Crater Lake (Jun 2005)

Family trip to Crater Lake resulting in some scenic views. (Extra photos personal gallery.)
This was a good first learning trip for me with a budding photography hobby. I learned why solid tripods are important (wind during sunset pictures), why checking for sensor dust before a four-day trip might be important, and practiced EV+1 for snow-capped peaks.
Most pictures taken using the Canon EOS-20D and EF-S 17-85 IS lens. Most use circular polarizer. Sunset shots use Cokin graduated-gray filters (except the point-n-shoot example for comparison). For the majority of shots I used DxO to correct lens-distortion and softness and used Photoshop a bit for some curves or saturation adjustments and to fix dark spots from sensor dust. Not much else.

Just to show what the lake looked like to the naked eye, here's the same sunset from my wife's point-and-shoot. Without longer exposures and stopping down the sky's brightness with a graduated filter, you don't really get the blue of the lake.<br><span class="subcaption">  [Photographer: Jean.]</span>

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Just to show what the lake looked like to the naked eye, here's the same sunset from my wife's point-and-shoot. Without longer exposures and stopping down the sky's brightness with a graduated filter, you don't really get the blue of the lake.
[Photographer: Jean.]

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