Last week I was up in the Northern Door County area with my son. He's been a photo companion of mine since being a toddler. At 17, he rarely comes with me any more, having more pressing teenage necessities. Because we wanted to check out a business that's in line with his career aspirations, he tagged along. In the old days he would preoccupy himself with throwing stones, finding bugs, or frogs, or snakes. Now he just plugs in the ear buds and he's lost in his music. I mention all this because the following day I received a call from Newport Park that my son's wallet was found and turned in. Seems he took out his wallet to get at the iPod and left the wallet behind. So, another trip to Newport for me, and a request, to look for his missing cell phone. Oh boy. So after retrieving the wallet, I hiked our route again, calling his phone at all the photo stops hoping to find it. No such luck.
About the photos: All with Pentax 645D, Pentax 645-A 120mm and 645-A 35mm.
Shine - Trying to find compositions that utilize the 120mm and found this. Was about 45 minutes before sunset, with the sun behind some clouds. Increased the ISO to 400 to get better depth of field with a faster shutter speed. f/16, 1/60 sec. Focused at the base of the main reeds. Backgroud is a bit soft, and unfortunately so is the very near foreground.
Hang'n Out - I processed this for a Black and White, but could not get it to work. Switched back to a color version and it came together rather nicely. 35mm, ISO 100, f/16, 15 sec.
Reach - Same trees as can be seen on the right side of Hang'n Out. Two shot hand blended HDR using masks. Tried processing this over and over again until I got to this. 35mm, ISO 100, 10sec and 2.5 sec, f/13 (should have used f/16 because near cliff rocks a bit soft).
Lakeside Quiet - One shot. 35mm, f/16, 70 sec, Lee 2 stop soft grad on an angle, polarizer turned slightly - but still got the dreaded over polarized blotch in the sky that I mostly got fixed in processing.
Last note of interest: My wife found the "lost" cellphone in my sons shorts pocket when doing laundry. Teenagers!!!!!!!!!!