Utah and Arizona

[timberghost72]

Took the family to Utah to visit all the National Parks and also made a side trip to Arizona to the Grand Canyon North Rim.
Parks:
Arches NP
Canyonlands NP (and Dead Horse Point State Park)
Zion NP
Bryce Canyon NP
Grand Canyon NP North Rim

All in all a great trip. Other than it being 100 degrees and hazy. Not a fan of heat  Makes it hard for pictures too.

[timberghost72]

Some more

[carpsniperg2]

Very cool. My dad took some great pic's down there last year. I hope to see it one of these days.

[timberghost72]

And more

[X-Force]

Great shots. That looks like a trip worth taking!

[Don Fischer]

i used to drive for a living and that country is some of the most beautiful in the country. Savage and unrelenting! Love that stuff.

[Bean Counter]

 

[Craig]

Awesome pictures. Were you using a wide angle lens? Going to Yellowstone in a couple weeks. Looking for a good landscape lens.

[timberghost72]

Thank You. I was using a Canon 17-55 f2.8 IS. I think I would have liked to have a 10-22 but this worked out nicely. The 2 animals I got with a Canon 70-200L f4 IS. Now I need to learn post processing. This was my real first attempt at it beyond basic sharpening and resizing. I got Lightroom 4 and thoroughly confused. Don't know if I'm doing more harm then good. 

[Bean Counter]

Are you just on the trial version of Lightroom 4? Version 5 is now out. It has an advanced healing brush that will prove handy. I did my free 30 days with LR4 and now I'm trying out PS Elements. So far I think I like Lightroom better. Its more user friendly and easier to get 80% of the adjustments you'll need. But LR can't do everything PSE can.

The EF-S 10-22mm is a great lens. Its well built and optically fantastic. But, for my recent trip to the Grand Canyon I used the 17-55mm far more. I've made a few decent shots with the 10-22 but I find that it being too wide makes it a little less useful. its primary use is supposed to be for uber close up shots to distort shapes and sizes and for creative perspectives. I wound up selling mine because I wanted to save up for your 70-200mm f/4L IS lens. I bought the 10-22mm for $500 and sold it for $600 

[timberghost72]

I received Lightroom 4 as a gift so that's what I'm stuck with. I'm sure at my skill level that is plenty for now. When I figure it all out I will upgrade. I'm back in college right now full time trying to figure out what to do with the 2nd half of my life and I heard that I can get PS CS6 at student cost of around $250.00-$300.00. I havent verified that yet but would that be worth getting? Sounds like a lot of you guys use both for specific purposes.

[Bean Counter]

Yes, as a student Adobe will sell you products at a substantial discount.  Idk what PS CS 6 has that Elements does not. Do some research and make sure its worth it for the features you need and want. Im pretty sure theres a student discount for Elements too. In either case I think you should only consider dropping that kind of coin on CS6 if you find yourself wishing you could do stuff that you can't with LR, such as taking stuff from one photo and putting it in another, reshaping noses, elongating legs, or making a females chest area look bigger (yes, you can really do that).

Both of these photo expeditions were edited exclusively in LR.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,127505.0.html?PHPSESSID=ba2792a9b54269b057f0b40a0bed9489
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,127148.0.html?PHPSESSID=99e7c4a20325446978c860b1541dd829


Lightroom just seems far more intuitive to me. I will probably learn to appreciate Elements by the end of my trial period but by only a few days into my use with LR I found getting the results I want quick and easy. Hopefully some of the pros in our midst will jump in here...

[bowhunterforever]

Nice pics

[boneaddict]

I've been to all those places.  You did well capturing it.   I use CS5 and its plenty for me.  I do very little post processing, so there is a ton of stuff I never use.