The 2018 Fall meeting of the NPPNW will be Saturday, November 3 in the Corbet Theater of Centralia College in Centralia, WA
The invited speaker will be Charles Glatzer under the generous sponsorship of CANON. Charles is well known for his Shoot the Light Workshops with their emphasis on creating images with visual and emotional impact. Participants give Charles outstanding reviews. His morning presentation is entitled “Metering Demystified” and his afternoon presentation will be “The Comprehensive Wildlife Photographer…A Program Designed to Enhance Both Your Technical Ability and Visual Sense”.
For more information see their link below. They better watch out if Jim Heern is planning on attending!
This was taken early one morning at Lake of the Woods when they were having their Triathlon competition. Taken on a tripod with my 400 lens and 1.4 extender. 1/500 sec. F/14, 560mm, ISO 1000. I wanted to do something different for our competition sports assignment, as I had never taken pictures of swimmers before and was up “early” for the challenge.
Helena And Koda Linda Bryant
Long Lake Swim Greg Smith
In searching for something different for the “Competitive Sport” category of competition, I discovered that Lake of the Woods was hosting a triathlon. I and another club member ventured up to the lake if the wee hours of morning to catch the open swim competition. It was impressive to watch swimmers of all ages (the oldest being 84) hit the 68 degree water for a 3000 meter swim. I was using my wonderful new 500mm lens to capture the action. For this shot I added a 1.4X extension to the lens for 700mm of reach. My settings were: ISO 4000, f/16, 1/800th of a second.
Second Place
Planning the Play Debbie Jallit
Third Place
Friday Night Lights Debbie Jallit
First Place – Open Category
Three First Place Winners
Clearwaters Ross Steensland
I was scouting Stump Lake for the next morning’s photoshoot. After admiring a smoky orange sunset, I happened across Clearwater River. The gentle water progressively edged by vibrant grass and wildflowers, resting under an old mountain forest captivated my imagination. Armed with my canon 6D MkII, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, B&W Polarizer filter, and a sturdy tripod, I decided a long exposure in the waning light could capture the brilliant colors along with silky smooth water I was enjoying. Exposure settings: 28mm, F11, ISO 50, 30 second exposure, edited in Adobe Lightroom.
Fox Brewpub Dale George
“Fox Brewpub” was taken April of 2017 on our return drive from Las Vegas through Carson City. We had gone to dinner and were returning to our hotel in Carson City deep into the blue hour. I had intended to shoot this interesting historic old hotel after dark, so I pulled over and parked across the street. I set up my tripod with my older but trusty Canon 5DMKiii and 24-70mm lens combination.
I took 3 exposures at plus and minus 1.6 the normal exposure. ISO was 100 and f/6.1 while the shutter speed was 1.3 seconds at normal exposure.
Images were blended and tonemapped in Photomatix, some work in Lightroom and NIK Efex. Anyone who has seen my images knows I tend to be drawn to architectural buildings. They make great subjects and never move during the shooting process!!
A Pretty Place to Hide Susan Sheets
This image was shot in my backyard at dusk with my Olympus OMD EM5 MarkII and Olympus macro lens at 120mm, f8. I enjoy gardening almost as much as photography and often take my camera out with me when working in the yard – you never know what may be hiding out there.
I was scouting Stump Lake for the next morning’s photoshoot. After admiring a smoky orange sunset, I happened across Clearwater River. The gentle water progressively edged by vibrant grass and wildflowers, resting under an old mountain forest captivated my imagination. Armed with my canon 6D MkII, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, B&W Polarizer filter, and a sturdy tripod, I decided a long exposure in the waning light could capture the brilliant colors along with silky smooth water I was enjoying. Exposure settings: 28mm, F11, ISO 50, 30 second exposure, edited in Adobe Lightroom.
Congratulations! Ross. We’ll be looking for your shot in the Daily Courier.
Lake Selmac was sheer lucky happenstance as I wandered around in the dark. With a few too many lights around the lake and having fruitlessly walked the dam in the dark, I drove over to a darker section of the area still hoping to find a doable shot of the Milky Way. I stumbled down towards the water past some picnic tables and found this lovely view around Midnight. Interestingly enough, Lake Selmac became a Fire Camp HQ the very next day and there is no way I could have taken these shots. It is a double vertical row of star shots stitched together. Nikon D750 and Nikkor 24mm f1.8 lens at f/2.2, ISO 3200, 13 secs, 4 dupes of each shot (=24shots), stacked in Sequator to remove noise, basic adjustments in LR and then a lot more work in PS.
Lake Lemolo Black Stars Nomeca Hartwell
Lemolo Lake, taken mid-June, was a beautiful, serene , reflective starscape a few miles away from Diamond lake. My travel partner, Don T., spent all night photographing and videoing the scene and saw wonderous sights. I went to my tent after Midnight and had a chilly rest ( talk about suffering for the cause of art). Nikon D750, ISO 3200, 12 sec., 24mm 1.8 lens at f/2.0… 16 shots, stacked into 4 working shots in Sequator to remove noise, adjustments in LR and further work in PS.
