I found this icicle hanging from the edge of our roof, the day after our recent "Sierra Snowstorm." It was developed using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.
Nature Stock Photos
Goose silhouette, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
Silhouette of a Goose at Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
"River of Gold," Confluence of the American River, Auburn, California.
This is another one of my favorite images, from our photo shoot down at the Confluence of the American River on Monday.
I'm keeping this really short. The main reason for this post is to try out "NetworkedBlogs." As soon as I hit the "publish" button on this blog post, it is suppose to post directly to my Facebook page.
Let's see if it works!
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American River Rock Art, otherwise known as "Cairn," Confluence of the American River, Auburn, California.
This image of the stack of rocks was taken on Monday, during our "Dine & Dip" down at the American River.
To escape from the heat after several days in a row of triple digit temps, we decided to take our dinner to the river. Following dinner was a very refreshing and welcomed dip in the crystal clear North Fork of the American River. I think this could become a weekly habit! [click to continue…] 
Backlit spider webs covered with dew, Auburn, California.
One fall morning while on a hike, I found these webs all lit up beautifully with backlighting and covered with dew.
Why this photo makes me say WOW!
- Backlighting - Backlighting is one of my favorite types of lighting. I think it worked really well here.
- Colors - I really love green & blue together. I think the two colors compliment each other well. Our house is even decorated with green & blue.
- Uniqueness - It's not every day you get to witness dewey, backlit spider webs. If it hadn't been for the fact that I was trying out my brand new first DSLR (a Nikon D70) and looking for things to photograph, I could have missed this opportunity. The others I was hiking with didn't even notice them!
Leaves floating on Blue Lake in the Warner Mountains, Northeastern California.
Gloriosa Daisy in my yard. In Lightroom, I changed the White Balance to daylight and used the Nikon D300 preset. I also touched up a few hot spots on the petals with the "Recovery Slider."
As a fairly new and totally hooked Lightroom user, I am always looking for great Lightroom tips. Each week, I keep my eyes wide-open for information I feel is worthy of passing along to other Lightroom users, or those thinking about becoming one. Hopefully, you will find useful information or you will pick up a few new folks to follow.
Here are my "Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week" in no particular order. Enjoy! [click to continue…] 
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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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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