Lake Clementine Overview

[Canyon Hiker]

Here are a couple more I dug up from the pictures I took on Tuesday. This gives some perspective to the geography of the lake. I know I am curious to sleeper lakes like this and sometimes want to know where they are at. If you do here ya go.. Lat/Long 38-56'20.68"N/121-01'16.91"W. (use Google Earth)

From the Lake to the top of the mountain is 1,523 ft. From the dam to the end of the picture is 1,690ft. Lake elevation 718 ft. Lake width approx 500 ft wide.


.31 miles of water


Picture taken at 1300ft Elevation


The North fork of the American River that dumps into Lake Clementine.


I went here early in the morning knowing there was going to be steam rising from the river from the storm the day before. I was bummed I missed it by about 1/2 hour. That"s the shot I want and hope to get soon.

I know these need some work so please let me know what you think.

Thanks again
Darin

[GB1]

# 1 I think is too dark or something. It has a nice moody feeling to it like that, but maybe it goes too far. The water should be better illuminated IMO.

# 2 is not quite there. Why? Because the water / reflections are the subject, and they are obstructed somewhat by the grass and branches. It also seems to have the opposite problem that # 1 had with exposure: it is probably 1/2 stop too bright (on my monitor). Also, as much as I like the reflection, maybe if there was a little less green in the reflection it would be better.

# 3 is getting interesting, but is prob over saturated. I think the overcast works here, much better than if the sky was blown out. It is too dark in the forest area, can't really make out any detail. Remember that the more detail there is in the shot, the greater the sharpness must be. Here you have a lot of trees that should show a lot of detail. Shots as this would benefit from a tripod and decent sharpening.

# 4 is the best by far IMO. It has a nice path that leads the viewer through the valley. I wish there was a tad more water in the river, but .. The foreground grass seems to have an odd color and look? I wish that branch in the upper left wasn't hanging down like that -- might be able to clone out. The sky works but the bright cloud is almost blown out. I have this problem all the time with digital , and I have no idea how to solve (crappy dynamic range issue.. I prob need a better camera.)

G