Sundown on the McKenzie

Stephen McDonald · Apr 30, 2010

I went down to the McKenzie River very late in the day and got there just in time to catch these shots. The first picture is a backwater of the river on an old channel, that still carries a small flow of water, when the river level is high enough.

Back in the early 1900s, the government installed an intake gate right at this spot, to feed a group of four small irrigation ditches, that served the farms on the delta area, between this river and the Willamette River. One of those ditches flowed through our farm and provided lots of clean water for our garden and for our ducks and geese. We had a dam on the ditch and I built a raft to pole up as far as the first road crossing. My friends and I had a lot of fun splashing around in it.

Sony HX1---All shot in P Mode with ISO 125
minus .3 EV--1/80 shutter

0 EV--1/100 shutter

minus .3 EV--1/250 shutter

0 EV--1/500 shutter

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Stephen McDonald · Apr 30, 2010

It looks a lot better if you download the full video file and play it on your own computer. Unlike most of my previous HX1 videos, which were shot in 720p, this one was done with the 1080p mode. http://www.vimeo.com/11351413
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busch · Apr 30, 2010

Wonderful images of a natural wonderland! Simply beautiful!

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shakir · Apr 30, 2010

Hi, Steve,

Well done again..infact all of your pixs are always nice to view. I liked the photos of the other thread"ancient farm eqp" those were really wonderful and so crisp too.. nicely done and keep it up.

BTW Steve, can u throw some light on say what is ur fav mode and fav settings i mean the total detailed setting, may be that will help novice like me to imitate.
thanx.
shakir

OROGARD · Apr 30, 2010

Enjoyed your work as usual. Thanks for sharing. The video makes it worthwhile viewing.
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Gérard62 · Apr 30, 2010

Steve. Very beautiful photos and wonderful place to splashing
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bill pohlman · Apr 30, 2010

Stephen,

Everytime I see your pix of the McKenzie, I get this primal urge to check my fishing gear out--great shots!
BP

T. L. Rutter · Apr 30, 2010

Wow, such a beautiful place. Amazing what HD does for videos like this. I can just imagine what this would look like on the big screen!

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Stephen McDonald · May 1, 2010

Thanks very much to Orogard, T. L. Rutter, Gary, Shakir, Gèrard and Bill.
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meaness · May 2, 2010

Stephen.... beautfully captured, thanks for posting !

ER_ Wizard · May 3, 2010

The question Ernest always asks me is 'Would you hang that on your wall'?, the answer to all of these is definately yes, but my fav's are #1 & #2.

Wonderful spot that you are so lucky to live in...Do you know how lucky you are?

Cheers

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Stephen McDonald · May 3, 2010

ER_ Wizard said:
The question Ernest always asks me is 'Would you hang that on your wall'?, the answer to all of these is definately yes, but my fav's are #1 & #2.

Wonderful spot that you are so lucky to live in...Do you know how lucky you are?

Cheers
Jill
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zackiedawg · May 3, 2010

I love shot #2 - great low light atmosphere there, with nice detail and that crisp fading light.

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ER_ Wizard · May 3, 2010

What delightful images, my favorite being the last. Great colour, tones & depth. Thanks for sharing these.

Regards.

Ernest.
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Stephen McDonald · May 4, 2010

Thanks Justin and Ernest. Here is a view of the giant Bigleaf Maple trees that grow next to the river. They provide a lot of food for birds and squirrels, with their buds and seeds and often have hollows for nests.

Sony HX1--EV minus .3--1/125 shutter

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Jerry Stevens · May 4, 2010

Steve, just got back from being overseas for a month and caught your post. Wonderful as always. I had the urge to dive in, but I bet the water temps are still pretty chilly this time of year.
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PentPal · May 4, 2010

Nice series Stephen...I'm just beginning to use my Sony HX! for photos...I've been using it strictly for the HD videos.

Stephen McDonald · May 4, 2010

Thanks also to Jerry and PentPal. I agree that the HX1 would be very well worth its cost for use only as a video camera. If only it had a slower video zoom and you could set it to record into long, continuous video files, like a tape camcorder. This way, it would not necessarily start a separate file each time you stopped recording. In other words, a video pause feature.
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