American River Rocks, near Weimar, California.
This is a close up photo of the large rock Peg was sitting on in this photo. These little rocks were arranged just like this, when I stumbled upon them.
Holes like these are created by the water washing over the large rock into a small hole. When a little rock gets caught inside the small hole, it tumbles for a long time, making the hole bigger. Eventually, more rocks make their way into the hole as they did here.
I could have missed this photo opportunity, if I hadn't paid attention to the smaller details in my "big picture."
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American River Rocks, near Weimar, California.
This is a close up photo of the large rock Peg was sitting on in this photo. These little rocks were arranged just like this, when I stumbled upon them.
Holes like these are created by the water washing over the large rock into a small hole. When a little rock gets caught inside the small hole, it tumbles for a long time, making the hole bigger. Eventually, more rocks make their way into the hole as they did here.
I could have missed this photo opportunity, if I hadn't paid attention to the smaller details in my "big picture."
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Paraglider getting a bird's eye view of the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Digital Art photo of Old Town Truckee, 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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Wild Sierra Iris, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, near Coloma, California.
These beautiful Wild Sierra Iris were growing along the trail at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, the day of our hike with friends. They are a common wildflower here in the Sierra Foothill's and can be found along many hiking trails. One of the other places I have found them is at Hidden Falls Regional Park in Auburn.
The original image did nothing for me, but I didn't want to dump it. It was taken at 1:00 in the afternoon under harsh lighting. It also lacked vibrance. I decided to work with it a bit in Lightroom 2 and this is what I came up with. I set the Clarity to -100 to give it a softer look and set the Vibrance to +70, which made the colors pop. 
This is what this photo looked like straight out of the camera.
I have 2 questions for my viewers.
1. Which one do you like best?
2. Can you identify this species of Wild Iris?
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Love Comes Softly movie set at the Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
Three men standing around a bonfire in silhouette, Auburn, California, taken with the Nikon D300.
This shot was taken at the annual April Fools party we attend nearly every year. I have always wanted to photograph the bonfire, but not bad enough to set up a tripod or use high speed film.
Now that I have a Nikon D300, I decided to give it a try. I am very impressed with the quality of images that can be produced with this camera at night. It's also a lot of fun. If you own one of these cameras, I encourage you to go out for a night shoot and give it a shot.
How I got the shot
Camera settings for ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture are as follows: ISO 3200, SS 1/400 sec., f 7.1.
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Photo #1 - Double exposure of a man in silhouette and a cloudy sky at sunset.
Photo #2 - Double exposure of a couple.
Photo #3 - Double exposure of a Daffodil Plant. In the 1st photo, I focused on the first flower. Then, the wind came up and I took the 2nd photo.
Photo #4 - Triple exposure of a Narcissus Plant.
- On the back of your camera, press the menu button at the upper left.
- Select the shooting menu. Press right arrow on the multi selector button, to access the shooting menu.
- Press the down arrow, until multiple exposure is highlighted.
- Press right arrow and highlight number of shots. I recommend starting with 2 (the default), which gives you a double exposure.
- Press the right arrow again and the number of shots will be highlighted. To change the number of shots, press the up or down button until the number you want is selected. Then, press the OK button.
- Highlight auto gain and press the right arrow. Highlight either ON or OFF and press OK. Normally, you will want to leave the auto gain set to ON. This will automatically adjust the gain for multiple exposures. However, if your subject has a dark background, or you want to adjust the exposure manually, then set the auto gain to OFF.
- Highlight done and press OK.
Narcissus blooming in my yard, Auburn, California.
This photo of the Narcissus Plant was taken on the same day this Narcissus photo in my previous post was taken.
How I got the shot
These Narcissus were shot on a Nikon D300, with an 80-200 zoom lens attached. I choose 3:30 in the afternoon to photograph them, so I could take advantage of my favorite type of lighting, backlighting. The shutter speed, aperture and ISO used were: 1/2000 sec., f 4.0 and ISO 200.
For post-processing in Lightroom 2.1, I set the Clarity to -100 to give it a soft look and pushed the Vibrance to +100 to add punch to the color.
Coming Next - "How to make multiple exposures with a Nikon D300."
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Man riding his Palomino, Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
Yes, I am definitely "hooked on horses" lately! I couldn't resist capturing this guy riding his horse through this little opening in the oaks. It already had a mysterious look to the scene. So, I decided to add to that look, by doing a little experimenting in Adobe Lightroom 2.1.
To get this look, I used the "Direct Positive" preset, which gave it the color tone. Then, I set the "Clarity" to -100 in the Develop Module. That gave it the dreamy, mysterious look.
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