Fall on the Upper Sacramento isn’t as spectacular as it is in New England (at least that’s what those relentless NE natives keep telling me), but it’s colorful enough that if you can walk by without taking it in, you’re probably holding a guide dog.
Below are a few images that didn’t make their way into recent fishing reports. I’ve touched them up a bit to deal with evening-in-the-canyon color balance problems, so enjoy.
Beautiful photos Tom. Looks like a lovely place to be.
mike(Quote)
Thanks. It certainly is…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Pretty pictures!
I’ve also been dealing with that color balance issue — but here in Ithaca it’s an “evening in the gorge” problem. Not far off! I’d be curious to hear exactly how you touch them up.
I do it by making the colors warmer (more red). That can usually give a shady picture a daylight look, or even a nice evening sunlight look. It’s really easy in RawShooter, which I use most of the time. In Photoshop, there’s a “warming filter” in the “photo filters” menu.
Troutnut(Quote)
Awesome job on touching them up. Very beautiful pictures!
Insane(Quote)
Just warming the thing up always seems to do odd things to the water, which is reflecting the blue sky. Sometimes I fiddle with the color balance and saturation to replicate what I saw on the river.
I posted these from my laptop, which only has the free PhotoFiltre software on it. Stuff works suprisingly well.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Nice pics here, Tom, as well as elsewhere in your posts. I’m shopping for a replacement camera this week. I waded in a little too deep on the last fishing trip to Dunsmuir. The fish I caught were worth it, though. By the way, Mike Lucia was hammering them last week. I should have taken a picture…
Mark Latham(Quote)
Mark: consider a waterproof digital. I’ve fallen in a couple times with no ill effects.
I use a Pentax Optio W10 (W20 is the current model) which is a simple point and shoot. Limiting, but far handier than my Canon DSLR digital which only comes along when the goal is to take pictures instead of fish.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Tom,
I just looked at the waterproof compacts. A little short on lens for my current shooting style. Having given up my om-4 and bagful of prime lenses, I’m having separation anxiety. My Olympus c-740 was a good step into digital. I like it so much, that I’m shopping for a c-750 now. I like to have diopter correction in the viewfinder, so my choices are limited. The addition of sound in movie mode should capture those big unlimited warbirds nicely. I might go with a DSLR at some point.
I dunked my last camera when my waders failed. It’s been awhile since I’ve broken a pair of waders. What a roller coaster of emotions. Feel good, wade in, break waders, feel bad, cast anyway, catch fish, feel good, wade out, take camera out, feel bad, realize I get to buy more gear, feel good.
Regards,
ML
Mark Latham(Quote)