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 by Frankenstein on Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:39 pm
Well, I got back home about 3 weeks ago from my photographic tour of the Canadian Rockies. Below are 3 of my favourite images, although picking just 3 was a pretty difficult task (the rest can be seen on my website at http://frankenstein.smugmug
The Rockies are simply spectacular. The tour was for 10 days, and each day - no, each hour - we came across another picture perfect scene. The tour was with Travel Images ( http://www.travelimages.com/index.html) and I can't recommend them highly enough - John and Kathy Baker were wonderful and the 9 of us had a wonderful time. I'm already looking at their 2007 schedule!
I ended up taking 2500 photos, and found storing them on my PDX70 storage device worked very well. I whittled them down to 600 or so for a slideshow for the family, 128 for the website, and 3 for this forum.
Enjoy!
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by PiroStitch on Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:43 pm
the first and third ones are brilliant. If i had to choose, i'd say #3 is the clear winner with the view from the WA lens. I'd be tempted to crop out the foreground rocks and just maintain the focus on the serene mountains and lake.
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by Pa on Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:54 pm
frank,three beautiful images.number three is the stand out for me. thanks for sharing.
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by Oscar on Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:54 pm
Hi Frank, I agree with Waynes picks. Beautiful scenery. I've only been to Canada when there is snow on the ground - love to get there in the warmer months one day. Cheers, Mick
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by stubbsy on Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:22 pm
Frank
#1 and #3 for me too. These are superb images. In #2 the treee cutting through the LHS distracts too much. BTW your url is wrong you have qh not hq. You have some bloody good shots in the gallery too (I found it a little slow to load the images)
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by Frankenstein on Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:51 pm
stubbsy wrote:Frank #1 and #3 for me too. These are superb images. In #2 the treee cutting through the LHS distracts too much. BTW your url is wrong you have qh not hq. You have some bloody good shots in the gallery too (I found it a little slow to load the images)
Bloody dyslexia! Thanks Peter - fixed.
Re. the slow loading images: when I "save to web" from PS I try to save them at "high", which generally make the file size approx. 80-130kb. I'm always aware that these may load slowly, but I'm worried that if I make them smaller, the image quality will visibly deteriorate.
Has anyone got any advice on the size vs quality conundrum?
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by wendellt on Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:55 pm
the first and 3rd one amazing
you must be on an absolute high
the scenery is breathtaking
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by Frankenstein on Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:13 pm
wendellt wrote:the first and 3rd one amazing
you must be on an absolute high
the scenery is breathtaking
Wendell,
it was indeed breathtaking. My travel agent told me, before I went, that the Canadian Rockies was the most spectacular scenery she had ever seen - a big call for someone whose job is to travel the world. And she was right. I remember one day about halfway through the trip, I was standing next to a waterfall, looking up the river to the forest, mountains, snow etc in the distance - I commented to a fellow photographer that I was getting a bit tired of photographing perfect scenery every day, and he just sighed and agreed. The problem now is that back home, the photographic challenges now seem a bit pale, although I must admit that I haven't really been in the mood to take photos since I've been back. I think the Rockies have spoilt things for me!
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by wendellt on Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:16 pm
Frankenstein wrote:wendellt wrote:the first and 3rd one amazing
you must be on an absolute high
the scenery is breathtaking
Wendell, it was indeed breathtaking. My travel agent told me, before I went, that the Canadian Rockies was the most spectacular scenery she had ever seen - a big call for someone whose job is to travel the world. And she was right. I remember one day about halfway through the trip, I was standing next to a waterfall, looking up the river to the forest, mountains, snow etc in the distance - I commented to a fellow photographer that I was getting a bit tired of photographing perfect scenery every day, and he just sighed and agreed. The problem now is that back home, the photographic challenges now seem a bit pale, although I must admit that I haven't really been in the mood to take photos since I've been back. I think the Rockies have spoilt things for me! Frank
yeah
my best friend is from canada and he always had this thing for describing canadian landscape as the most spectacular in the world
i think i'll visit that place last when i'm old
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by Frankenstein on Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:23 pm
wendellt wrote:yeah
my best friend is from canada and he always had this thing for describing canadian landscape as the most spectacular in the world
...and possibly the world's worst coffee wendellt wrote:i think i'll visit that place last when i'm old
Don't wait too long - the glaciers are melting fast! My photo gallery: http://www.frankalvaro.net>>>> Nikon D300...Nikon 18-200 VR...Sigma 10-20...Tamron 90mm macro <<<<"I've got an idea--an idea so smart that my head would explode if I even began to know what I'm talking about. " Peter Griffin
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by sirhc55 on Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:23 pm
Frank - what can one say? I know, how about I’m jealous. What glorious pics from an amazing country  Chris
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by casnell on Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:28 pm
Frankenstein wrote:...and possibly the world's worst coffee
You haven't been to Croatia then....
Fabulous pics, love #3, and personally , love the rocks.
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by big pix on Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:34 pm
you have got to love Canada Rockies ....... calming and serene..... great capture
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by Alex on Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:31 pm
No 1 and 3 are amazing. Excellent landscapes. Interesting water colours in No. 1.
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by ABG on Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:48 pm
Just beautiful. Well crafted images Frank.
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by poompy on Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:16 pm
images 1 and 3 are amazing. well done. 
it would have been a treat to go on a tour like that
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by adam on Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:26 pm
Those photographs are beautiful. I like all three pictures that you posted here.
The reflections are nice and in the first one, the water is so blue! So so blue! and so many of those trees I rarely see here! Very nice
The photographs are great, but being there in person must have been a great experience too!
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by admajic on Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:04 am
I agree with the rest #3 is amazing. Cropping some of the front rocks could help, it looked quite good in browers. No.1 is great too.
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by Bodak on Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:36 am
A truly beautiful place and great images.
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