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[TheRoff]

Great pictures, David.

Larry

[DavidEccleston]

Thanks Larry. Belated thanks to Kayaker, and ahab.

So I had to Google the Coral Castle... Here's the Wikipedia entry for anybody else who's interested and wants to scratch their heads.

[thekingb]

They keep going, and going, and going by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

Love this set Dave. And it immediately reminded me of this shot I took a couple years ago. Just substitute my 6'6" neighbor for the dogs!

[DavidEccleston]

He's even got the fuzzy head. (And also a nice shot!)

[Dave Johnston]

I love all the snowy pictures. It never really snows in South Carolina.

Here are the some images from a recent waterfall hunting adventure in the upstate of SC. Winter is a tough time to shoot waterfalls as most of the vegetation is brown, and doesn't add much to the framing. At any rate, I was able to see a few places I'd like to re-visit in the spring and fall.


Wildcat Branch Falls0005 by johnstondox, on Flickr
5DIII + 24-70 2.8L @ 48mm 1.6" f8 ISO-100 "Wildcat Branch Falls"


Untitled by johnstondox, on Flickr

5DIII + 17-40 4L @ 20mm 2" f8.0 ISO-400 "Twin Falls"


Untitled by johnstondox, on Flickr
5DIII + 17-40 4L @ 20mm 0.5" f8.0 ISO-100 "Kings Creek Falls" I like that there was a casual hiker here to show the scale of these falls.


Untitled by johnstondox, on Flickr
5DIII + 17-40 4L @ 37mm 1.3" f11.0 ISO-100 "Spoonauger Falls" This was my favorite waterfall of the day and was nearly the smallest.

Thanks for looking and tips/advice on improvement,

Dave.

[conropl]

Here are the some images from a recent waterfall hunting adventure in the upstate of SC. Winter is a tough time to shoot waterfalls as most of the vegetation is brown, and doesn't add much to the framing. At any rate, I was able to see a few places I'd like to re-visit in the spring and fall.

It looks like you still have a lot of green around. We haven't seen any green for a quite a while now.

5DIII + 17-40 4L @ 20mm 0.5" f8.0 ISO-100 "Kings Creek Falls" I like that there was a casual hiker here to show the scale of these falls.
Thanks for looking and tips/advice on improvement,

If you had not mentioned the hiker, I would have missed it. That must be a big falls, and the dead tree that fell across the falls must be large.

Thanks for sharing... my wife and I love waterfalls. It looks like we are going to need to take a drive to S.C. some day.

[Dave Johnston]

my wife and I love waterfalls. It looks like we are going to need to take a drive to S.C. some day.

You should dedicate a week or so if possible as the up state of SC and also the neighboring area in NC have a good 20 waterfalls all within 2-3 hrs driving distance. A number of the falls here are GIGANTIC. There are two that I know that are 300+ feet. One of those is the largest fall east of the Mississippi (Whitewater falls). The best autumn shots down here (in the mountains) are had in mid to late October. Its definitely worth the trip.

Dave.

[conropl]

You should dedicate a week or so if possible as the up state of SC and also the neighboring area in NC have a good 20 waterfalls all within 2-3 hrs driving distance. A number of the falls here are GIGANTIC. There are two that I know that are 300+ feet. One of those is the largest fall east of the Mississippi (Whitewater falls). The best autumn shots down here (in the mountains) are had in mid to late October. Its definitely worth the trip.

Dave.

Thanks for the information. We already have a book of waterfalls in the area to start planning... but there are a lot of waterfalls around there to sort through.

Pat

[Dave Throgmartin]

Here's a couple more Christmas shots. Both are with the Zeiss 50 1.4 Planar in available light. Accurate focusing at this thin depth of field manually on a stock APS-C camera is impossible so I used live view.

First, my father & mother in-laws cat with out of focus highlight background. The tree was properly exposed and the the cat not. I tried to save it the best I could in post and am reasonably happy with the result. This was wide open at f/1.4


2012_12_24_1909_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Second, Santa enjoying a Caribbean Christmas at f/2.


2012_12_24_1915_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Dave

[thekingb]

2012_12_24_1909_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Very nicely done. Dreamy.