Posted by Scott Bean on February 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I was in D.C. the first of this week and needed to come home and look at some "vast" and "open" scenes of the Flint Hills. It was pretty cool to be in D.C. and walk the Mall, see all the Monuments, Memorials, history, etc. but it sure felt good driving I-70 back to Manhattan from the airport.
This is a shot from Twin Mounds Road which I found last weekend on my way to Carnahan Creek and the Oldsburgh Marsh. Not sure if I like the fence post in the scene or not, but I felt like I didn't really have the light on the hills for them to stand completely on their own.
BTW, there is a pair of Bald Eagle's nesting at the Oldsburgh Marsh at Tuttle Creek Lake. The nest is a long way from the road, but I took some pictures of an eagle perched on a branch next to the nest. When I blew the photos up on the computer, I could see another Bald Eagle in the nest! That was really cool, I had never seen anything like that before. Too bad Santa didn't bring me that 600mm lens I wanted from Christmas :(
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on February 11, 2009 at 6:26 PM
We may need to add this spot to our list of potential shooting locations on February 21st. I can see why you included the fence post but for me I think the hills could stand by themselves ... but that's just me.
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by Darren Huski on February 11, 2009 at 6:26 PM
You said it very well. Always nice to get back to the open country!
Posted by Daniel Loomis on February 11, 2009 at 6:33 PM
There is something oddly symbolic about the old fence post amid all that vastness. Nature always wins out in the end. The great depth of field really works in this shot. What were the settings?
Posted by Rob Graham on February 11, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Great light, Scott. It definitely beats the concrete of D.C. I took the liberty of passing along your nest siting to Chuck Otte in JC, in case it was a new nesting site.
Posted by Scott Bean on February 11, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Thanks all. This is a neat little road and would be worth stopping at. It is actually only about 1/2 mile long or so and connects Pawnee Road (the blacktop road to Carnahan Creek) and K13. If this spot gets some decent wildflowers this spring and summer I will be out here a lot I think.
The shooting conditions on this were:
Canon 40D, 24-105L@24mm, ISO400, f14 @1/50, hand held (I'm getting really bad about not using my tripod!). I'm not sure where my point of focus was, I've been experimenting with different techniques to get the most DOF and I was actually intending to shoot several different shots changing my focus point and then stack them to extend the DOF, but when I got the shots on the computer the scene didn't really need that (and I didn't use my tripod so they wouldn't have lined up anyway, don't ask why I did that).
FYI, if anyone is interested this is an interesting read on focus in photography (which was what got me started doing some experimenting with something besides hyper focal distance): http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/download.html...which is what lead to this photograph. Not sure I agree with all that this article says, well actually I'm still struggling with deciphering all the math involved. I'd be interested to hear what others think about the article (The Ins and Outs of Focus)....sorry I'm rambling off topic now.
Posted by Larry Daniel on February 11, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Excellent Scott!
Posted by Brad Mangas on February 12, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I like this Scott. I think the post adds that good ol prairie touch. Well done.
Posted by Merle Cook on February 12, 2009 at 4:12 PM
I agree with Daniel - I like the post because it represents mans struggle against nature. Nice capture.
Discussion
8 repliesThis is a shot from Twin Mounds Road which I found last weekend on my way to Carnahan Creek and the Oldsburgh Marsh. Not sure if I like the fence post in the scene or not, but I felt like I didn't really have the light on the hills for them to stand completely on their own.
BTW, there is a pair of Bald Eagle's nesting at the Oldsburgh Marsh at Tuttle Creek Lake. The nest is a long way from the road, but I took some pictures of an eagle perched on a branch next to the nest. When I blew the photos up on the computer, I could see another Bald Eagle in the nest! That was really cool, I had never seen anything like that before. Too bad Santa didn't bring me that 600mm lens I wanted from Christmas :(
Thanks for sharing!
The shooting conditions on this were:
Canon 40D, 24-105L@24mm, ISO400, f14 @1/50, hand held (I'm getting really bad about not using my tripod!). I'm not sure where my point of focus was, I've been experimenting with different techniques to get the most DOF and I was actually intending to shoot several different shots changing my focus point and then stack them to extend the DOF, but when I got the shots on the computer the scene didn't really need that (and I didn't use my tripod so they wouldn't have lined up anyway, don't ask why I did that).
FYI, if anyone is interested this is an interesting read on focus in photography (which was what got me started doing some experimenting with something besides hyper focal distance): http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/download.html...which is what lead to this photograph. Not sure I agree with all that this article says, well actually I'm still struggling with deciphering all the math involved. I'd be interested to hear what others think about the article (The Ins and Outs of Focus)....sorry I'm rambling off topic now.