Dorwin Falls Project: 2
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Submitted to Great Outdoors
Photo Info
| Uploaded | December 19, 2009 |
| Taken | December 19, 2009 |
| Make | Pentax Corporation |
| Model | PENTAX K10D |
| Exposure | 1.5 sec at f/32 |
| Flash | No Flash |
| Focal Length | 300 mm |
| ISO | 100 |
Q: I am really into my wildlife photography but cannot afford a super zoom lens, I have a 300mm and am considering a teleconvertor. Has anybody had a experience with these and would you recommend them?
A: Do you know?
Photo license: © All rights reserved
This afternoon.
At around 3, I set up. I stand on the wooden platform that juts out and 100 feet above the lower part of the falls. One other person is there, and I wait until he is gone. As he walks off, the platform stops shaking, and I start shooting.
The temperature hovers around -20 C, or -8 F, and after about thirty minutes, the aperture on my camera freezes at f/16. I try a few exposures at f/38 which blows out all the highlights.
Forty minutes in, my battery starts to malfunction, and I'm forced to abandon exposures more than f/8.
My fingers and feet start to go numb at four o'clock, and my camera all but shuts down.
I call it quits and dart back to the car, where I discover the only real damage to my camera is that I've reduced the battery life. My fingers and toes come back to life a little later.
This is one of the last good exposures from today.
24 responses
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Heaven Man gave props (19 Dec 2009):
Great!
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Alexis - Now on Flickr gave props (19 Dec 2009):
Joe, this is absolutely amazing. It's like a seamless blend of a beautiful "West coast school" photograph with one of your camera motion abstracts, and of the magic and mystery inherent to both forms. Just gorgeous, I can't stop looking at it. If it was ever possible to buy a print of this, I'd be right on it.
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Michele Randell gave props (19 Dec 2009):
I think this is one of the most amazing images you have ever produced!
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riverS (Deleted) gave props (20 Dec 2009):
oh! this is so amazing!
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John Linton gave props (20 Dec 2009):
I absolutely love your fluid pics.
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Ronnie Ginnever gave props (20 Dec 2009):
Wow, this a wonderful and compelling image. I want to get lost in it.
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Catherine Hadler gave props (20 Dec 2009):
brrrr, I love this. it reminds me of my favourite photographer - Thomas Joshua Cooper - check him out. My vote of course
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Bruce Miller (Deleted) gave props (20 Dec 2009):
Cool vortex effect!
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elfriede fulda gave props (20 Dec 2009):
Great Joe ...MIL
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Alexis - Now on Flickr gave props (20 Dec 2009):
Yes! Back to vote on this beauty
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Kevin Kott gave props (20 Dec 2009):
My vote!!!
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Penny Nannini gave props (22 Dec 2009):
spectacular!
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John Linton gave props (28 Dec 2009):
Hell YEAH! Rad!
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Fernando Villalobos said (1 Jan 2010):
Voted, admired, and respected.
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nö (Deleted) gave props (6 Jan 2010):
incredible!
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Aelica (Deleted) gave props (7 Jan 2010):
Voted! Your pictures are always so impressive!
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Alya Al Dhaheri gave props (7 Jan 2010):
just...wow!
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Lori D'Ambrosio gave props (15 Jan 2010):
wow, Joseph. I think you surpass me when it comes to getting out early and I do go out in inclement weather but never this cold! Great shot and worth all the physical discomfort.
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Didi Witchard gave props (21 Jan 2010):
incredible shot, voted!
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n n (Deleted) gave props (22 Jan 2010):
Gorgeus exposure, my vote !
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! Mario Scattoloni ¡ gave props (26 Jan 2010):
The pain we endure for our ART....bravo....worth it was it not. Vot´d.
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J. Randall Updegrove said (14 Feb 2010):
a great shot that shines in black and white
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Jorge Aviles (Deleted) said (15 Feb 2010):
I voted, Awsome shot
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Karen Zimmerman gave props (7 Mar 2010):
Fantastic! Thank you for risking fingers, toes and camera for such beauty! voted!
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