ah - Starved rock! much visited in my childhood. You capatured it nicely
and, I see, avoided what I called Acrphobia point - the actual
Starved Rock... I clung to my mother's skirts holding her back from the
edge... I can still feel the shivers. She just laughed but gently.
I don't know if they have a fence there now... there certainly wasn't
one in 1943.
I love daddy-long-legs and like your shot of him - the shadows nice.
What I do with white balance and the K-5 is set it on auto but chimp
immediately the press the wb button to play with it before shooting
more. Most of the time AWB does do it best, but sometimes definitely
not so I like that feature... (not on the K-3??) Of course I've been
known to forget I dialed in a specific WB and had to correct in Elements
later.
particularly like this shot
http://www.caguila.com/rockaug312014/content/_IMG3178_large.html
ann
On 9/1/2014 16:44, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Did a 5 mile hike at Starved Rock State Park yesterday. Starved Rock is about
two hours from Chicago, a very easy drive. Place was packed given the Labor Day
holiday, but we got there early, got our walk in, then left around 2:30 for
lunch and a walk around Utica, Illinois, a quaint little town of a thousand
with a three block Main Street area.
I have a few questions:
1) My white balance setting, Shade, seems to capture a lot of yellow forcing me
to dial yellow down during post-processing. I wondered if other K-3 shooters
found this to their experience as well and what any compensation techniques
have been employed.
2). I may be getting Charles Robinson's Fastpack 250. On my hike I took the Low
Pro MicroTrekker, which is a great fit on the back, but I find it a tough bag
to work out of, and it doesn't allow for a water bottle or much personal items.
It does have two bottom tripod straps, but I want a vertical carry for the
tripod on my next hiking camera bag. I hope to be doing more hiking in future,
so I find myself now in the market for a hiking camera bag. If anyone has a
nice hiking camera bag which can accommodate gear and personal items, is not a
sloppy fit, and has a vertical carry for a tripod, I'd welcome the suggestions.
3). I didn't have my tripod with me on this trek because I'm actually an
inexperienced hiker and didn't know what to expect of the trails or my ability,
so I left the tripod at home. I will be taking it the next trip. All the
shots in the gallery were handheld.
Here's my gallery from yesterday's hike. It was a wonderfully fun day, and the
park is really great. There are a lot more trails to explore, so I'm most
definitively going back. I've made some short and long term hiking goals.
http://www.caguila.com/rockaug312014/index.html
Comments welcome. Cheers, Christine, and Happy Labor Day!
Sent from my iPad
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