Sailing at Sunset on Lake Almanor in Plumas County, California.
Adventure Stock Photos
Steve Hadley & Peg Challender stop to enjoy the scenery on the East Ridge Trail at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, near Coloma, California.
Donna & Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
Paraglider flying over the Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
This week is the week for starting new things. On Monday, I started "Monday Makeover." Today, I am starting something else new and exciting. I am going to post a photo that makes me say "WOW." But, that's not all. I'm going to tell you why I think it qualifies as a WOW photo.
5 reasons why this photo makes me say WOW!
Feeling or emotion - The first thing I get when I look at this photo is a feeling. While I can't actually say I know what it feels like to take off like this guy is doing, I can feel it in the photo.
Composition - I love the composition. The elements in the photo are well balanced and are very pleasing to the eye.
Color - The color really pops in this photo. I did use the Nikon D300 preset for Lightroom, to add a little punch to the color.
Lighting - Even though this photo was taken in April at 1:40 in the afternoon, the lighting works for me. The way the wing is illuminated by the sun really catches my eye.
Timing - The fact that this was shot during take off makes it a really strong image too. These guys don't always get enough lift to get off the ground.
Don't go away just yet. I am also going to recommend that you look at this WOW photo by Kathleen Connally. If you would like to suggest a particular photo to be included in an upcoming Wednesday's WOW post, please send me an email @sherri@sherrimeyer.com.
NOTE: The idea for "Makeover Monday" and "WOW Wednesay" were both inspired by junk email or snail mail I have saved. I knew they would come in handy for something someday!
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Paragliding over the Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
I'm doing another Top 10 Photo Related Tweets of the Week. Last weeks post was such a huge success in terms of spreading great information, it just might become a weekly habit!
Hopefully, you will find new folks to follow and/or tweets that you missed during the week. That is the beauty of Twitter. We are all in this thing together and the only way it will work is to help one another.
You can retweet (RT) this post, by clicking on the lime green retweet button at the bottom of this post. It will take you directly to Twitter. If you don't know about the importance of retweeting, you will learn all about it when you read #2 below.
- @jimgoldstein Why Social Media Matters to Photographers | JMG-Galleries - Jim M. Goldstein ... http://tinyurl.com/p224md
- @jimgoldstein The Birds and the Bees of Social Media Connectivity http://tinyurl.com/pe35en
- @scottkelby talks about his shots in Nikon World Magazine http://is.gd/HmF0
- @damienfranco 20 Amazing Photographers From Around The Internet http://tr.im/mFRm
- @fotozine 8 Daily Photo Blogs That Provide Inspiration - http://is.gd/Ild8
- @ricksammon Sex, Lies and Photoshop: http://bit.ly/1216aE
- @BHPhotoVideo Three ways to shoot a quick, last minute portrait. http://bit.ly/g5w6t
- @featureshoot: Q&A with Photo Editors- Loyalty vs. New Talent: http://bit.ly/bt79n
- @davidsanger Hollingsworth on Stock Photography and the future http://bit.ly/13brQp and http://bit.ly/10il7Z
- @ricksammon And now for something complete different from me. See today's blog post about Successful Social Media Marketing: http://bit.ly/gLEob
Paraglider getting a bird's eye view of the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Jeff riding his Quad along the shore of Prosser Reservoir, Truckee, California.
This shot was taken during our recent road trip to the Truckee/Lake Tahoe area to capture travel, adventure and lifestyle photos for our stock files.
The first stop during our road trip was at Prosser Reservoir for a little Quad fun and photos. This photo is one of my favorites from our photo shoot.
Photo Details - In Camera
This pan photo was shot on a Nikon D300 with a Nikon 70-200 zoom lens attached, using the following camera settings: ISO 100, shutter speed 1/10 sec., aperture f 20.
Post processing in Lightroom
I set the Clarity to +100 and the Vibrance to +45.
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Early season rafters, paddling a smooth section of the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
This photo was taken during my photo shoot this past Sunday, at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park.
One of the great things about living in Auburn is it's location. We are located in the heart of the California Gold Country and in the midst of one of the best recreational playgrounds in the country. Within minutes, we can be hiking, skiing, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, kayaking, canoeing, trail running, gold panning, fishing to name just a few. [click to continue…] 
Maile Brossa taking her first solo paragliding flight, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails park, Pilot Hill, California.
Woman paragliding over the Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
There were horseback riders; lot's of them. There were mountain bikers. There were hikers. Then, there were the paragliders.
Come to find out the Cronan Ranch is quite the popular spot for paragliding. There were several paragliders leaping off of the ridge the day of our hike. I think the most interesting thing about it was watching the horses watch the paragliders.
The woman in this photo was having the best ride while we were there. She was also the most colorful and photogenic.
I don't know who she was, but I hope she or someone she knows stumbles across this photo of her someday!
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Update: I was just contacted by Philip Green, who knows who this woman is. Her name is Maile Brossa. She was here visiting from Paris France with her instructors the Acrotwins, who just happen to be the #1 acro paraglider pilots in the USA. To top that off, this was also Maile's first solo flight!
You can read Philip's comment at the bottom of this post. 