Not as many Lakers on the Fly…..
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Hi everyone.
I decided to post in this forum, as the primary focus of this latest trip was a Photography Workshop – not fly-fishing. Although I did get a chance to do a little – it was only for 3 hours – and I was under orders to get some fish for the group shore lunch. The biggest Lake Trout I caught was a 12 pound specimen, so it looks like I’ll have to go back up next year to try and break my standing 20 lb record 😉
Anyhoo, the first two days of the workshop were spent in and around Yellowknife. On day two we headed up the Ingraham Trail (Hwy 4) to hike up to Cameron River Falls. Along the way, we came upon a pair of Willow Ptarmigan, and I managed to get this shot before one over-zealous member of our group, spooked them into the bush.
Serious color Frank! Beautiful! The northern lights are way high up on my must do list. How long an exposure were those night shots?
Thanks for all the kind words.
Douglas.
For the aurora, I was using a f2.8 lens, ISO set to 1600, and an exposure of 30 seconds.This worked out pretty well, but there are differences between the shots. On the first one, the show was just starting, so the light intesity was quite a bit lower. I could have set the exposure to 1 minute, but the background stars wouldn’t have been as sharp.
On the last shot, the intesity was at its peak. I could have dropped the exposure to 10 seconds, but I kept it where it was – as I wasn’t blowing out the highlights.
Our leader was using a f1.4 lens and started out using a 30 second exposure, but mid way through went to 10 seconds. He also had the ISO set to 1600. The differences between his shots and my shots are quite noticeable. With his 1.4 lens, he was able to pick up more magenta in the aurora than I could.
Some people were also using f4 lenses, and the shots were still pretty good, but once again there was a noticeable difference when compared to the f2.8, and a huge difference with the f1.4.
When all was said and done however, everyone got good shots of the aurora. Although I have seen it many times since moving to Alberta in 1979, this was the first time I was able to capture it in pictures.
It goes without saying that I am now a happy camper 😉
Regards,
Frank.
Yep, great set Frank.
The Aurora is high on my list to. I’ve seen it a few times in my life, would kill to photograph it.
Hey Grant.
Think Spruce Grouse – but dumber. Genrally they’re pretty accomodating, and you can get up close enough to them to darn near step on them. These ones, however got a bit jittery when 1 of our group ran up to them in oder to get some full frame shots.
He must of had buck fever, as he didn’t even realise he had a 70-200mm lens with a 2x converter on. Normally you could stand in the next county and get a good shot of a ptarmigan with a rig like that 😉
Frank
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