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Mount Shasta under the stars

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:24:36 -0700

Old condemned ranch house under the stars and Mount Shasta

Devil's Details

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:15:55 -0700

A detail shot of the water flowing over the Devil's in the Details

Burney is a big monster so it was a bit of an after thought to zoom here and shoot these wonderful details. The water just dances over the rocks effortlessly. I love the challenge of finding some kind of pattern or structure in the chaos of the waterfall.

*See Big** Since this is vertical and somewhat dark already, be sure to see this big to get the full experience.
falls.

McArthur-Burney Falls

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:29:16 -0700

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Happy Waterfall Wednesday

I've finally made it up to the mountains to shoot some waterfalls. A big thanks to +John Harrison, +Edward Nunez & +Timothy Joyce for calling me up and inviting me to tag along.

Saturday evening we hit up Burney Falls and we got some nice light. I was hoping for a little more color in the thin clouds overhead, but I just got a subtle pink/orange hue.

#WaterfallWednesday

Over Here (Jellys Ferry Bridge)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:59:13 -0800

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Hi flickr Friends
Man, I've been so busy lately I've totally been neglecting everyone over here. While out on assignment for another shot, I grabbed this cool foggy shot of a very old trestle bridge in Tehama County. It's call Jelly's Ferry Bridge and it crosses the Sacramento River north of Red Bluff. The fog added some interesting mystery to the bridge. I need to shoot me some more architecture, there just isn't that much of it in my neck of the woods.

What has everyone been up to?

Here I am

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:25:36 -0800

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Hold on (Mossbrae Falls)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:42:00 -0800

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*It's Wednesday!*

Happy #WaterfallWednesday everyone. I haven't gone out to shoot any waterfalls lately, so here's a new shot from my last trip to Mossbrae Falls some time ago now. I was hoping for more snow and to my chagrin it started snowing on my way out. It was still a nice morning in the solitude of this beautiful!

Oh yeah! (Mt. Lassen Sunrise)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:06:24 -0800

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Sweet Success

I have been sharing my saga lately where I'm trying to get this certain landscape photo of Mount Lassen from Tehama county for a client of mine. I have been hiking and getting up pre-dawn countless mornings and I've finally managed a great sunrise. While this is a great shot, it wasn't my #1 comp. When I was heading out, I saw some very thin and almost non-existent clouds, so rather than hike out two miles in the dark for a meh sunrise, I shot on the the side of the road here where there is a pretty good view.

As one thing led to another, the sky blew up and finally got a great shot. I was kicking myself for not doing the hike a seventh time. There are other great shots I bagged along the way, but none that were explicitly what my client wants. I still want my A-shot with this kind of sunrise, so I'm going to keep my eyes on the weather report and stand ready to head out again.

I've hiked 24 miles, driven to and scouted ten different locations for this one shot. Who said landscape photography was easy?

This is a single exposure double processed. One frame for the forgound and one for the sky. I blended them together using luminosity masks. f/8 1/3 sec 48mm ISO 100. Nikon D90 18-105 f/3.5-5.6

Skunked

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:08:34 -0800

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It looked super promising this morning. Then this stupid later of low clouds rolled in. So I practically ran two miles in the dark with all of my gear to get this sunrise only to get skunked again. I'm pretty grumpy right now....

All in (Hedge Creek Falls)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:10:18 -0800

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Hedge Creek Falls in the Winter

Peek-a-Boo (Mount Shasta)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:03:42 -0800

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Tonight, I have a new shot of Mount Shasta taken a bit earlier than my last one under the stars. The peak was blocked, but I still liked the soft pink and purple hues bathed everywhere.

I have some exciting news coming up. It looks like I'm going to add a new title next to photographer and web developer. I can't say just yet, so stay tuned :)

A hi-res version and prints are available here, goo.gl/MRHSx

Heart of Gold (Brand Creek)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:32:25 -0800

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‎*It's Wednesday*
It's another #waterfallwednesday and since most of you are out enjoying your families away from the computer, I'll leave you this little cascade for when you get back.

It's an unnamed little drop on Brandy Creek in Whiskeytown NRA. Near Redding, CA. I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Hi-res is available here, goo.gl/OVDCI

Double Take (State Theater Red Bluff)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:57:50 -0800

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*What comfort-zone*
This shot is the result of stepping way out of my normal comfort zone. I set out to shoot Mount Lassen from the point of view of Red Bluff, at night, all lit by the moon. Having almost no idea if this would work, I set out at 11pm (way later than I have ever set out before) and went to this place where I thought I could get the shot. It failed miserably. Too many clouds and the moon wasn't bright enough meant I could not see Lassen.

Not one to waste an opportunity, I walked around the area and tried shooting some architecture which I also know nothing about about. I was alone shooting in the middle of the night standing in the middle of streets, all stuff I never do. I kept looking over my shoulder seeing everything that moved thinking it was going to eat me.

Then to wrap this whole adventure up, I processed this as a HDR in Photomatix which is another thing I rarely do. It seems people like +Trey Ratcliff take images like this all the time so I figured I better step out there and give it a shot. I actually like the way HDR looks on architecture and at night. I probably won't be going out galavanting in the middle of the night all the time, but it was really fun creativity fuel.

Splash (Horsetail Falls)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:07:27 -0800

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Believe it or not, this was a shot of Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. I was passing through on a day when it was raining and the falls were swollen and misty. There wasn't a dry place anywhere. I tried really really hard to get a clean shot of the falls, but the best thing I came home with was this accident. I had accidentally pressed the shutter right when I was getting up to move. It's a 1sec exposure of the falls and the autumn colors on the left and whatever else that was caught as the camera was swept away.

I thought the shapes and textures were really interesting.

Estatic (Mossbrae Falls)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:29:03 -0800

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Happy Waterfall Wednesday everyone!

My home internet is on the fritz so I'm tying to sneak this in here from work (shhh don't tell anyone) and hopefully get to go through all the #WaterfallWednesday submissions as soon as it returns. This is the legendary Mossbrae Falls shoot from an unusual angle. Good day everyone!

Awe Struck (Starry Night at Lake Siskiyou)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:14:57 -0800

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*Short on Words*
I processed a few new images this evening and when I stopped to just look at this shot. I was just awestruck. Not so much on the photograph that I created, but more the expanse that is the universe and inversely how little us Humans really know. A clear night full of stars is very humbling.

This was shot with +Scott Jarvie one evening when he was driving through the area. We got together and shot up Lake Siskiyou and Mount Shasta for the evening.

Verbose (Mossbrae Falls)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:02:26 -0800

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Woop Woop!
It's #waterfallwednesday again! Luckily I'm stocked up with a slew of new images to keep me going. At my last trip to Mossbrae, I had to take the shot everyone takes home of these drippy details at the bast of the falls. It's a challenge trying to make it feel straight. There isn't a single straight line anywhere, but I had to find a rotation that just felt right. I'm not sure if I found it, but I had to set it somewhere. Somehow I don't think it really matters.

I was out shooting with my bud Ken Hubble. I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone's waterfall shots.

The full hires version is viewable here, goo.gl/1NgLM

The Bottom of your Depths (Mossbrae Falls)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:19:29 -0800

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*Fun Adventures*
I've taken to bringing waders with me when I go out shooting near water because inevitably I end up standing in it. So here I'm standing in the middle of the Sacramento River and I feel one foot getting wet because there is a small leak in one wader. No big deal.

I finish shooting this scene and I take a path back to shore that was too deep and the water level exceeds to the top of my hip wader and boom, it's full of water. Good times. My foot is wet, but somehow I managed to stay warm.

Happy new year everyone! I'm really excited about all the new photo opportunities that come about.

Mind of its Own (Mount Shasta)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:58:08 -0800

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*Good Times*
It's always awesome when you can admire someone's work online, have them circle you back, do a video hangout and then eventually get to go out shooting with them. I happened to be up around Mount Shasta when +Scott Jarvie was heading south, so sha-bang!

We labored quite a bit about where to go because it was completely overcast on the north side and the south side was partly cloudy. So we ended up at Lake Siskiyou hoping for some good luck. The peak was blocked by clouds during the alpenglow period, but they eventually passed in time for the stars to arrive. That glow on the bottom was fog rolling in all lit up by the city.

Scott was much more than I expected. He's a great opera singer, has stuntman driving skills, is a ninja photographer and his flashlight is bigger than mine. Thanks Scott for looking me up yesterday.

Consideration (Mount Lassen at Manzanita Lake)

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:43:51 -0800

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Looking For You

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Leslie) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:35:13 -0800

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I'd actually like some honest critiques on this shot. I really love the colors and the general high key kind of feel it has. I couldn't decide if I liked the exsposure pushed up to hide most of the detail in the snow or how I have it posted showing more subtle details. You have to look at it full size to get the gist of it. Looking at the smaller image makes the snow look darker than I intended.

What would you do with this?