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Several recent trips add many new high-resolution images to a website gallery

In Equipment & Technique, Landscapes, ND Filters, Scenes & Scenarios by Dennis Frates

As a result of all that travel and shooting, I have been able to post over 150 photos in the New Images section on my website. That would include the image above of sunrise through fog with boats at Newport Harbor, Oregon. Here I used my Pentax 645D with a three-stop soft-step Graduated ND filter over the sky. I like the softness and moodiness of the image. I have also posted another 130 images that have been ‘reprocessed.’ These are …

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Covering the scenic western United States in a very big way

In Equipment & Technique, Landscapes, ND Filters, Scenes & Scenarios by Dennis Frates

I try to visit new places each year, I will revisit a place many times, however, if I feel I can pull out an image that is different from what I already have. I usually stay for a period of three to ten days or more. It depends on the number of image opportunities I expect to find and the distance I will need to travel. Even if the potential of a place looks bleak when I arrive, I almost always …