ZapperZ's Great Outdoors Photo Contest

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In summary: Those are great! The first one is my favorite-pure snow with a perfect sky.This shot is not of the caliber of many here, but I needed to get out and capture some fall colors today. This is a pair of apple trees at a scenic overlook dedicated to the Old Canada Road.
  • #491
Really nice, both of the last posts.
 
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  • #493
Astronuc said:
Tatra National Park, 06201 High Tatras, Slovakia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tatras

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tatry_Panorama01xxx.jpg

While most of the High Tatras is in the Slovakia, part is in Poland. On the second picture the rightmost peak (Rysy) is the highest point in Poland, at 2499 meters, 1 meter shy of 2.5 km. (Actually Rysy has three peaks, and the one in Poland is not the highest, but who cares about the other peaks in Slovakia :tongue2:).
 
  • #494
This takes natural selection to a whole new level.



Rhody...
 
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  • #495
rhody said:
This takes natural selection to a whole new level.

Rhody...
Are you referring to the badger or the narrator? :rofl:
 
  • #496
Borg said:
Are you referring to the badger or the narrator? :rofl:

Ha... not going there...

Rhody...
 
  • #497
Definitely indoor, and in Polish only, still worth mentioning. Few weeks ago Polish speleologists discovered an extension in the Jaskinia Niedźwiedzia (http://www.jaskinia.pl/jaskinia/en/index.php , named after large number of cave bear bones found inside) in Polish Sudety Mountains:

http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/regionaln...za-jaskinie-,5146276,0,fotoreportaz-duzy.html

Scrolling through the images should be obvious even if you don't speak Polish. Picture 6 is a map, new part is in black. Entry there is pretty difficult - through a very narrow, vertical shaft, which is why it wasn't discovered earlier.
 
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  • #499
Your reporter from a south western village in the Arabian Peninsula has come back with, what he hopes to be, beautiful outdoor images from a journey to a surrounding mountain. Enjoy!

http://center.jeddahbikers.com/download.php?img=623298
http://center.jeddahbikers.com/download.php?img=623303
http://center.jeddahbikers.com/download.php?img=623526
http://center.jeddahbikers.com/download.php?img=623530
http://center.jeddahbikers.com/download.php?img=623537
 
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  • #501
Beautiful, CDTOE. Looks like a great place to explore!
 
  • #502
Anyone know what kind of insect this is? They are on a maple tree laying eggs.

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  • #503
A thunder storm just came through and I snapped a few photos...I just love lighting...
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  • #504
Nice one. I am still waiting for a good thunderstorm to take pictures of. Last years they are either too far or during a day.
 
  • #505
sas3 said:
A thunder storm just came through and I snapped a few photos...I just love lighting...
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How did you trigger the shutter? Did you leave it open and capture different strikes?
 
  • #506
sas3 said:
A thunder storm just came through and I snapped a few photos...I just love lighting...
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excellent shot!
 
  • #507
Astronuc said:
How did you trigger the shutter? Did you leave it open and capture different strikes?
I'm wondering the same thing. I see these types of pictures but I have no idea how to achieve them.
@sas3: I'll add my congratulations on an excellent shot as well.
 
  • #508
No idea how sas3 took the picture, but there two ways of taking such pictures that I tried.

During the night open the shutter and wait till the lightning:

thunderstorm1.jpg


During a day shot a video and select the frames with the lightning:

thunderstorm_09863.jpg


(yes, it is from the same window and in almost the same direction)
 
  • #509
And sure enough, nowadays there are http://www.lightningtrigger.com/Tips.html
 
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  • #510
Borek said:
No idea how sas3 took the picture, but there two ways of taking such pictures that I tried.

During the night open the shutter and wait till the lightning:

During a day shot a video and select the frames with the lightning:

(yes, it is from the same window and in almost the same direction)
Thanks, Borek. Sometimes I think that things are harder than they are. If someone came to me and said that they needed a lightning picture any way possible, I would probably end up using the two that you mentioned. But, ask me how to do it and I draw a blank. :rolleyes: Now, all I need is a good storm...

And, nice pictures BTW.
 
  • #511
I took video and grabbed the frames off them, I also tried to snap some photos when I seen the first flash but had no luck, I would think that leaving the shutter open would get overexposed.
 
  • #512
sas3 said:
I would think that leaving the shutter open would get overexposed.

It is a matter of finding right combination of ISO, exposition time and aperture. It is much easier during the night. And you need a tripod, but that's obvious.
 
  • #513
I will have to do some experimenting next time a storm comes up. I would think the pictures would be a lot better because the video has limited resolution.
 
  • #514
sas3 said:
I took video and grabbed the frames off them, I also tried to snap some photos when I seen the first flash but had no luck, I would think that leaving the shutter open would get overexposed.
That video is pretty darn good.


I thought I had posted something on Alex Honnold and his record breaking climb at Yosemite's Mt. Watkins, El Capitan and Half Dome in something like 19 hrs.


He just set another record - Florine, Honnold Set New Nose Speed Record
http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/florine_honnold_set_new_nose_speed_record/
Climbing.com said:
6/18/12 - Hans Florine and Alex Honnold broke the Nose speed record on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley on Sunday with an ascent of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 46 seconds. This is about 13 minutes faster than the previous record set by Sean Leary and Dean Potter in 2010.
. . . .

Somewhere in this forum, we have a thread about mountains, but I don't think we have one on rock climbing.


A really spectacular waterfall - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DudhSagar.jpg
 
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  • #517
Not that great and not that outdoor. We had two weeks of thunderstorms, but they were always in the wrong place - either too close, or too far, or in the direction that is blocked from sight. There was one that was more or less OK but it was short - so I managed to shot only one reasonably good looking picture:

thunderstorm4.jpg


and 1:1 crop of the lightning:

thunderstorm5.jpg
 
  • #519
ISO 100, f 8, time around 30" (actually I was using bulb mode, waiting for the lightning and closing the shutter after the flash - edit: checked, 44"), 28 mm. Upper image is already cropped.
 
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  • #520
July 11, 2012 - There was a massive landslide on Lituya Mountain in Alaska's Fairweather Mountains.

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.co...johns-hopkins-glacier-chocolate-frosting10200

Drake Olson owns and operates a flying service up in that area if one wants to visit.
http://www.flydrake.com/2011/04/mt-emmerich-cathedrals-ski-support/

He shot some photos of the landslide (apparentely after the fact) from the air.

Some amazing scenery up that way.
 
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  • #521
From a south-western village in the Arabian Peninsula:

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  • #523
I saw an interesting sunset with the sun reflecting off the bottom of the clouds and went out to photograph it.

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When I turned around to go back in the house, I got this view.

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