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After several hundred hours of work, I have put up an extensive compilation of images from Yosemite Valley and some areas of interest around it. The new section includes two pages of scenic images with over 90 images each, plus a page on wildlife, another on plant life (including Sequoia), and a page with images of Mono Lake, Bodie Ghost Town, and Mariposa. I have supported the images with a lot of historical and photographic information.



Accessible directly from the front page or the Showcase, it is in the Scenic Gallery.

http://www.digital-images.net

Ron
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Ron Reznick
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Hi Ron, I recently visited your website and looked at all of this great work you have put together. I love your macro work and I will buy the Nikon 105 VR f/2.8 Micro lens so I can get the small things I have been missing. Thanks for sharing this great imagery with us. I think the shot with the squirrell with the grass in its mouth, a very cool capture.

-Todd
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Ron, I still regret that I was unable to attend your workshop in Yosemite a few springs ago. Thanks for posting this, I will dive into it and enjoy it, I'm sure!
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Owen Dearing
Bend, Oregon
 
What raw converter are you using?

I like the images on your website!
 
re: the 105 Micro... you are going to really like the 105VR Micro. It is so much better than the original 105/2.8D Micro in every way. You'll still want to use MF for most of the extreme closeups, but the AFS comes in handy when using it as a conventional lens, and also for tracking movement of either your focused plane (once you have it where you want -- think about how often a slight breeze causes trouble during macro shots of flowers, for instance), but it also comes in handy in another way: you can instantly go from AF to MF by grabbing the ring. Just make sure to use the range limiter when shooting AF.

The coatings offer higher contrast when shooting against the light, and the optics are far better both at distance and at wider apertures. It's a much better lens. Except for situations where I am likely to come into contact with wildlife in the field or when I'm going to be shooting very skittish subjects extremely close, the 105VR Micro is a better overall lens than the 200 Micro.

Did I really say that? Yes, I guess I did. The 200 requires superb technique to shoot handheld unless the shutter speed is really high. The 105VR is much easier to deal with, and that frees you to do things that the 200 Micro won't let you do. The 200 Micro gives you both more working distance for closeups and can double as a medium telephoto for wildlife, but the 105VR Micro does better for general field shooting on the fly. There is a lot to be said for the ability to shoot handheld with confidence.

Originally, when shifting from the earlier 105 to the 200 my image quality went up, but there were certain things that I missed because I tried shooting handheld (the subject required it) and the shutter speed wasn't high enough for quality, or I didn't even try because there was no possibility of a handheld shot and I could not possibly get the tripod set up in time. With the 105VR Micro I can go for the handheld shots again... I just have to go back to firing off a sequence to make sure I get a clean shot.

Enough said. You're going to love it.

Ron

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Ron Reznick
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I'm sorry you missed it too. That was a very good session, and the valley was beautiful (as I'm sure you have already seen for yourself -- quite a few of the shots that I selected were from that session). You should get there some day.

Ron
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Ron Reznick
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Getting the shots wasn't nearly as much work as determining which of the thousands of shots I would likely use, reprocessing, then even more difficult... which of the reprocessed group I was NOT going to use (to keep the number of shots somewhat reasonable). Then, writing all of that copy and creating the web pages probably took nearly the same amount of time as the rest of the work combined.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm pretty satisfied with the way it came out (I was never satisfied with the Yosemite section, but dreaded doing what I just finished due to the tremendous amount of time I knew it would take).

It was worth it, I think.

Ron
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Ron Reznick
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I've wanted to go there during the winter, but I always ended up somewhere else, shooting wildlife at Bosque or scenery in the Southwest or whatever. Still, I think spring (especially May) is pretty hard to beat. The valley wakes up, and the waterfalls are mind-numbingly beautiful.

Thanks for the comment regarding the writing. I spent a lot of time and thought on how to sequence and present those images and the best way to support them with text.

Ron
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Ron Reznick
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Thanks :^)

I have processed over 1 million images, and the experience that gave me must have helped a little. I've developed techniques for working with several programs (Photoshop, Capture One Pro, Capture), but I prefer Capture.

Ron
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Ron Reznick
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Hi Ron,

Thanks for sharing your gallery with us. These images are fantastic and I can't imagine the amount of time you've dedicated to this project. Simply amazing!

peace,

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Ray
 
Hi Ron This is massively impressive and a treasure throve of wonderful images. I have the best memories of my course with you in May 2005. I learn't so much my head was spinning for 6 months afterwards. Best money ever spent for me to learn about photography. I noticed a few of your collection are from that session ( I believe I lent my 12-24 to you for a few of them I think) it was amazing to see the flooding of the valley, made it a very different place.

Now I have to go to Bodie as well l- ooks like cool place!

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Andréas Berglund
delapsus resurgam
 
Hi Todd,

I started thinking about your post while attempting to go to sleep at about 4AM, and started considering how little I know about the various sorts of rodents. This morning I did a little research and realized that those were young Golden Mantle Ground Squirrels (the chipmunks have eye stripes).

So, while it cost me a few hours rebuilding the various images and composites, rebuilding the webpages and replacing images all over my hard drives, I want to thank you for the nudge towards more knowledge.

Ron
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Ron Reznick
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Yosemite Falls Reflection X0602 (Scenic 2) and Yosemite Falls Reflection X0580 (Scenic 1) were definitely taken with your 12-24mm, and I thank you again for the loan. That was a pretty spectacular snowmelt runoff in 2005, wasn't it?

Thanks for the compliment too, Andreas. It was a ton of work, but I am finally satisfied with the Yosemite section, especially now that I've fixed something that has been messed up for quite a while (Todd Hargis subtly pointed out where I mis-identified that Golden Mantle Squirrel as a Chipmunk).

Ron
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