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Tag: Algonquin Park

  • Lookout onto Cache Lake

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    Lookout onto Cache Lake

    After hiking about 5km we came to the highlight of the trail: a view of Cache Lake with Treasure Island on the left and Delano Island on the right This shot was taken on a tripod. The lens was shut down to f/22 to get as much depth of field as possible as well as…

  • Track & Tower Trail

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    Track & Tower Trail

    We left Toronto Sunday morning just before 6 AM and arrived at the gate of Algonquin Park around 8:30.  Not a lot of traffic en route nor in the park, at that time.  Our first stop was at the Track and Tower Trail. When we arrived there were about 5 cars in the parking area.…

  • Water Lilies

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    Water Lilies

    Seen in a beaver pond in Algonquin Park. This shot was taken handheld. The lens was set to f/8 to balance light and depth of field; with the subject about 8m away, f/8.0 give me a depth of field of just over 1m which was about what i needed.   The shot was composed to…

  • Sentenal Lookout

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    Sentenal Lookout

    This shot was taken handheld.  I under focused the shot to avoid capturing the distinctness of the leaves rather to capture points of colour, along the lines of pointillist techniques.  The shot was composed to backlight the leaves as well as offset them against a white background. I processed the image  with Color Efex using…

  • Peck Lake

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    Peck Lake

    This shot was taken on a tripod. The lens was shut down to f/16 to get as much depth of field as possible as well as the sense of dimension that comes with that.  I focused on the hyper-focal distance, which on the 50mm at f/16 is 525.8 cm.  I have used a laser range…