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.
Read MoreThis 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.
![For reference, this shot is from a point-and-shoot Nikon 7600. This is pretty much what the day looked like to the naked eye. <i><font color="#66AA66">See next picture for comparison.</font></i><br><span class="subcaption"> </span>[Photographer: Jean.]</span>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Places/PNW/Crater-Lake-2005/i-bCLHNnp/1/d9d20050/Ti/20050624_1516_044_n_a-Ti.jpg)
![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>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Places/PNW/Crater-Lake-2005/i-MMcpdzf/1/2492de03/Ti/20050624_2020_060_n_DxO-Ti.jpg)
