"Underlit Clouds" is indeed a dramatic and effective image, Mark, and well rendered.
Dan On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Lovely work, Mark. The sunsets have an almost Blakeian feel to them to my > eye (minus his characters), especially this one. Cheers, Christine > http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/7db02643.html > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <m...@robertstech.com> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:33 PM > Subject: Re: Back in Boston! (Now with photos) > > >> A couple of these have Photoshop tweaks, but most are straight out of >> Lightroom: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/ >> >> The first 7 are from my pre-workshop camp out on the back country >> trails of Grandfather Mountain. This year I camped at Attic Window >> Peak again and got both sunset and sunrise shots. Not only was this a >> weekend without rain(!), it was the quietest, least windy night I can >> ever recall on the mountain. >> >> Photos 8 through 10 are from the Saturday morning hike I did with >> occasional-PDML-Lurker (and perennial contest prize-winner) John >> Weber. We went on the Profile Trail to one of my favorite stream >> photography spots (near where Ted Beilby, Matt Maessen and I went last >> year) and waded/rock-hopped upstream until we found places with decent >> water. >> >> Photos 11-13 are just random places on the mountain. I think #12 ("Sun >> Through Clouds Over the Blue Ridge") is destined to become a large >> print... >> >> 14-18 are from the Sunday morning hike John Weber and I organized. We >> got up just after 4:00 AM, drove to a parking area on the Blue Ridge >> Parkway and hiked up the Cragway Trail on the back side of Grandfather >> Mountain. Sunrise was disappointing by the hike was splendid anyway. >> >> 19 through 23 are from Tuesday evening's sunset. Official GFM >> photographer "Supermodel Helen" and I went in after closing and took >> sunset shots from the top of Linville Peak. We saw the most amazing >> cloud formations. >> >> Shot #24, the rhododendrons, was taken on a seldom-visited viewing >> area on the tourist side of the mountain. >> >> Shot #25: There are many streams that run off Grandfather Mountain. >> Most, like Green Mountain Creek, have no trail access. I had to >> scramble waaaay down a steep, rocky and overgrown embankment from the >> Blue Ridge Parkway to get to this little waterfall. I was ostensibly >> on a simple scouting mission so didn't have a tripod with me. I >> gathered rocks and built a small cairn to support the camera for this >> 10-second exposure, triggering the shutter with an infrared remote. >> >> The last stream photo is from oft-photographed Boone Fork and the >> final two plant macros are from a hike I did with the GNSA/Wild South >> people just before coming home. >> >> I'll have some more GFM video to post in a day or two but these stills >> will have to do for now. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
