[Leica] IMG: Rubicon Trail

[mark.teampope at ntlworld.com (Mark Pope)]

Lovely shots Bob.  I especially liked the waterfall and leaves.


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Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Picture a week (2008): http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
                (2007): 
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2007
Bob Adler wrote:
> I'm spending a couple of weeks with my family up at Lake Tahoe, CA. 
> Yesterday we went for a walk on the Rubicon Trail. This isn't the one made 
> famous by off road enthusiasts, but a 4 - 5 mile trail along the west 
> shore of the lake from D L Bliss State Park to Emerald Bay, then up to the 
> road. We parked a car at either end as the walk would double if we didn't.
> 
> I found it to be one of the most beautiful walks at the Lake I've ever 
> taken. And there were clouds which, in my opinion, really enhanced the 
> images. I debated carrying the 40lb larger format gear (a new Canon outfit 
> to replace my Hassy's :-( ), but opted for the Leica outfit. Glad I did as 
> I'm not a decathalete like many on this list (Doug!). All images were 
> taken with a 21mm except the stream (50mm) and the last image at the top 
> of Emerald Bay (35mm).
> 
> I'm working on my daughter's uncalibrated laptop here, so I'm not sure if 
> I got the contrast and brightness/exposures right on. A couple I'll end up 
> printing when I get home, and will work my calibrated setup of course.
> 
> Used Lightroom 2 for the first time. Just blown away by many of the new 
> features. The local dodge/burn and graduated filter tool are simply 
> wonderful. On many of the images where the sky looked blown, I used the 
> graduated filter tool and they appeared like magic!! Now the only filter 
> I'll carry is my polarizer and a ND filter for when I need to slow things 
> down.
> 
> Hope you enjoy. C&C always looked forward to and appreciated,
> 
> http://www.raflexions.com/Rubicon
> 
> Bob
> 
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.raflexions.com
> 
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