East Highline Canal

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Hwy 78, between Glamis and Brawley, California. At the edge of the desert.


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[Solly Mack]

1. Oooo. I like that.

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2. I thought the water had a hammered metal look to it.

I did one in b&w too, which I like, but this one is better.

I'm working on trying to correct the distortion in these shots. Not totally successful.

[Solly Mack]

3. It does! Makes for a great visual.

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4. Hope the larger format is ok.

I know we try to keep to 800 in the longest edge, but this one needed a bit more.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Very pretty.

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6. It was a nice time of day.

The sunset was gorgeous over the Salton Sea, but my wide angle was all I had with me and I couldn't get close enough to the shore for a good shot, even though we drove round the whole lake.

Darned diabetic neuropathy, makes it too hard to walk far sometimes.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Did you use a filter?

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8. A UV filter on the lens itself.

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But I made some adjustments in Lightroom, and there are filter adjustments there. The saturation is boosted, and there were the usual adjustments for exposure, etc. I also added some depth where the canal disappears on the horizon. And I used a Neutral Density filter from the program to bring out the sky, and a Silver reflector filter on the lower half to increase the metallic look of the water.

[NV Whino]

9. I love this

Good call on the water, and you are making me lust after a really wide angle lens.

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10. I'm using a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 DX lens

It was half the cost of the Nikon 10-24mm, which is a good thing because I can't justify spending that kind of money.

That, plus the upgrade to the D7100 body, and I think I'm done spending on photography for quite awhile.

Although...my son-in-law has an Apple desktop with a large monitor. Man do images look good there as opposed to my laptop...😬

[NV Whino]

11. Look for refurbished machines

You can usually get a pretty goo deal on them for a lot less money.

I'm going to check out that lens.

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12. It was around $440, iirc.

Tamron and Sigma had ones that were comparable for about the same price, I think.

I checked dpreview and Ken Rockwell for reviews.

Good luck.

PS: is it raining up your way yet?

[NV Whino]

13. Watch my next post for rain report.

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14. lol. Ok. I'm heading over toward Bolinas, I think.

Go over Mt. Tam and come back round to the Golden Gate.

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15. That is a DX lens.

I think you got a new full frame body awhile back? It will work, but you'll only use a portion of the sensor (I think is the way that works).

[NV Whino]

16. Yah I read something about that

But the D7000 isn't full frame. I don't think I can use a DX.

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17. It's crop sensor?

That's what the DX is made for. Should work fine unless there is another issue. It has an internal motor for AF.

[NV Whino]

18. Yes. Crop sensor.