A Vacation Day Along the Upper Mississippi

[William Lewis]

My company doesn't allow one to roll over vacation time. Use it or lose it! So, I'm taking it off and Monday was the first day of it. Drove south and west through the rolling countryside finding interesting things along the way. I took my D810 with 28-105 & Tokina 17/3.5 along with my Nikon S-2 intending to shoot both digital and film but I ended up only shooting digital yesterday. So it goes some days

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[William Lewis]

The 17 is the widest angle I've ever used. Still not sure what to make of it sometimes.

OTOH at the wildlife refuge, i found myself wishing for a longer reach. Going to have to break down and buy that 300/4.5 AI-S in my Eprey watch list!

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[Brian]

Looks good to me- and I know the S2 will get used.
The 28~105 AF-D is my pick for a Vacation when traveling light. I know how to pack heavy. BUT- My Df with the 28~105 has given great shots, and easy to grab and go.

 

[William Lewis]

Still, lots of intersting things to see as the light changed through the day. I came back to a couple of places - one called horseshoe falls (no water this time of year) was rather fun to see that way.

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[William Lewis]

Still, towards the end of the day, waiting for the supper club I'd had recommended to me opened, I was waiting in the town of Trempealeau. The bronze worked better than expected with the wide angle.

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The river, a tow boat & a fast moving train while having a super wide mounted at sunset was an "interesting" challenge. I'm really fond of how they came out. Thanks for looking.

 

[Heart13]

Mon entreprise ne permet pas de reporter les vacances. Utilise le ou perd le! Donc, je l'enlève et lundi était le premier jour. Nous avons roulé vers le sud et l'ouest à travers la campagne vallonnée et découvert des choses intéressantes en cours de route. J'ai pris mon D810 avec 28-105 et Tokina 17/3,5 avec mon Nikon S-2 dans l'intention de filmer à la fois en numérique et en argentique, mais j'ai fini par ne filmer qu'en numérique hier. Donc ça dure quelques jours View attachment 429016View attachment 429017View attachment 429018View attachment 429019

Quelles merveilleuses photos 📸 de vacances où il doit y faire bon vivre tout a l'air serein et paisible. La lumière est parfaite et la composition aussi bravo 👍👏 William le photographe poète 😊❤️

 

[Heart13]

Cela me semble bien – et je sais que le S2 va s’habituer.
Le 28 ~ 105 AF-D est mon choix pour des vacances lorsque je voyage léger. Je sais comment emballer des choses lourdes. MAIS- Mon Df avec le 28~105 a donné de superbes clichés, et faciles à saisir et à emporter.

Je confirme 👍📸 de très beaux clichés plein de lumière ✨ j'adore William je découvre votre bel univers ça me plaît beaucoup 👏❤️

 

[Heart13]

Des Roses 🌹 de remerciements 🤗

 

[mpeterson]

Nice photos, William! I was in Alma for a few days a couple of years ago, for a wedding. Just upstream a bit from Trempealeau, I believe. I’ve wanted to return to photograph more of the area…such a beautiful region and the towns have so much character.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Enjoyed your pictures!
Are these SOOC shots for the most part?

 

[William Lewis]

Enjoyed your pictures!
Are these SOOC shots for the most part?

No, I shoot RAW but I do only a fairly light post processing using ART (currently version 1.20.2). Mostly a HaldCLUT profile and curves adjusting before saving as jpg.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I see. I took the liberty of downloading two of your shots to try to see what I could see with my 'tune-up' so to speak. I guess you could say I'm not a fan of the 'HaldCLUT' profile.

 

[William Lewis]

HaldCLUT (Hald Color Look-up table) is a collection of profiles to mimic the look of various film types. I find them useful personally but they aren't to everyone's taste. I know folks who really like the Fuji built in ones, for example, but I like these better.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I think you're missing a lot of what's in those pictures since they're so dark.

 

[William Lewis]

See, I don't think of most of these as too dark as I prefer to have images that reflect when they were taken. To brighten some of them more would lose my sense of the place and time they were taken; especially the late afternoon ones.

I do wonder if there might be a difference in our screens too. I have a couple of 8x12s I had printed from these that I believe look wonderful so that might be significant.

 

[Heart13]

Vos photos sont superbes juste la luminosité qu'il faut William ✨📷👍 je vous souhaite une excellente journée au plaisir kisss 😘🌹

 

[William Lewis]

Ma journée a déjà été égayée par votre présence. Passez également une agréable journée.

 

[Heart13]

Ma journée a déjà été égayée par votre présence. Passez également une agréable journée.

Oh c'est vraiment touchant 🤗🌹 moi aussi vous m'avez égayé mon après midi, vos mots sont des perles 💎 pour mon âme 🙏🏻 Merveilleux journée à vous aussi au Wisconsin 🍀🌈🌞

 

[Heart13]

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[AlwaysOnAuto]

See, I don't think of most of these as too dark as I prefer to have images that reflect when they were taken. To brighten some of them more would lose my sense of the place and time they were taken; especially the late afternoon ones.

I do wonder if there might be a difference in our screens too. I have a couple of 8x12s I had printed from these that I believe look wonderful so that might be significant.

I know what you mean by this. I still think your eye could still make out more of the train detail, even in that light/time of day. As long as you're happy with them, that's what matters most. Thanks for sharing them with us.