In the Field

Fir and Fog. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. September 18, 2005.

I like hiking on foggy days - the landscape is constantly changing in appearance as the fog thickens, thins, or simply slowly drifts by. This shot is just a moody reminder of the ephemerality of each scene I witnessed this early autumn morning. And it's another example of how my landscape viewing mind works - it was shot with my longest zoom lens!

Behind the Camera

Fir and Fog. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. September 18, 2005.

Digital Capture; Compressed RAW (NEF) format; ISO 100.

Nikon D2X with Nikon 200-400 mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR lens @ 200 mm (300 mm equivalent with digital conversion factor) supported on Gitzo 1348 carbon fibre tripod with Wimberley head. VR turned to "On" and in "Normal" mode.

1/40s @ f6.3; no compensation from matrix-metered exposure setting.

At the Computer

Fir and Fog. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. September 18, 2005.

RAW Conversion to 16-bit TIFF, including first-pass sharpening and tone curve adjustment, using Phase One's C1 Pro.

All further digital correction on 16-bit TIFF file using Adobe's Photoshop CS, including selective sharpening for web output.

Conservation

Fir and Fog. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. September 18, 2005.

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