rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thanks! For sure, dramatic sunrise clouds are one of my favourite fall features.
Caught some sunrise colours this morning out at Pitt Meadows.
Came across a collection of starfish at Cates Park this morning due to low tide. I've never seen them up close like this before, very alien looking.
A misty morning in Cypress Falls Park, leading into the canyon.
Foggy Lake - More sunrise fall fog, this time from Burnaby Lake.
Really liked the shapes that the negative space of the fog took here. Calm and simple.
Nice standalone mushroom seen this morning in Woodhaven Swamp (with a tiny guest).
The dregs of summer are upon us for sure. Most plants are either withering away, or are big leafy greens (which don't typically macrophoto very well). Caught this lil purple guy along the trail in Capilano Canyon.
Wildfire smoke still pretty strong here in Vancouver. This is a viewpoint from Burnaby Mountain, looking north towards Deep Cove and Indian Arm.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Cheers thanks! Yep, one other shot you should be able to see on my profile.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thanks very much! This was shot on a Nikon Z6, using the F-mount 105mm macro lens. It's a focus stack of 25 exposures, each shot at 0.4s f/5.6.
Took a couple of my old McFarlane dragon figures out on a hike this morning.
Took a couple of my old McFarlane dragon figures out on a hike this morning.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thanks very much! It’s pretty hot right now, we’ve got a few days of 30C weather in front of us right now. Been a very dry summer (by Vancouver standards, at any rate).
Took a walk around Cliff Falls Park in Maple Ridge this morning. Might be worth a re-visit in the fall, once the water flow is stronger.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thank you! Process involves shooting a range of images in the field (generally more than I need), then merging them in either Photoshop or a tool like Helicon Focus. I then select the edge shots (where I'd like the focus to begin and end), and then selectively edit and/or remove shots from the stack; perhaps the wind moved the subject a bit, or a bug entered shot. Following that is my usual RAW processing regime, which varies from shot to shot.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thanks! The drop-off is something that I've struggled with using this process so far, as the edge shots will have the same shallow DoF that all of the other ones do. If there were a way to vary aperture while shooting the stack, that might be a way to do it.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Not fake, but focus stacked. This is 29 shots blended, each at 1/13s, f/5.6.
A singular dewdrop, found while wandering Maplewood Flats this morning.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thanks! Glad you liked it (and I didn’t even see your pre-edit, but for clarity, this was taken at Barnet Marine Park in Burnaby, BC).
Summer sunrise once again, this time from Barnet Marine Park.
Hiking a very dry Menzies Trail in Golden Ears this morning, came across a few bunches of what I believe to be Buffaloberries. I like the leaf lines in this a lot.
Managed to get up early enough to catch a summer sunrise in North Van today. Always a struggle to get out the door by 4:30am in the summer.
Details of some of the many seemingly-petrified pinecones at Quercus Point near Squamish.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Sure looks like it to me too! Thanks for the ID help, I’m awful at identifying the plants I shoot.
A tiny cluster of white flowers I found along the powerline near Hyannis Trail.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
I am! This is approximately 30 shots stacked, shot at 1/13s exposure @ f/5.6.
Caught some raspberries in the process of ripening this morning on a hike along Admiralty Point Trail in Belcarra.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thanks! And thanks for the additional info - very interesting!
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Very cool - thanks for filling in the info gap!
rhino 1y ago • 100%
ngl, this was my first thought when composing this shot
Finally got a shot of this odd door near Cleveland Dam in Capilano Canyon this morning. I'm not sure what it's for... presuming it's an emergency exit or something similar.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thanks! So glad your eye caught that web as well. :-)
Exploring some trails on Mt. Fromme today. Streams were all really dry... hoping that this will be a good re-visit in the fall once things are wet again.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Thank you very much! I did enhance the light I was given somewhat when converting it to B&W, but mostly it was good conditions, and some good luck (as I had to bail on this location quickly to avoid being eaten by mosquitoes lol).
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Yeah, I honestly have no idea. It came up in a quick search for "blue berry red stem", but photos don't match. I struggle to identify plants sometimes.
rhino 1y ago • 100%
Very cool! This spot can be great, but it's very dependent on weather conditions for me. Bright and sunny leads this to be somewhat boring, IMO.