JUNE Photo of the Month Contest (OPEN)

[popeshawnpaul]

Not sure I've submitted any pictures for the contest lately.  Here are my WA submissions:

For those of you that fish LaPush, this should look familiar.  I shot this last weekend on Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park at about 9:45 PM after the sun had set for about 30 minutes.  There was an amazing afterglow and I shot this picture at like 30 seconds to mist the crashing waves. 


Just a no name waterfall near Lake Quinalt in Olympic National Park.  A 2 second exposure misted the water movement and created my wife's favorite shot of the weekend.  I personally like the above Rialto Beach shot, but she remembers being cold and wet and not having fun for me forcing her to sit there a half hour after the sun set to get the perfect shot... 

[huntnphool]

Very nice Shawn, what were the other settings on the camera, if you don't mind.

[popeshawnpaul]

Err...  exif will show them better than I can remember.  I did use a polarizer on both shots which helped quite a bit.

Rialto shot:


File name
          IMG_4374.CR2
Camera Model Name
          Canon EOS 40D
Firmware
          Firmware Version 1.0.8
Shooting Date/Time
          5/24/2008 21:38:27
Tv(Shutter Speed)
          30Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
          F22
Metering Modes
          Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
          0
ISO Speed
          100
Lens
          EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focal Length
          17.0 mm
Image size
          3888 x 2592
Image Quality
          RAW
Flash
          Off
White Balance
          Auto
AF mode
          One-Shot AF
Picture Style
          Landscape
Parameters
          Tone Curve :    Standard
          Sharpness level :    -
          Pattern Sharpness :    -
          Contrast :    0
          Sharpness :    4
          Color saturation :    0
          Color tone :    0
          Long exposure noise reduction :    Auto
          High ISO speed noise reduction :    Disable
          Highlight tone priority :    Disable
Color matrix
          -
Color Space
          sRGB
File Size
          9709 KB

Waterfall:

File name
          IMG_4495.CR2
Camera Model Name
          Canon EOS 40D
Firmware
          Firmware Version 1.0.8
Shooting Date/Time
          5/26/2008 12:15:20
Tv(Shutter Speed)
          3Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
          F16
Metering Modes
          Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
          +2
ISO Speed
          100
Lens
          EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focal Length
          25.0 mm
Image size
          3888 x 2592
Image Quality
          RAW
Flash
          Off
White Balance
          Auto
AF mode
          One-Shot AF
Picture Style
          Landscape
Parameters
          Tone Curve :    Standard
          Sharpness level :    -
          Pattern Sharpness :    -
          Contrast :    0
          Sharpness :    4
          Color saturation :    0
          Color tone :    0
          Long exposure noise reduction :    Auto
          High ISO speed noise reduction :    Disable
          Highlight tone priority :    Disable
Color matrix
          -
Color Space
          sRGB
File Size
          15873 KB

[cascademountainhunter]

There are some awesome photo's...  I'll submit mine, but is no where near the top class here.
This is a pic of my 3 year old lab "Tank"

i vote for this one

[saylean]

All good photos...but i vote for this one too...

[Ray]

Looks like some tough competition and it has not been a week yet.

[HawkenBob]

Thats Bunch Creek Pope! Awesome shot. Probably the most photo'd spot in the Q vally. Sometimes you have to wait in line with the tripod people.

[popeshawnpaul]

Man, I almost drove right by it.  If my wife didn't have to do a "nature walk" I probably would have just drove by it...lol.

[boneaddict]

as always....just playin

[popeshawnpaul]

That's nice for ISO 800 and no IS shot at 1/400th of a second.  It's nice that you stopped down a half a stop as that improves the lens performance greatly.  I love chukar. 

[boneaddict]

It was probably just by accident, I still don't know what the heck I am doing.  I took the canon to the snake pit yesterday....thats probably what jinxed me.  My goal is an action shot striking, an eyeball- pit viper shot , and maybe a good buzz (blurred).  I was interested in the bright bright sun and rocks and how that was going to effect my shot.  I'm shooting in RAW now thanks to Rob(huntnphool)and a nice gift.  That helps immensly with whitebalance as you know.  I was curious how I could slow it down to get the buzz yet it being so bright.  Also wondered what it would be like dangling from those rocks, with a 12 pound lens instead of what I was using.    

[Gutpile]

Here's a deer that hung around while we were trying to call in a bobcat or coyote last year? Deer didn't mind any sounds until we howled. Didn't like that at all. Also got it on video.

[klickriverchromer]

seeing a lot of bird pic's so here's a couple little guys that i snapped a pic of while walking the creek by my casa.  love alll the photos great job to all.  damn nice. hard to pic. pope has some dandy's.

[Skyvalhunter]

Here are a couple from last weeks float/hike in the Grand Canyon. #1 of the 7 wonders of the world. Truly an amazing place!!

[javman]

This is my favorite grouse capture, taken almost a year ago. Best time for grouse photos is the next coupla weeks, while the hens like to lay on the side of gravel roads guarding their chicks.