Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/05

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Along the American River
From: leicaphong at gmail.com (Phong)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 20:13:21 -0400
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Not much else to say other than I really like the composition, the dramatic
sky and all.
Great shot, excellent processing.

- Phong


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:

> Today while they installed running boards on our new Mercedes Benz
> Sprinter van I rode a portion of the American River Bike Trail up to
> California State University Sacramento where a replica of the Golden Gate
> Bridge spans the river. Even though I've lived here for nearly four decades
> I've never crossed this foot/cycling bridge. Today I took the opportunity
> to ride across.
>
> We had great clouds today, but challenging to capture, so I made an HDR
> image, processed in in Photomatrix Pro. This is looking upstream to one of
> the water intakes (I think). The river is low because there's not much
> runoff out of Folsom Lake. There's not much runoff into Folsom Lake either,
> now that I think of it, the Sierra snow pack is only about 60% of normal
> for this time of year: grim news.
>
> I'm rather pleased with the way this came out. It captures the dynamics of
> the sky as I saw it.
>
> <
> http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/27796461_bZQWXL#!i=2442606062&k=5jKhdmW&lb=1&s=X3
> >
>
> Shot with Sony NEX-7, Leica sumicron 35mm, f4 or thereabouts with
> auto-bracketing turned on.
>
> I think this image bears looking at large. I'm going to enjoy printing it.
>
> Thanks for looking. Comments/critique always welcome.
>
> Adam Bridge
>
>
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