture for a few years being used only as a shed to store llama stuff...
When my daughter's family moved from Washington to North Carolina, I volunteered to haul their household goods east for them. I had to have the electric brakes redone, as well as bearings and lights and new tires. I found that the wheel-wells would have to be made a bit deeper because it looked like the wheels had scraped somewhere in it's life.
My son, Seth and I worked on replacing rotting wood and then decided that the whole roof and about a foot of the sides needed to be replaced... too big a job for the time available before the leaves would change in the east... We ripped all the rotten wood off and the rear door/ramp. It became an open trailer again and we covered it with a huge tarp after loading the furniture and used a screwed on plywood sheet as a door on the back.
... I had my rechargeable power screwdriver with me for the purpose of removing and reinstalling that plywood sheet. Some nice rocks climbed aboard with the aid of a hand truck that was conveniently also riding in the trailer. I made some photographs both film and digital in that area when the sun came up and then proceeded on my way... opps not on my way home but since I was so near Canyonlands National Park, I just had to go scout it for a future trip there. I wasn't feeling too well after spending all day in the cold the day before and a few hours in the morning so I climbed into my bed and recharged for a few hours. (actually most of the daylight hours)... then, on toward Canyonlands with a stop or dozen along the way to walk about and make some photos. I detoured to Dead Horse Point state park for some images and didn't photograph seriously because of the haze that had built up during the day... scouting was good though and I made some images for my LJ friends. this is one of the Colorado River Canyon. 
canyon of the Colorado River from Dead Horse Point, UtahPeace Tags: canyon, desert, highway, landscape, phot expd, utah
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