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DOF is a whole 'nother' black hole of discussion. You can shoot wide open for night shots if your focus is truly set to infinity and there are no foreground subjects too close. I try and not have anything prominent that is closer than around 15'. Check a DOF chart and also find a way to set...

Just an update on the submission deadline. We are pushing it out to June 12 as we can't sit down for image review till the 16th.

WS - The pix I have posted in this thread are all in the 20 sec or less exposure so I think by the 1/500 rule ???, that is within the range for very little apparent movement. I'm sure in a big print they would be a tad soft but for the web or even small prints they should be sharp enough. Yet...

I have a bit of a learning disability when it comes to layers and blending. :wacko: I keep dragging my feet on this technique. I like the idea of what you have done and will have to play with this a bit, I'm sure I can figure it out eventually. Your shot is a great example. But, I actually...

Wowzer!!

Had a bit of trouble getting second pic to load but here is 2nd night of weekend with a bit of weather moving through. Colder temps inspired the campfire and their was probably some single malt circulating. 10 seconds, f/4.5, ISO 2500

Been playing with this night photography stuff for quite a while. I'm a slow learner but I have figured out it is lots easier to work with night shot files if there is some moonlight to help balance the pic. Able to use smaller apertures for depth of field and overall sharpness, exposures not as...

Lighthawk - I can take JPEGs emailed to me directly or just send me a link to an online gallery and will make sure it is part of the review process when we get the process going. To be honest the deadline date of June 5 is a little arbitrary as we probably won't sit down and look at images for...

Thought it might be appropriate to get a topic started for various call for photo submissions that might be of interest to WTW photo types. Will get it started with a subject that is near and dear to my heart as I am actively involved in this project, the Oregon Natural Desert Association's Wild...

I'm the poster child for what not to do with sensor cleaning... :wacko: On my first DSLR (Nikon D200) I inadvertently tripped the shutter closed while sensor swab was in the thick of it. A $300+ shutter repair was the result of my ignorance/stupidity. I'm now way more attentive and actually...

Maybe this is a prop from the new Mad Max movie??? :D

Not sure of the make on this one but pretty intriguing design. I screen grabbed this off of facebook or some other random internet location as it seemed pretty classic.

Wow, what a great capture!

Just north of the main Alvord Ranch. Road was rerouted maybe 10 years back or more as it was actually on ranch property I believe and also to soften the curve as there had been some bad accidents here from what I had heard. There is also a very picturesque cottonwood at this corner that many of...

Typical "maintenance" for a roadside sign in the Great Basin. A friend of mine liked this pic so much he requested I make a print for him. This indicator is on a sharp turn on an otherwise straight road that runs down the east side of Steens Mtn, SE Oregon.

Seeing the Aurora in Iceland or Norway would be pretty darn cool also. Just a different kind of trip for sure. Logistics of the camper would be a bit complicated. ;)

Wandering Sagebrush's hands got me inspired to take a look at some glyphs from a trip to southern Hart Mtn area in SE Oregon. Decided that a B/W conversion gave me a bit more latitude to enhance contrast. I have seen few of the hand representations in my travels. These are really close to...

As MarkBC says, the new versions of Lightroom are pretty much all you need. PhotoShop is great for more advanced processing and printing but LR can do most quite well. As I watch a friend and his similar struggles at the moment, I might suggest figuring out your in camera JPEG processing...

Sounds good. Let's try again next time you are passing through. I'm starting to see the light at the end of this work tunnel I'm in at the moment. Hope to start getting out again before the end of the year.

Thanks all. Very cool opportunity for sure, hope to do more in the future. The perspective and challenges of shooting from up high are really entertaining. The flight was set up by an organization called LightHawk. They get conservation/sicence based groups that need air support hooked up with...

MarkBC - Thanks for the memory jog from this trip to the OR/ID/NV point. I do remember we all slept in different states except one (maybe you) who slept in two states at once.

The TR's and photo threads turning up here are inspiring, to say the least. Craig333 got me going to revisit some images from last spring. I had the great fortune to tag along on a 2 day helicopter excursion over both Hart Mtn and Charles Sheldon Wildlife Refuges. I took hundreds of images in...

Always a treat to see the images that pop up here. The list of places to visit gets even longer. Love the high Sierra basins that LightHawk does great justice. And the thunderheads are just awesome. Love the reflection. Cheers-

Cheers, Lighthawk - Much appreciated.