Monthly Archives: December 2011

Photographer’s Choice – Fowler Bush

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Parkway View of Grandfather at Sunset

Fowler Bush - Grandfather Mountain

Fowler Bush - Grandfather Mountain

Two local photographic favorites-prominent Grandfather Mountain and a sunset. Fowler’s vantage point was from the Parkway, “From the last observation turnout on the right hand side before (perhaps 3-5 mi.) the 321 intersection heading south. It wasn’t as dark as it appears but I reduced the metered exposure perhaps 2 stops to capture the fiery sunset in all its glory”.

As an aside, all residents of the High Country Counties may visit Grandfather during December for $1.00 admission each. Pick a cold day with blustery winds for an experience.

Fowler’s camera is the Canon EOS T1i fitted with a Canon EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens zoomed to 145mm. Exposure was 1/180 sec at f/22 and the ISO was set to 800 to allow hand holding of the camera. The image was captured on October 17, 2011 at 5:47p

Photographer’s Choice – Mike Acquesta

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Moonlight Reflection in Upstate New York

Mike Acquesta - Seneca Lake Moonlight

Mike Acquesta - Seneca Lake Moonlight

Mike grew up in the Finger Lakes region of NY State. In the early morning of Oct 11, 2011, while vacationing in the area, he captured the above scene from the east side of Seneca Lake. He describes it as follows:

I positioned the camera so that the moon light reflection on the lake cut directly between the two docks. The reflection points to the opposite shore and towards the moon. The moon did a wonderful job of under lighting the clouds. When first looking at the picture, one immediately notices the bright streak of light extending up at an angle. As the eye passes through the portal created by the decks, I think you start noticing other aspects of the shot, including the deck silhouettes, the suspended boat, then the opposite shore. Finally the moon comes into view with the bottom lit clouds. I applied a minor touch-up in Camera Raw – exposure boosted ever so slightly, and that was it.

His camera was a Canon 40D set on manual exposure with a Canon EF-S 10-22mm wide-angle zoom lens, set at 22mm, aperture f/4.5, shutter 25 seconds, tripod mounted.