I live there and shoot the bridge often. I think you did well. Come back some day and do it again.

Interesting history, thanks for the link.

I am never quite sure of the composition for this shot but it is one that I have done often. Sunsets are a peaceful ending to what otherwise has been a hectic day. Where would you put the sun if you were shooting this scene, why? I try and NOT put the horizion in the middle but for some reason seems to have gotten closer that I thought it should be, perhaps I should cut some off the bottom? Some days there are more cloulds which might allow for the inclusion of more sky? I have some shots taken farther back but tend to like it a bit tighter as in these three photos.

Comments or post something you have taken?...

I am not a fan of HDR in color however your B&W does the trick. For me that might just be a usefull reason to try it. Nice!

Was a nice evening to look for something to shoot... If you have a comment or something to share, do post it.

I don't know if or where to put this but the photography in this video is quite good, so is the content. Camera placement and depth of field are well done.

At least I thought it was worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GBaHPND2QJg

For you on your birthday...

Mt Hood, Oregon


Condon, Oregon


Marry's Peak, Oregon

why don't you just take your own photo?...

What Fun!!!

I live on the ocean and shot a lot of sunsets. the first photo looks realistic in terms of what colors might be possible. the second photo is the one that caught my eye, nice photo although if you were able to get those colors in the sky the boats would be differently exposed. I thought it looked a little unrealistic. in the third photo I thought the fisherman should have been more of a silhouette based on the brightness and color of the sky. It's just my opinion for whatever it's worth, doesn't make it right...

To me post processing might be a bit overdone.

I don't find a spacific recipe for RAW, every photo is different so I do each one individually. I don't shoot any in camera .jpg's, RAW is much easier to work with.

I shoot Av most of the time. Lets me set the F stop I want and the camera takes care of the shutter. I do use over and under exposurer and if I can't get what I want or the shutter speed keeps changing for areas of the photo I don't care about I will use manual.

In auto settings the camera will change the ISO as it sees fit, in Av and other modes it will stay where I put it. If I wanted a different ISO I'd tell it so. I think you will find Av easier than auto or P to use if you care about the settings.

I have a G12 and getting a really blured background with it is difficult because the sensor is so small. First try setting your appaturer to f2.8, step back and zoom in. This will give you the best possible chance of an out of focus background. The next try will be using your flash and exposing for the flower in hopes that the shutter speed will be fast enough that the background will be black. (appaturer controls the flash and shutter speed controls the background) A larger distance between your background and the flower will also help in rendering the background out of focus as well as making it black if you are using flash. I will include a couple of examples.

missed that one, guess I didn't notice a vantage point.

sunrise