by Sherri on October 7, 2009
View of Utica Reservoir in Alpine County, CA at sunrise, from inside our tent.
Fall has arrived. That said, I will be wrapping up my summer series on Utica Reservoir soon. Then, my focus will be on Fall images.
This photo was shot from inside our tent at 5:30 in the morning. I didn’t feel like messing with the tripod, so I shot this at ISO 3200. My camera (Nikon D300) does very well at the higher ISO’s. I can also reduce the digital noise using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Even so, I couldn’t reduce the noise enough for my liking.
So, what did I do?
I took this image into Photoshop CS3 and applied “Cutout,” one of my favorite artistic filters. It did exactly what I hoped it would. It covered up all the noise and rendered an image that was pleasing to the eye.
I hope you like it!
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by Sherri on October 2, 2009
Goose at sunset, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
WOW – you have to see this one. I hope I don’t bore you by posting another Goose image, but I have one more I would like to share with you. This one was taken a little bit later than the other two, as the sky was turning a brilliant pink.
This image as well as most of the images I post on this blog and on facebook will be available for purchasing as a print, or for licensing.
About the photo
Of course, I enhanced the color a little bit in Lightroom. But, this is pretty close to the way it looked straight out of the camera!
Well, it’s been 2 weeks since my last Lightroom Tweets of the Week post. Normally, I would have all of my Tweets picked out and semi ready to include here already. That is not the case today, because I have been working on a BIG Website project for the past few weeks. I guess I had better go on over to Twitter and see what else I can find! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on September 18, 2009
Donna & Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
I’m putting up a couple more photos from our recent rafting trip on the Middle Fork of the American River, with our friend Donna (former Professional Raft Guide) and her 4-year old daughter Maya. I hope they like them!
About the photos
These photos were developed using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2. Writing this post each week is two fold. I can share a wealth of Lightroom tips with you and I can also share one or more of my images, that I have developed using Lightroom.
Would you like to know what I did in Lightroom to improve these original images? If so, feel free to ask in the comments section below.
OK all of you Lightroomers. Here are your Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week in random order. Happy Lightrooming! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on September 14, 2009
Jeff Hartnett and Kim Brown kayaking on Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
This image was also captured during our camping trip to Alpine County last month.
If you would like to know how this shot was captured, how it was developed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, or you would like more information on Utica Reservoir, simply leave a comment below.
You can also read all of my previous posts on Utica Reservoir here.
Thank you for visiting!
by Sherri on September 8, 2009
Donna & Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
Donna & Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
Yesterday was awesome! Jeff & I had the great opportunity to raft the Middle Fork of the American River (between Driver’s Flat and Mammoth Bar), with our friend Donna and her 4-year old daughter Maya.
This section of the the American River doesn’t draw the hoards of tourists from the Bay Area and LA like the South Fork does. There are a few reasons why. For one thing, it is only 7-miles in length. It also consists of only Class I & II rapids. Lastly, not many know about this run, which is why we love it so much. Now, I know after writing this a few more people will know about it. But, hey, if I don’t write about it someone else will. It may as well be me! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on September 4, 2009
Sunrise and kayaks at Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
You may have noticed that I didn’t post my Lightroom Tweets last week and maybe you didn’t.
My plan at this time is to post them every other week, until I get the Website project I’m working on closer to finished. It may work out that I continue to post them every other week. That will give everyone more time to try the tips out, including me! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on September 2, 2009
Sierra Sunrise over Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
Sierra Sunrise over Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California. This was also taken during our recent camping trip.
We’ve been really busy working on a major Website project and I haven’t had a chance to post for a few days. Today, I decided I had to post something no matter what.
Here is an overview of what we are working on:
- We are adding a collection of new images to our on-line galleries.
- Some of our images are getting moved to our new archive, but they will still be available for purchasing as prints and for licensing.
- We are preparing to offer a few new services. I’ll keep those a secret for now.
- We will be rescanning some of our slides.
- And more…
We hope to have the things mentioned above completed in 3-4 more weeks. After that, we will be concentrating on adding hundreds of new images to our galleries and archive. In the meantime, I hope to get back to posting on this blog a bit more often than I have been!
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by Sherri on August 26, 2009
Morning paddle on Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
Jeff and I have kayaked and canoed on a lot of beautiful lakes and reservoirs in Northern California. If I had to choose the top 5 best places we have ever paddled, Utica Reservoir would definitely be one of them!
5 reasons why it is in the top 5.
- The water is warm, clear and has a sandy bottom.
- There are many islands to paddle to and camp on.
- The water is calm most of the time.
- The scenery is beautiful in every direction.
- It’s not too big or too small. It’s the perfect paddle lake!
You can read more about Utica Reservoir here.
I have many more images to share from our recent trip. I will be spacing them out a bit, as we are in the middle of some very BIG Website projects. For that reason, I will also be spending less time on Twitter and Facebook, until those projects are a little further along.
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by Sherri on August 21, 2009
Man kayaking on Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
This photo was captured as Jeff, Kim and I were heading for the Lily Pond that Jeff had discovered earlier that day. We were starting to get a little nervous, as thunder bumpers were rolling in. The last place we wanted to be during a storm is in a boat on the lake!
Fortunately, the threatening looking sky rolled out of there about as fast as it rolled in. We were happy little kayakers once again! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on August 18, 2009
Goose silhouette, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
Goose silhouette, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
When you have a really good subject in front of you like this Goose, it’s always a good idea to shoot more than one photo of it. Try shooting your subject in both formats (vertical & horizontal) at the minimum. Here is the horizontal photo of this Goose, that I posted last week.
Which one do you prefer?
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