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Nice!

Thanks for posting Aaron 🙂

Frank.

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btw – to see these (and other Bull Trout) pictures in a larger format, feel free to check out my Web Album in Picasa.

http://picasaweb.google.com/111475489180951342122/BullTroutPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCNW5tLfclobfhAE&feat=directlink

Frank

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Geez I don’t logon for two weeks, and miss this post – among others. Oh well. In the spirit of the request, I thought I’d put up some of mine.

     
     

Bulls are a favorite of mine, and I’m blessed to live in an area where I can target them regularly.

Enjoy!

Frank.

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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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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.

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Thanks Zach.

I’m a big Grayling fan (pun intended), but didn’t get to fish for them near enough while at the lodge.

I’ll see if I can’t rectify that in two weeks time!

Frank.

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