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fuzzywuzzy
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:49 am Post subject: Stony Brook Crown Reserve, on the Southwest Miramichi river |
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fuzzywuzzy wrote:
There aren't many notable things in New Brunswick Canada, but we do have some great Atlantic Salmon rivers.
Most good spots are privately owned, but several big stretches are owned by the province (i.e. the Crown). Every spring, New Brunswickers can enter a lottery to get a stretch of salmon river for 48 hours. My buddies and I enter religiously and we've had good luck, perhaps because we ask for the remote spots with the worst roads 
This year is a bad one for salmon fishing. Lack of rain has left the water low and too warm for the salmon. Many stretches are closed to fishing, and the rest don't have any fish in them. There's (hopefully!) a big crowd of salmon still out to sea waiting for the water to cool down so they can start their migration. But of course you can't predict this when you enter the draw in early spring, and we weren't about to relinquish our appointed stretch on our appointed dates, fish or no fish.
In between beverages and BBQ I managed a few pictures. All taken with Zeiss 50/1.7 Planar.
1) low water on the river's edge
2) across the stream
3) looking upstream
I'm not sure about the last one But after putting the waders on and going out midstream to get the shot I at least want to hear what people think.
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Minolfan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:32 am Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
Nice pictures, but I would have chosen to lay the sharpness a bit nearer in the last one. |
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DigiChromeEd
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:58 am Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
#2 is my favourite but I think the image would have been stronger if the foreground rocks on the left were in focus. 
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ForenSeil
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
| DigiChromeEd wrote: |
| #2 is my favourite but I think the image would have been stronger if the foreground rocks on the left were in focus. |
+1 + I think you should have stopped down more (I guess you used an ND filter?). Rocks in the foreground are too soft.
Great place! But next time, wait for better weather to get more contrast.
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fuzzywuzzy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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fuzzywuzzy wrote:
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I rarely get to remote stretches of prime salmon river but there's a dozen equally photogenic streams and rivers within half an hour's drive, I'll continue to practice this kind of shot and keep any advice in mind.
| Minolfan wrote: |
| Nice pictures, but I would have chosen to lay the sharpness a bit nearer in the last one. |
I thought about that, but the camera was only a foot above the water and if I'd gone too close my DOF would have been very shallow. Of course I should have tried it anyway, at least then I'd know for sure 
| DigiChromeEd wrote: |
| #2 is my favourite but I think the image would have been stronger if the foreground rocks on the left were in focus. |
This is actually a crop, there were more softish rocks on the left hand side I left a few there to frame the image. Perhaps it was a mistake.
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I'd been looking forward to this trip for a while and had some shots planned, but sometimes I get brain cramp in the heat of the moment and shoot by instinct, and I'm not technically sound enough to get get consistent results that way.
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Helios 58/2, 3M-5A 500/8, Mir 20M
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fuzzywuzzy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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fuzzywuzzy wrote:
| ForenSeil wrote: |
| DigiChromeEd wrote: |
| #2 is my favourite but I think the image would have been stronger if the foreground rocks on the left were in focus. |
+1 + I think you should have stopped down more (I guess you used an ND filter?). Rocks in the foreground are too soft.
Great place! But next time, wait for better weather to get more contrast. |
No ND filter, I was in a deep valley shooting in shadows. The first two were in the evening in fading light and the last in (relatively) early morning.
The shots are at f/8 or so.
What kind of weather would bring better contrast? For that matter which shot needs contrast, I didn't touch contrast in PP, just a little exposure adjustment and mild sharpening.
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CZJ Sonnar 135/4, Biotar 58/2, Pancolar 50/2, Tessar 50/2.8, Flek 35/2.8, Flek 25/4
Super Takumar 135/2.5, 135/3.5, 100/4 bellows, 50/1.4, 28/3.5
Helios 58/2, 3M-5A 500/8, Mir 20M
Vivitar Series 1 70-210 - - - - - - - - Nikkor 200/4
Rikenon 28/2.8 - - - - - - - - Zeiss 50/1.7 Planar
PB 50/2.4, 135/2.8
Yashica 50/1.9, 28/2.8, 135/2.8
Hexanon 28/3.5, 50/1.4 |
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fuzzywuzzy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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fuzzywuzzy wrote:
Film shots from the same time and place - http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic,p,1252952.html#1252952
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CZJ Sonnar 135/4, Biotar 58/2, Pancolar 50/2, Tessar 50/2.8, Flek 35/2.8, Flek 25/4
Super Takumar 135/2.5, 135/3.5, 100/4 bellows, 50/1.4, 28/3.5
Helios 58/2, 3M-5A 500/8, Mir 20M
Vivitar Series 1 70-210 - - - - - - - - Nikkor 200/4
Rikenon 28/2.8 - - - - - - - - Zeiss 50/1.7 Planar
PB 50/2.4, 135/2.8
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Hexanon 28/3.5, 50/1.4 |
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