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.

Camera all set up for hours of sunset shots. (Next 4.)<br><br><span class="subcaption"> Note the 2 stacked Cokin graduated gray filters (square) and the external remote shutter release. I've realized since this trip why even more expensive tripods are—well—more expensive. It was so windy that most of my longer-exposure shots are a teeny bit blurry from the camera moving so slightly. The remote shutter release (hanging down on the side) came in handy though. For some shots I programmed it to just take another shot every 5 minutes while I sat in the much warmer car for part of the time.</span>

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Camera all set up for hours of sunset shots. (Next 4.)

Note the 2 stacked Cokin graduated gray filters (square) and the external remote shutter release. I've realized since this trip why even more expensive tripods are—well—more expensive. It was so windy that most of my longer-exposure shots are a teeny bit blurry from the camera moving so slightly. The remote shutter release (hanging down on the side) came in handy though. For some shots I programmed it to just take another shot every 5 minutes while I sat in the much warmer car for part of the time.

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