IMGP9486, originally uploaded by MattB.net.

Last week my wife texted me that a hot air balloon was over town and the late afternoon light was hitting it nicely. It was the end of my work day so I left as soon as I could get away and drove out to a spot where I thought I could line it up with some interesting background elements. Unfortunately by the time I got to the hilltop The balloon was out of the nice light and the photo wasn't going to be a keeper.
While I was there and I had my vintage Pentax A* 300mm f/4 lens mounted up I scanned around for other shots that might work. A glance toward the sunset in the west revealed these deer on the next ridge and this was the result. I shot a few frames as they grazed and moved down the ridge over the span of a couple of minutes. I liked the position of the deer in the frame so this was the keeper.

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The colors in Michigan were great last weekend while I just happened to be there in it. I particularly liked the sun behind these trees just lighting them up.

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Longest and best fall colors I have ever seen in Colorado. I guess the drought is good for something.

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One more panorama with some fall color. I've been having fun with these.

This is from the ridge to Signal Peak (above WSCU) which I often ride or run in the evenings for a quick outing.

This is only three photos stitched in Photoshop CS5. Fun to check out in the Dermandar veiwer. Be sure to look full screen!

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My friend and neighbor Brian Smith won the Pummeler's Butt trail running race this morning and then the Pummeler's Butt mountain bike race this afternoon. Impressive!

Race results are here.

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Both races were held at Hartman Rocks near Gunnison Colorado. They were organized by our great local trails organization Gunnison Trails and MTB OG Dave Wiens.

Photo details:

I put a remote flash in a tree for this one. I kind of like how it worked out.
Pentax K-5 & Tamron 28-75 f/2.8

Remote flash was a AF200 - a 1980's era pentax flash triggered with Cactus v5 triggers. I also had my Sigma 530 Super flash on the camera at full power.

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I took a quick trip over to ride the White RIm trail in SE Utah near Moab. We had a great time, great weather, and it was an all-around great trip. Here I captured the sunset from our camp site along the trail called White Crack.

The puddles are interesting because they are typically dry and when it rains tiny shrimp appear in them which have been dormant as dry eggs since the last rain (it can be years sometimes).

This is a 3 exposure HDR created using HDRPad (which is free!). The lens was the fantastic Pentax DA15 Limited on my K-x.

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It just keeps coming! What a great week of unsettled weather to shoot in! That was from last night's ride following the Growler series race course to pick up the course markers. Good thing I brought the camera!

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I saw this composition earlier in the day and thought to myself "keep an eye out for this when the light is better". Well, that's what I did when passing by again later. I love the color of the willows against the deep blue Colorado sky. The Pentax DA40 lens really helps the colors pop and it's super sharp.

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2011-01-02 River HDR_3.jpg, originally uploaded by MattB (somedudeus).

Caught some nice light for some HDR experimentation today. Cold but nice out there.

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IMGP3794.jpg, originally uploaded by MattB (somedudeus).

Nice day for a hike last weekend. Too bad because we really need more snow! The higher mountains have some but we are very dry here in the valley. Hopefully this will change soon!

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