Yolo Bypass
I often lament the fact that I don't live close enough to the ocean. The ocean provides endless sunsets, dynamic wave action, and enough subjects to photograph forever. Here in the Central Valley of California, I have a difficult time finding close areas to shoot landscape photography. Granted, I haven't been at this very long, but it has been a little frustrating.
On this occasion, I could see that the clouds were getting good, so I went home, grabbed my camera, and headed for the Yolo Bypass. I've been meaning to explore that area for a long time. The Yolo Bypass is a flood protection area (for Sacramento) that doubles as a wetlands area for wildlife. It is currently not under water, so I drove my car right into it, parked, and hiked a bit to check it out.
The clouds that I was seeing earlier had disappeared by the time I got there and set up, but I could see that the sunset was going to be good. The wetlands are great for reflection, but the difficult part is finding something interesting to use in the foreground. Grasses and weeds are pretty much the only choice, so alas, grass it is!
This image turned out a little darker and oversaturated than I wanted -I can see that now after uploading to Flickr. Sometimes it looks great on my computer, then gets dark and colorific when compressed again by Flickr.
View a larger version of this photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/5tons/4194672020/sizes/o/
This is one single image, no HDR.
Canon 30D
Canon 17-40L @17mm
8 second exposure @F22
Lee soft ND grad .9 + .75 filters
ISO 100
Yolo Bypass
I often lament the fact that I don't live close enough to the ocean. The ocean provides endless sunsets, dynamic wave action, and enough subjects to photograph forever. Here in the Central Valley of California, I have a difficult time finding close areas to shoot landscape photography. Granted, I haven't been at this very long, but it has been a little frustrating.
On this occasion, I could see that the clouds were getting good, so I went home, grabbed my camera, and headed for the Yolo Bypass. I've been meaning to explore that area for a long time. The Yolo Bypass is a flood protection area (for Sacramento) that doubles as a wetlands area for wildlife. It is currently not under water, so I drove my car right into it, parked, and hiked a bit to check it out.
The clouds that I was seeing earlier had disappeared by the time I got there and set up, but I could see that the sunset was going to be good. The wetlands are great for reflection, but the difficult part is finding something interesting to use in the foreground. Grasses and weeds are pretty much the only choice, so alas, grass it is!
This image turned out a little darker and oversaturated than I wanted -I can see that now after uploading to Flickr. Sometimes it looks great on my computer, then gets dark and colorific when compressed again by Flickr.
View a larger version of this photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/5tons/4194672020/sizes/o/
This is one single image, no HDR.
Canon 30D
Canon 17-40L @17mm
8 second exposure @F22
Lee soft ND grad .9 + .75 filters
ISO 100