Daylily and Vetch along a roadside, Johnson County Kentucky
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by Bosborne:
Your main image is out of focus.

Milkweed
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
nice shot! so far i havent seen any here in harlan county kentucky but now that i know its blooming I'll keep an eye out. I think i would probably crop out that BG milkweed but i do tend to be a bit of a cropaholic ;)

Milkweed
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by Bear_Music:
That's beautiful. Very nicely done. I only wish we could see the whole foreground flower (or group?). Sharpness and DOF impeccable, processing serene and clear. Nice one.

Spring at Babcock State Park
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by SandyP:
Wow! Looks like a Courier & Ives painting! BEAUTIFUL!

Spring at Babcock State Park
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by CEJ:
Very nice exposure. Seems a little bright in the background or perhaps a slight bump in contrast. But the scene is well composed, the timing of the exposure is perfect and really lends a nice over-all mood to the shot. Well done!

Spring at Babcock State Park
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by nova:
Lovely! I like the placement of the mill in the frame. This is also a beautiful place when autumn colors are at their peak; maybe we could meet there one weekend this fall.

Spring at Babcock State Park
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by Prism:
What a beautiful spot! I love the soft water effect you have in this and the overall composition of the shot. My only suggestion would be to maybe rotate the whole shot about 1 degree to the right to bring the walls of the building vertical. Great capture!

Cliff at Jelico Rocks Morgan County KY
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by goldenhawkofky:
Ok

View from Chimney Rock Lookout Red River Gorge (Half Moon)
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by goldenhawkofky:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: That's a pretty scene. You will get much better sharpness if you don't stop down so far. When you use very tiny apertures (you used f/32) the lens does not perform so well due to various forms of diffraction. Optimum sharpness for that lens is probably at f/11 or f/16.

Thanks for the insight on lens performance and small apetures, I understand realize what you are talking about now and maybe intuitively at the time because most of my other shots were at an apeture of F/22 or larger after this one and I changed my ISO back to 100. The rest of the shots just did not have the type of light that this one had.

The grain, (not sure if it is the lens or the camera)hindered my sharpening in photoshop. Using unsharp mask, when I would increase the amount past 150 or decrease the threashold below 5 or 6 I would get a snowstorm of white points all over the image, that is with a radious of .5.

I was really fighting with time, I saw three different stages of light while I was setting up.

twm122 - yeah I am getting in a few before the GTG, that is a very easy drive from natural bridge probably around 15 minutes or something



Message edited by author 2006-04-06 09:15:07.

View from Chimney Rock Lookout Red River Gorge (Half Moon)
by goldenhawkofky

Comment by twm122:
Wow, that is great. Are you getting in a few before the GTG in May?