tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40425273796784349402024-03-19T11:00:42.836-07:00Scott Shots Photography BlogScott Shots Photography Blog. Follow the adventures of Truckee / Tahoe, CA photographer Scott Thompson. Photographs, locations, advice, how to's, QandA'sScott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-31957972959369545352024-03-19T10:59:00.000-07:002024-03-19T10:59:53.367-07:00Video: Milky Way Photoshoot Adventure<div data-v-68347721="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I finally put together the little video that I shot while out photographing the Milky Way a few days ago. I already shared the photo <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@scottshots/this-mornings-milky-way" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">HERE</a>, but this video gives you a behind the scenes look and few tips from the shoot.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p></div><div data-v-68347721="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><div class="media__video" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 427.5px; position: relative; width: 760px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="420" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zxh_XLUgcDM" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 427.5px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 760px;" width="100%"></iframe></div></div><div data-v-68347721="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for watching, and I hope you are all having a great day!</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br /></p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="http://www.TruckeeTahoePhotos.com">www.TruckeeTahoePhotos.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNogPsE7wTELcTwtDwW1FT9LnDHxrAeiazjq8TGiFDce7ZrbFMYLju6RmyVDiMPhB1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Donner Lake, Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.3219375 -120.264253311.011703663821152 -155.4205033 67.632171336178843 -85.1080033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-985800554386495422024-03-17T15:50:00.000-07:002024-03-17T15:50:01.939-07:00Another "Cool" Morning at Donner Lake<p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I went out for a short stroll with the camera and some turmeric tea this morning. The camera was almost left at home... But I'm glad I decided to grab it at the last minute, because of this cool scene! There was a thin layer of ice on Donner Lake here in Truckee, California. But in this small area, the ice had broken up and piled up, creating sharp looking, jagged pieces of ice that looked rather photogenic to me. So I set down the hot tea and went to work getting some cool photos!</p><p><img alt="_Q1A8626.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xVLys49aoSj5H8EZSAJScCYY5GvVZitMyzxKKiENSfXv5RtTKakxMW5s5hUcPgzqaPh.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Shot with the Canon 5DR R and a 16-35mm lens, set at 16mm. The camera's ISO was 200, the shutter speed was 1/200 of a second, and the lens aperture was f/16. Shot handheld, no tripod or lens filters.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Instead of shooting a quick selfie as I often do, I decided to make a short video...</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><div class="media__portrait" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="420" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OX5_r9KUQMo" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: min(66.6667vh, 650px); margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: calc(min(66.6667vh, 600px) * 0.5625);" width="100%"></iframe></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking, and I hope you all have a cool day too!!!</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Donner Lake, Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.3219375 -120.264253311.011703663821152 -155.4205033 67.632171336178843 -85.1080033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-6557415305791709412024-03-13T17:29:00.000-07:002024-03-13T17:29:16.976-07:00New Website Announcement!<div data-v-68347721="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I'm super excited about this... I officially launched my new website today!!!! <a href="https://www.truckeetahoephotos.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.TruckeeTahoePhotos.com</a></p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">It has been a lot of work, and I'll probably still work on the website more as I fine tune things. But it is live! It is functioning! And the shopping cart works! A test order has been delivered to my mother, who ordered a jigsaw puzzle a few days ago. The puzzle was delivered today, everything went smooth! The puzzle was delivered to Los Angeles, but prints can be delivered anywhere in the world!</p><img alt="Screenshot 2024-03-13 at 5.01.27 PM.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wr5Vmzkq7aSfwtznYeyqiMDH6okxY9XVP5PDXGfNxGkpD578dnryF6mPAaK3U9LbpoX.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Above is a screenshot of the website. Everything seems to be working great on my end, but if you visit it and notice any bugs or glitches, please do let me know.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">And below is a little video I put together for the announcement. I've been sharing this video on all my social medias today.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p></div><div data-v-68347721="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><div class="media__video" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 433.125px; position: relative; width: 770px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="420" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yHntOCK6Z88" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 433.125px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 770px;" width="100%"></iframe></div></div><div data-v-68347721="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I hope to be adding more images to the website and most of the new images that I capture and share here will eventually be added to the website.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you all have a great day!</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNogPsE7wTELcTwtDwW1FT9LnDHxrAeiazjq8TGiFDce7ZrbFMYLju6RmyVDiMPhB1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-53872159966845236122024-02-25T16:04:00.000-08:002024-02-25T16:04:23.472-08:00Abstract Photos Of Awesome Ice<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">It was foggy yesterday morning here at Donner Lake in Truckee, California. But after a while, it started to clear up so I grabbed my camera and walked across the street to see if I could get any cool photos of the lake with a bit of the fog on it. When I got to the shoreline, I noticed something even cooler...</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">There was a bit of ice, but it wasn't your normal frozen surface. There was wild unusual triangular patterns all over it. The fog was nice, but I spent most of my time shooting icy abstracts instead.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A7231.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wgCx95QiBvbfmXm7t5YRi56Mawv3KdLu1s4XJu3nqmPLYj1fU76LzFPYyaBra384ib7.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These were all shot with the Canon 5DS R, which is a 50.6 megapixel DSLR. If desired, I could print these up huge. I kind of think these first three images would look very nice on a big wall somewhere...</p><p><img alt="_Q1A7288.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23uQrDLjtoGQHDQ4797otV6dd6acxB6k48WhsmtYjY7ZnfPiojswypQwGR7aph34rJNUF.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A7285b.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23u69csZBoUmY2i6RWi7sdZ5MEZLCsP6AieZZZ9UxrTV2tWnZzt8VWeEq5TjHmrnSEAut.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These next two wider angle photos of the ice aren't bad either. I just like those first three a bit better.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A7185.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/241tVHNNp9fFPLdHrBxdz6MWgxhmvknHjmpnepahuG2VnvdwYerLhe3CYqQXAq4hqMsQT.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A7284.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23x12Tf92m1CEcYXr7woB1FQPMMbFEM2Gfnq6GC5AuYSw6FbMgvQ9yiegoyEPPsqK973w.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And here's what I originally had in mind. The lake's surface was very still, the early morning sun made the color of the boulders look very warm, and the fog brought it all together to make a very calming serene shot.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A7240.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23uaDLTXfVuQc1QteJYs4fJjkGBoQAzCv41GL2widuna1xsgqyX4j4SXVnvB4HSNLZYBr.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="20240224_091141 (1).jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/244xmEcjyxVR1EkpbPSAuSTemBUANUVtB1dWMwESuTEpWgp9m1h4GD7wjeALQ5VrDnh1p.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Another beautiful morning in Truckee!!! I hope you are all haveing a great weekend too.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-66026979647837401892024-02-24T17:13:00.000-08:002024-02-24T17:13:40.369-08:00XC Ski Lesson With MVB Coaching<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yesterday afternoon was a lot of fun. It started with a group cross-country ski lesson with my friend Martin of <a href="https://mvbcoaching.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">MVB Coaching</a>. Martin is an endurance sports coach who offers coaching to folks all over the world, through the magic of the internet. I've shot many photos of him for his website and social media, and Martin gave me my first XC ski lesson last year.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The group lesson was great for beginners, and it was good to be reminded of the basics as I know I've developed some bad habits... After the lesson, the two of us got out for a long ski and we tried to find a nice spot for a sunset shoot. There actually wasn't a lot of nice lake views at the <a href="https://nevadanordic.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nevada Nordic</a> ski area, but we did find a couple decent spots. For some reason, my Garmin watch did not record the activity, but it was a lot longer of a ski than I'm used to, I was exhausted when I got back to the car.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The sunset was not as explosive as we had hoped, but we still got some nice shots with Lake Tahoe in the background. Here's a couple of them below.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A7089.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/244UxXV6NzghT9FNNvsd3MfcbtPaTTjA7QseCiAwgcDKUeNQg6F5THXnZ2AZ8vbZG5hJj.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Both of these photos were shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The shot above was ISO 400, the lens aperture was f/14, and the shutter speed was 1/320 of a second.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The shot below was ISO 1000, the lens aperture was f/5.6, and the shutter speed was 1/200 of a second. A flash was used for this shot, or else Martin would have been looking very dark.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A7166.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/243M14bMxScAdtg9GrHe4ZjwNTigagdSHtaKESykHvW8QNa4ctprFhujN73Mk8qrnLzUk.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Martin was giving free hour-long lessons all day, my group was a fairly small one compared to the other big groups. He was passing out business cards in hopes to get some folks signing up for his lesson/training packages. It was a smart idea!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><img alt="20240223_155106.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tHJ9mYw634PGE7wg26NfRHLHsvTDE5mGDUBWLQM3WSTfgBAaMxfURUWvRjh5G66mHua.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">And of course, the obligatory selfie with the camera, lol.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><img alt="20240223_174854.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23y8zBRDJKqpMpkBLVP4nHAztyyBigLTi8AXecMNJxiqFqnuJoM1oUFyBHSqmNxVnXJaQ.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you are all having a great weekend!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-64318787429959539362024-02-16T16:34:00.000-08:002024-02-16T16:34:10.988-08:00Snowy Shoot At Donner Lake<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yes... I got out yet again on the cross-country skis recently at Donner Lake, here in Truckee, California. I try to get out a few times a week for exercise and to enjoy the Great OutDoors. And of course, I almost always bring the Canon camera with me.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I wasn't really expecting to shoot much. There was some strong winds with the snowstorm the night before, so most of the snow wasn't looking perfect in the trees, the wind tends to knock it off of the pine needles, it falls onto the soft snow on the ground, and it leaves a less than perfect look. However, out at the lake shore, away from the trees, the snow was still looking nice and smooth. The sun was out so we had bright whites, a bit of blue sky, and some dynamic looking clouds. It all motivated me to actually take the camera out of my backpack and get some cool shots!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These below were all shot handheld with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. No lens filters, flash, or tripod were used.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A6730.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wMebqcsBYSPRXwy6uEn3paTsJmQS8wUNubs4v4gkrV2DY9reTJ25R5ogij8jSkQ6eHE.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A6770.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23zkrwB6fVFZ2qbAazqcZUaLz12YnJBaZ2wU4GnS2BfemhFfViuzGqFydTrkfRqUdsboN.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A6784a.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xybembBhFyFxFf4JxtYYQuD2M6CTmgngttphM2Zcg4ekk2z7mhQoAYEJk2uBJ4zYyuu.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I thought I was done shooting and was on my way back to the cross-country ski trail when I stumbled upon these icicles. They had the perfect background so I got the camera back out, and went back to work. Yes, I said work... These will all be on my website soon, available as large and small fine art prints. I also offer image licensing of my images, high resolution versions can be purchased and downloaded through my website, and used in publications or in a business's printed and online marketing efforts.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A6853.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23uQztX5PoX8ycitb5wECe882W5yHccEu6NgK2X1U5adPTNvPa6gap8jGsvkPRso4gpKj.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A6839.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wCBx4YCpDRSjSp44kC9iEPKALDGd9WAeFKds9SJTNVYoRQERY81hygbYN1SbYN27VLQ.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><div class="media__portrait" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="420" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ealwDalg_b4" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: min(66.6667vh, 650px); margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: calc(min(66.6667vh, 600px) * 0.5625);" width="100%"></iframe></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you all had some great outdoor time today as well!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-11231627376584041702024-02-16T16:31:00.000-08:002024-02-16T16:31:47.652-08:00Icy Abstract Photo. What Do You Think It Looks Like?<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I was lucky to get out again recently on the cross-country skis for a little exercise at Donner Lake, here in Truckee, California. While out, I decided to ski over to Coldstream Pond, to see what I could see. There were some interesting cracks in the ice that that had frozen back over. I really liked the look of this scene on the pond. I know what I think it looks like, but what do you think it looks like???</p><p><img alt="_Q1A6534.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xL7BKNVyftyqM7tC4theu7oLcVVfk5gs3TEGxSayzvXCLxwBD4f5MxJdHd82MGpTBc1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. The ISO was 160, the lens aperture was f/18, and it was a fast 1/200 of a second exposure. When I shoot handheld, I like to have a nice fast shutter speed, it helps the image be a lot sharper and look better as a big print.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Here's a look at the whole frozen pond. I'm not sure if the ice was thick enough to walk on, but I certainly wasn't going to find out...<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><img alt="20240209_132711.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23y92Txqc4pYuSZ6iXXfaYNHj7Xymu1RwmX9Y1fWbZY3zhFTjhpSRdyShHMogqDVj7t9n.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you are all having a great day!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.327962 -120.183253311.017728163821154 -155.3395033 67.638195836178852 -85.0270033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-73841249466889086922024-02-16T16:29:00.000-08:002024-02-16T16:29:49.980-08:00A Cool Look To Donner Lake<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">There was a break in a big snowstorm recently. It had been dumping all day, a decent amount of snow piled up fast. I took the opportunity to make some tea, grab the camera, and walk across the street to Donner Lake in order to enjoy a little outdoor time.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">When I got to the lake, I was surprised and pleased to see these cone shaped snow covered rocks! The cone look made them a bit unique compared to most snow covered rocks. Also, the lake was coated with a slushy slurpy layer of snow. The whole scene looked kind of surreal so I fired off many photos and even waited around until sunset, with hopes for a fiery colorful sky.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Sunset did not fire off quite like I had hoped, but there was still a bit of warmth to the clouds. It was beautiful out!</p><p><img alt="_Q1A6352.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wqyUCB4LUg6ZMhL5sExMu9nnzjTZ2qDA9Y2E3DWafYLYko2fMqWLqL4fiibxhNYxLQi.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These were all shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. All handheld, no tripod or lens filters. The camera settings varied but the shutter was always 1/200 of a second. I like using a fast shutter speed when shooting handheld in order to ensure that the image will be nice and sharp if I print it up big.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The image above was looking to the east, the image below was looking to the west toward Donner Summit.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A6337.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23ydEK6pLqP1D5AhzW7t8dTZaNsZUum8Pk1gfGx3RnC54aeysTyKBU65i4zJLMmrEU1Vz.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A6219b.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23vsfSkHczo9m2fK27zLHaLVCjUnbK4PbFyCbdsYuUn8zngRwcJVKrHTD4iX93kXZSBsD.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A6218.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xAnaXxJay683gAbpPMdratNHNGWSZVdpvGyqZ2Agb8ooJuHDnuwcoRFtE2tGoZNxPdB.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Okay, this was weird... I found this hole below with a little feather floating in it. I have no idea how it formed, or if the feather had something to do with the snow not sticking there. But it looked very interesting and was very photo worthy.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A6175.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23x1PnWE9SEPNWA7KSBUPQYZiJY2jQ1aZQxZW69zYguhehnRnQrgMDja6F3amiL3HSNPA.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A6299.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23vPRXGez5oTrdq777LUiJ7K7ZiTWHyY9WNCeQYtsP9CtEwyhWxv6YbDQNQ7vTS7ZjMuJ.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="20240204_165647.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xyfkPNe3QeEze75AYqpQmfAGWKonZzc5PpcZPRDXaWhR8xU2rKUoxjSXKL1cfrakc4w.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">As you can see above, the snow on the surface of the lake was more of a slushy slurpee and not frozen solid. I tried going out with the camera again this morning for a sunrise shoot, but the slush had melted and the scene was no longer really photo-worthy in my opinion (see the photo below).</p><p><img alt="20240205_065709.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23w2sDGeTmFm2Dk1XAs4mS4CmKhW3g7HtnkdGm8n9vbEk524bRiqQ7MXYr1dLonwfgA32.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="20240204_165532(0).jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/241tffQmHJ3QJ4Bie5fnpHyYMQ6BQZHeESgQ17oS6NZGEKyEdk93ufYTsVdbCWbE6Qv8a.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">It was a fun photoshoot yesterday! I spent a lot of time out there walking up and down the shoreline. I shot many different compositions, but these were my favorites.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Oh! And earlier in the day, while running errands, I saw this Tesla Cybertruck in the wild! I've seen one driving around town before, but this was the first time seeing it in a snowstorm. I've been told Teslas handle the snow fairly well with their all wheel drive. This one had cables on the rear tires, so it was probably driving like a tank, no slipping and sliding.</p><p><img alt="20240204_085223.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wCUgpvkAz1dWQLX6M5xoyHLbNN5VyDUEaH3gLV85GzzMpLRdi2HrBDsc1msHzThbfoY.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you all had a great weekend too!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Edit: Here's a Youtube Short with the photos.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><div class="media__portrait" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="420" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ox_TKUbNFtw" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: min(66.6667vh, 650px); margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: calc(min(66.6667vh, 600px) * 0.5625);" width="100%"></iframe></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.327962 -120.183253311.017728163821154 -155.3395033 67.638195836178852 -85.0270033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-165145536979496552024-01-30T12:48:00.000-08:002024-01-30T12:48:52.589-08:00Photography and Ice Fishing Adventure<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/QCRACjU_DQ0?si=iKrzcNzz4BQ_rB9x" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>New YouTube Video! Sunrise over Donner Lake photography, followed by ice fishing up above Truckee, California. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the photo I got at sunrise:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5b7bwM8JJ-jGUXLZKWJQZUHGmW3efcV1kIeWKgjPaE0xEhYjRoaM8lL_Qe87mRj7BfaASaF22eLV3CViDpdaq7w1TidGaehNWKhmugbBK2y51j7Nz03cIBWORVdbvVv1ix5VBJvbMAbV_rXnEPZ2jixbnqkk8f4S2zVF9XEVY1ifZieIvrgnx4nedbmA/s2000/_Q1A5599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5b7bwM8JJ-jGUXLZKWJQZUHGmW3efcV1kIeWKgjPaE0xEhYjRoaM8lL_Qe87mRj7BfaASaF22eLV3CViDpdaq7w1TidGaehNWKhmugbBK2y51j7Nz03cIBWORVdbvVv1ix5VBJvbMAbV_rXnEPZ2jixbnqkk8f4S2zVF9XEVY1ifZieIvrgnx4nedbmA/s320/_Q1A5599.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Thanks for watching. Have a great day!<br /><br /></div><div>-Scott Thompson</div><div> ScottShotsPhoto.com</div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-72535391634437627582024-01-24T20:36:00.000-08:002024-01-24T20:36:06.086-08:00Last Night's Dud of a Sunset...<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Last night's Donner Lake sunset was forecasted to be a decent one. But it was not, it was a dud...</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The <a href="https://www.skyfireapp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SkyFire app</a> is often correct when it comes to predicting the amount of color that will show up in the sky at sunrise or sunset. It's not a perfect science, and last night it let me down. There was no color at all. I stuck around later than I usually do, hoping for some late color to the sky, but nope. Oh well. I decided to shoot some "blue hour" photos, hoping to get something in return for my efforts of cross-country skiing out there and putting up with the cold temperatures.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Success! At least I think so. What do you think? Do you like this blue, monotone look to the image?</p><p><img alt="_Q1A5437.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23ynFrYZGDAAA2FPovZiysGYEg26uC72rmShep67wzagyDbRfMd9G3jhwgTW9GEL2ojQv.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. The camera's ISO was 50, the lens aperture was f/18, and it was a 30 second exposure. One graduated neutral density filter was used on the front of the lens, and a tripod was also used.</p><p><img alt="20240123_170735.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xebTLQqsHCq4RyxWR9kBCR9CCWKJ3NfBjWQiAm8hkBAjmHM6wgk8mm9PWnGUC2aQ4rg.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yeah, I might have been smiling a bit bigger if there was more orange and yellow color to the sky, but I was still pretty happy anyway. It was good to be out!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for looking and I hope you are all having a great day, even if it isn't going exactly as planned...</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-85886556052608494732024-01-18T12:29:00.000-08:002024-01-18T12:29:33.505-08:00Lat Night's Sunset Above Donner Lake<div class="content-group post-body gallery" data-v-50ff1ee2="" data-v-68347721="" id="post-body-container" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 20px !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="viewer" data-v-68347721="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-v-68347721="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Well... It was not an easy cross-country ski out to this spot yesterday, above Donner Lake and Truckee, California. The snow was frozen and fairly solid on top, but it was easy to break through that crust and it was soft and powdery underneath. This meant that the skiing was incredibly difficult. I tried taking the skis off and walking but I was sinking in up to my knees, and it was even harder. I almost gave up and went back to the car, but I needed the exercise so I kept on fighting through it. When I got to a favorite overlook spot, I was sweaty and underdressed for the windy conditions. Brrrr.... But it was worth it, the sunset ended up being a beautiful one!</p><img alt="Glacier Sunset Pano-1.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23u65BtFGu38rnX1b5G2ope39fFKSTgi4fjtANduL7uUpaUv2Z1BPYndNHPhcaECHM8x4.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. This is a stitched panoramic photo. About 22 vertical photos were stitched together to create one very wide angle image. The ISO for each photo was 200, the lens aperture was f/20, and each exposure was .8 of a second long. A tripod was used, and a graduated neutral density filter was used on the front of the lens.</p><img alt="20240117_163810.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23ywrwB9nVWFKegBqV5s5at9sj1apptG13jx3A6HEVXHLZyTTyRb739zFMX6g2uoX6Qhn.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">That's a fake smile above, lol! The color hadn't fired off in the sky yet and I was so COLD! The uphill fight back to my car warmed me back up, and when I eventually saw the photos on the computer monitor, I did end up having a genuine smile :)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you are all having a nice and warm day!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-35973872159745804872024-01-15T20:31:00.000-08:002024-01-15T20:31:26.769-08:00Sunset Shoot At Coldstream Pond<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">This evening, I got out for a little backcountry cross-country ski with Martin of <a href="https://mvbcoaching.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">MVB Coaching</a> at Donner Lake and a frozen over Coldstream Pond. The sunset was better than expected, and fortunately, I had packed my camera. Okay, I almost always pack my camera when I head outdoors... But I'm glad I did because we ended up with some unexpected very nice photos!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Martin gave me my first cross-country ski lesson last year and I immediately fell in love with the sport. Being able to get out there further and faster with the camera has been great.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A5007.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23yTev1H1k3c33jPvE6Lze3PjuDro5RqYyyUsiznznfascoaV4e5ALPydf6C4jueFPUXr.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A5005.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23zkk494meZCwKKK1weHsoonDMXBueKnxxKr5BGdr5csByeh5EpPoAcmUcoJTdUuvtc4L.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These were all shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. Handheld photos, a flash was used in order to lighten up Martin and to make sure he wasn't a silhouette. The ISO was 1000, the lens aperture was f/8, and it was 1/200 of a second long exposure.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A4992.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23z7DuhypRBCjp3pz6s8AKJouTUdrmAJHxtP4onN6JKAG1T8WuED9C8CfaZACWVdEBkuq.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="20240115_170509.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wMYAFysN2VdFPiwDqDRdJoc9MbQ6HMa89iDYgUS9xDyZ2iacMMNk1rzT4jBmEUHDKyk.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Yup, I was happy to be out there and happy with the photos I was capturing!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you all had a great day too.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-5079676048277140342024-01-07T20:26:00.000-08:002024-01-07T20:26:37.822-08:00Another Beautiful Icy Day At Donner Lake!<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">my mind? Ice!!! And cross-country skiing!</p><p><img alt="20240107_080554.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23u67UVv4h1DMatNYyTqwJVdxeVMriwRvufHZM5N7aHytLSjScLx2Xhgyh4kMjn1fTmdk.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I waited until after lunch to get out there in hopes that it would warm up a touch. It did. It was about 22°F when I headed out. I was incredibly excited as it was my first day back on the cross-country skis since last winter. I also tossed the camera in my backpack, just in case I saw anything "cool".</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I did see something very cool! The shallow water in the area below had frozen overnight, and frost had built up on it. It was a great look and as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to capture it.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A4548.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23zS1JpNxhcCXxfGiXuRkJpYcZrS8xPL1ANbQY3MCtNw3RSzL14z6b14bFN1hedahLJ7C.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These were both shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. They were also both handheld shots, no tripod or lens filters.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A4552.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wqkihrdmdt7wXiK3czVTiYE8QhjLygamJoMyhNsjPQC877mr2K5KmEdCkhgMmtgGTcc.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I was loving the look and feeling creative, so I decided to get a little video too.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><div class="media__portrait" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="420" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xzZKPj1h9SI" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: min(66.6667vh, 650px); margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: calc(min(66.6667vh, 600px) * 0.5625);" width="100%"></iframe></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Here's a couple more cell phone photos to show you the shoreline a bit more. They aren't for printing big like the photos above, but it gives a nice "behind the scenes" look.</p><p><img alt="20240107_123846.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23uQzyJtS5hRRPiMhM2ewGtM5hwjPafjaBu9qbhXSUbjVhQcqGJsrt3emDEZRCpcNthUK.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="20240107_122927.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23y8udDWTYKTidugzb2MKCyXo2mPpvnoS8mMdJbp1gqAbAYqQ5ekt6QzPjytW2gtfFD4k.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yup! A happy photographer once again! A good afternoon on the skis, and some good keeper photos as well.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking, and I hope you all had a great day too!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-38677876258575562682023-12-31T08:00:00.000-08:002023-12-31T08:00:00.134-08:00My Top Ten Photos Of 2023 - Happy New Year!<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Happy New Year! It's that time of year where I like to look back at the photos I've shot this past year, and choose my top ten favorites. These aren't necessarily the crowd favorites or the ones that got the most attention on social medias. These are the images that stick out to me as being special and that I'm especially proud of.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="donnersnowsunrise Panorama.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23w2kgNy7GrnoGUCDxmRbHvci6MdMTpUqgAg1ET17N2fGt6AAJMGR1vAtqYumNJD489RU.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" />1. "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I00000seJOijNw2c/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Donner Lake Sunrise 47</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I really like how smooth the snow is in this shot. It's a very popular area and capturing it with no footprints or ski/snowboard tracks is rare. The sunrise was a great one and the arcs of the bridge, shadow, and car on the road all came together to create a great look.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A1169.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tbPFYJ1GupsMcA9ka8c9MSRoG4LXrLCgWQJQNSQG6XbiyyaRyhiz5FKNSSnFapNw5rp.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" />2. "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000ZWEaOf6JeFs/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Old Hwy 40 At Night 3</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Yes, I've shot this location a few time in the past, but not with the Milky Way over Donner Lake. It was a cold evening, but totally worth it!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A7663b.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23w2jHMRfMHAG7NC3m566jNrzN5kZSc1x1kpyFytjBFyLSWVCJELrd8ZXPTVRNT1Kv8yV.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" />3. "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000Haod4KKCG5E/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sunrise at Paradise Lake 5</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />From a backpacking adventure to Paradise Lake, a favorite little local lake of mine. The water was perfectly smooth, the sunrise was a nice one, and the red leaves on the plants all made it a "keeper"!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A9295.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/243qDCbTKbbSK7AGfxx1zNhVC1by66AeajHfwuSscYmr3DBJXrb758t52bHawkwZMJXqv.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />4 - "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000U0UybPmvFG4/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Donner Lake in Autumn 27</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I shot a ton of photos of Donner Lake this fall. Well... I now live across the street from the lake! It makes it "easy" to get out there when the light is looking perfect. I really like the reflection of the yellow Cottonwood trees in this shot.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A0182.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23z7FkjVAoYXGGtqhBm3xZXCU4R6NTS2gtfSF5TPGXrH1tkxTMDsojMS9aHX7WxYkAv6M.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" />5. "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000724PCX8WXu0/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Donner Lake Sunset 72</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Yup, another Donner Lake shoreline shot! The sunset fired off big time, it was one of my favorite shows of the year.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A0226.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xVMELY8LRP6p25fdwHoPRQhm8UB7v8SSaYWLzhxZmZfCHQFaWYE8uHFVgKHTmJn34dE.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" />6. "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I00006njxNVdQSXs/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Donner Lake in Autumn 32</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Did I mention that I shot a ton of Donner Lake photos this fall??? Fall colors, mixed with the low fog on the water, and a nice sunburst... Bam! This one was incredibly popular with the locals on other social medias.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2388.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xVLypJmvTbTpqbn1rSt92Sdj5fzo7x5J4HJSuyHnbs6yyNu6kYoWyDWyijDKVV9AXRb.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" />7. "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000rFumjpsuKwc/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lake Tahoe 5</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Alright... This one was genuinely my favorite photo of the year. It was a fairly simple shot. But it was a case of being at the right spot, at the right time. I was fishing from a boat, enjoying this view, when I got out the camera for a quick photo. This image is the new "cover image" on my website <a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2940.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wCG69wqEGcgd1jFYga64JEfdEmQR71yC2kQWZXt2jzcyq7pGK9SJtv8RMTPYTQkZ39E.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />8 - "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000Fep6vOpgT44/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Icy Abstract 6</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A super cool photo... We've had some cold days this winter, but not a lot of snowy ones. This means there has been a lot of ice built up along the streams and creeks. I really like the composition of this macro shot. It would look "cool" printed up extra large and hanging on a wall.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A3218 Panorama.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/EokcgcUAy5eEUetLqgKZJf893PMUDYFnEYBToyX4hnDYXbokyxz1a3tLx7qNTv4wAvq.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" />9. "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000z1c8EI15nH0/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sunset at Lake Tahoe 54</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It's hard to go wrong with a Lake Tahoe sunset photo. This recent sunset was particularly beautiful and serene. Another one that was incredibly popular with the locals on social media.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A3287a.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23u5zYsHFwz7uiCFoDSRr8N9us7HGTsZFekV2bCwKf2YxBvvSrBHKAnRQMCLt62okywRz.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />10 - "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery-image/Top-10-Photos-of-2023/G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY/I0000.O1ZTgpmPoM/C0000zyZHsHTO1E0" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Donner Lake Sunset 74</a>"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And #10, just made it onto the list! Shot 12-29-23. I love the rock spiral. The sunset was nice, but the spiral makes it a unique photo.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">All of these images are available as large (and small) fine art prints on my website in the "<a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery/Recent-Work-Gallery/G0000CWVA3mDd9tE/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Recent Work Gallery</a>". Here's a <a href="https://scottshotsphoto.photoshelter.com/embed?type=slideshow&G_ID=G0000pYs4VmiZ3mY" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SLIDESHOW</a> of the images. Each image above is numbered, I'm curious, which is your favorite???</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for looking. I hope you all had a great 2023. Cheers to 2024! Happy New Year!!!!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.327962 -120.183253311.017728163821154 -155.3395033 67.638195836178852 -85.0270033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-25902663456491935912023-12-30T15:11:00.000-08:002023-12-30T15:11:56.422-08:00New Donner Lake Sunset Photograph<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The water level at Donner Lake is fairly low right now, it always is this time of year. They drain it a bit in order to protect the docks and piers around the lake from any ice that forms. I wanted to get a new shot of the boulders that get exposed on the south side of the lake when this happens. So, yesterday afternoon, I walked out to that spot with my camera gear.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">While there, I found this rock spiral that someone had built. The lake's water level was perfect for flooding the spiral, but leaving the rocks exposed. As soon as I saw the spot, I pretty much knew that it is were I would be when I set up the gear. Lucky me, we had a nice sunset, and I think I came away with another great photo!</p><img alt="_Q1A3287a.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23u5zYsHFwz7uiCFoDSRr8N9us7HGTsZFekV2bCwKf2YxBvvSrBHKAnRQMCLt62okywRz.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These were both shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 16-35mm lens. This camera's ISO was 50, and the lens aperture was f22. Two graduated neutral density filters were used on the front of the lens. The settings and the filters allowed me to have a long exposure of about 6 seconds. The long exposure allowed for the ripples in the water to look more smooth, which creates a better reflection.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A3292.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23vhywKMAWsrFp8kupya7h5JRQsCA5fWNNMVWJz7oA5kDZg9AQqofhdrkXvKmBTud7X9o.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Yup, once again... A happy photographer!</p><img alt="Screenshot 2023-12-30 at 9.24.36 AM.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23zkkMMLGmspGr2LFrsU6RV4SRBuJ7PYpkQ1oK7Ju6Uyh7xFvpK8vKU7skzXyRDU6AkDA.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for looking and I hope you are all having a great weekend.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-82771288773683351192023-12-30T15:10:00.000-08:002023-12-30T15:10:47.293-08:00Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe - Sunset Photo Shoot - Video<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="272" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jqiq5G-rm-8" width="483" youtube-src-id="Jqiq5G-rm-8"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Join me for a behind the scenes look at my recent sunset photo shoot above Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe. Camera settings and techiques are discussed. The "keeper" photos are shown throughout the video.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Prints are available of the images in this video. For more information, please visit my <a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery/Recent-Work-Gallery/G0000CWVA3mDd9tE/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"Recent Work Gallery"</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for watching!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-13519110197625845202023-12-30T15:09:00.000-08:002023-12-30T15:09:10.411-08:00Christmas Eve Sunset Photo<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The <a href="https://www.skyfireapp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sky Fire app</a> was calling for a nice sunset on Christmas Eve, so I got out again to Lake Tahoe for some photography fun. Well, Merry Christmas to me, it was a great one! It was also a short one... The sunset colors only lasted a few minutes, I was feeling lucky to have captured a nice panoramic image above Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe at the peak of the colorful explosion.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">This first image is a stitched panoramic image. Meaning, I shot several photos while panning the camera on the tripod. I then stitched the images together using a program called <a href="https://ptgui.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PTGui</a>. In my opinion, PTGui almost always does a better job of stitching images together when compared to using Photoshop's panorama tool. It is 14 photos, that are combined in to one wide high resolution photo. Shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 16-35mm lens. The camera's ISO was 50, the lens aperture was f/16, and each of the 14 exposures were 10 seconds long. A tripod was used, and a 1.2 stop graduated neutral density filter was used on the front of the lens.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A3218 Panorama.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/EokcgcUAy5eEUetLqgKZJf893PMUDYFnEYBToyX4hnDYXbokyxz1a3tLx7qNTv4wAvq.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />This second image was also shot with the Canon 5DS R, but a 24-105 mm lens was used, and the lens was set at 88mm. It is a much closer look at the intense sunset colors, most of the colors in the clouds had faded by the time I set up this shot.The camera's ISO was 50, the lens aperture was f/16, and it was a 10 second exposure. A tripod was used, and a 1.2 graduated neutral density filter was used on the front of the lens. Yup! It was the same settings as the images for the photo above, the only difference was the lens choice.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A3232.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23vhq7UDqPizxTb3osXS2MVXUaYMcX1EGdv1xe9Re8swgy6jB6cX9mGju4yHpaGBP2kmg.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And this selfie... well, it was shot with the Samsung S22+. Happy photographer!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="20231224_165059-2.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/243WRaUBRb5LWeqc9UVZK9DvRnW6AP4r5Bno252MQy8A34LoFn5Ge2QGfrSWatGFLXHZ2.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thank you for looking!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-23173795705715471842023-12-30T15:07:00.000-08:002023-12-30T15:07:41.460-08:00Icicle Photo Adventure In Truckee, California<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="268" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zon8QZ-jjYY" width="471" youtube-src-id="zon8QZ-jjYY"></iframe></div><br /><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Join me on a little hunt for icicles above Donner Lake in Truckee, California. Photography techniques are discussed and keeper images are shown. I also posted the "keeper" photos on the blockchain yesterday: <a href="http://https//peakd.com/hive-194913/@scottshots/new-icy-abstract-photos-which-one-do-you-like-best" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@scottshots/new-icy-abstract-photos-which-one-do-you-like-best</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These images are available for purchasing as fine art prints here: <a href="http://https//www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery/Recent-Work-Gallery/G0000CWVA3mDd9tE/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery/Recent-Work-Gallery/G0000CWVA3mDd9tE/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for watching!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-54642741295652020912023-12-30T15:02:00.000-08:002023-12-30T15:02:01.032-08:00New Icy Abstract Photos - Which One Do You Like Best?<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I went on a little icicle hunt today at an unnamed creek that feeds into Donner Creek, up above Donner Lake here in Truckee, California. Success! I found some ice along the creek, it was looking beautiful, and I ended up with some keeper photos that are now up on <a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/gallery/Recent-Work-Gallery/G0000CWVA3mDd9tE/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">my website</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">There was about 1-2 feet of snow in the area. This is a very low amount of snow for that spot during this time of year. Last year, there was probably 10 feet of snow there mid-December and the creek would have been buried, with no visible ice. It was fairly easy to walk along the creek and get some "cool" photos of the ice.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These were all shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. They were also all shot with a lens aperture of f/22. This is a small aperture that creates a good depth of field, where the foreground is in focus, and the background is in focus. Well... actually, these were macro type shots so even at f/22, the ice that was further back was still a little out of focus. The ISO and shutter speed varied, but they were all somewhat long exposures that required the camera to be on a tripod. This helped give a bit of a smear look to the moving creek water. Frozen water mixed with water in motion is a look I like.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I do like all of these, but I couldn't decide which one I liked best. The photos are numbered, please let me know which one you like best (if you even like them at all...). Thank you!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2895.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242hYVtJdbqCikxU7f217X9fru3z5y23zFXLWU657TZ6zFTJ3VzFQj6PxFssrrRHrYi15.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2901.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wWyBwwTN1EmtJzAWoMqQSVyJfJx7e3RyxFitxTrUAZJK8vmF1h2HYWSvBdDVrpBcGQp.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2922.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242hSHSnCzHR6RFdopAWM3ZymRteaTuBfDcy8BCXjf7BonPsjwapFyYMEzuKL68xkVkx4.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />3</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2911.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23x1Fkw3cUy7fTobwTRFd2ABtLYrYc6JjHjeZeZUqRSyFuKdTQfVUSaTsNbMJ7E7wzUPZ.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />4</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2940.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wCG69wqEGcgd1jFYga64JEfdEmQR71yC2kQWZXt2jzcyq7pGK9SJtv8RMTPYTQkZ39E.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />5</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A2927.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xAbhD8C91wUKaNxsvqJYkHpFiGfN6GNrKnpKXyWyS9K4qKBunF21uFRUvkT8yv46e7G.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />6</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for looking and I hope you all had a great day.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-29254091155227122852023-12-12T20:15:00.000-08:002023-12-12T20:15:08.406-08:00Lake Tahoe Photos From Yesterday's Fishing Adventure<div class="content-group post-body gallery" data-v-50ff1ee2="" data-v-68347721="" id="post-body-container" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 20px !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="viewer" data-v-68347721="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-v-68347721="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yesterday was a good day. I was invited out on my buddy Pete's boat for a day of fishing on Lake Tahoe. Just being out on the lake is good enough in my book. But add a couple of caught fish, and some "keeper" landscape photos, and it was a very successful day too!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="20231211_150347.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/Eq7MPkvHHgpnY1b32VzGDfYKtvmHvnVFJmvFGTpwpQRxeh3ybnBvDZ34ETu2shGMAgG.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Pete caught this huge brown trout right at the beginning of our day. It put him in a great mood! He believes it was his personal best for brown trout. I netted the fish for him and I couldn't believe how heavy it was for a brown. Yes, there are bigger fish in the lake, mackinaw get quite a bit bigger. But a brown trout this big is special. It was released so it could go breed and make more mega browns.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="20231211_120102.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/2449xFJaGQp91J9BaX23Hkh6PLMzfJCKioXgoqukzJtu11QE3xt8EKRrdkG9RhnNcQoaV.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I was hoping to keep this second fish for dinner, but when we brought it up onto the boat, we saw that it was incredibly skinny for how long it was. It's hard to tell from this photo, but it looked weird and I didn't trust it. Perhaps it was sick? I don't know but I decided I didn't want to eat it so it was released as well.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="20231211_135919.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23ywnk7gE3XthNJxdP8e4o5432wunEih1omKkCdvfpd84Np2fVwGmq2B4g7mzKGLveCEp.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It was a long fun day of fishing, not a whole lot of catching... but any day out on the lake is a good day.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="20231211_115903.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/EpvhxLEDTrUag5FKn8mis5BmV5fjH4tFUT7ZaSsiRmWbSZXFAsgdJrLAPZUDPrUuLN6.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Alright. I'll admit that I didn't personally catch any fish :( But... I did catch a bunch of incredible scenes with my camera. There were hardly any wind or waves, which gave the lake surface a mirror-like effect. The clouds were looking great, and with their reflections, they were incredible!</p><img alt="_Q1A2292.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wgUMjueVRTVuatZ8S21NEJRBFby3NXZauszwbyr7M4nQMxnYABiCEWyCqeqBM6rdaSK.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">This one below was my personal favorite of the day. The wispy clouds, the incredible blues, the thin mountain line... I love it! It should look great as a large print on a wall.</p><img alt="_Q1A2388.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xVLypJmvTbTpqbn1rSt92Sdj5fzo7x5J4HJSuyHnbs6yyNu6kYoWyDWyijDKVV9AXRb.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Both images above were shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens, handheld. The ISO was 200, and they were both quick exposures. No lens filters were used.</p><img alt="_Q1A2514.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23zSGHNHxBihZBhYJWkqTBFRn5tEXxuTkxBfJQXLJsa5aZEoxS1qFkfssBhnQCP8F4pNX.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">As we were pulling the boat out of the water at the end of the day, the clouds fired off with beautiful pink colors. Unfortunately, there were tons of buoys near the dock so I wasn't able to get any great horizontal wide angle photos. I shot some, but meh... the buoys ruined the shot in my opinion, so I didn't work on any of those. This vertical above was the best of those images.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Below is a photo of the boat launch and the dock. There were hardly any other boats on the water, here you can see why. Launching a boat on an icy ramp isn't easy, but Pete does it often and it was no problem for him.</p><img alt="_Q1A2536.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23yTmWBmUwebEvnbHSR9NqXzzmvPk9wYFhdx1T4JDEhfUGURD9qZXSJ3mJzGAacbbhhgC.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">It was another great fishing and photography adventure! Those kind of days are my favorites.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thank you for looking and I hope you have all been having some great adventures too.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-9667731646945297032023-12-07T17:36:00.000-08:002023-12-07T17:36:27.819-08:00Fresh Truckee Snow!<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yes, I'm excited about the snow this year. We are way behind schedule on the amount of it that we have received. I shouldn't complain after last year's incredible amount of snow that we got. It was a bit much last year... Last night, it started up again so I grabbed the camera and headed down to Downtown Truckee to try to get more Christmas holiday themed photos. Unfortunately, it was mix of rain and snow in Downtown and there wasn't much snow on the ground, but I ended up with this shot of a favorite little art gallery down there anyway. The Piper Gallery exhibits all paintings and sculptures, no photography, but I still love checking out the work there anyway.</p><p><img alt="7Q1A1456.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wC7m8gQXUo558Fpf7naM2mdvnJqRYY34e8VoP2nGc6XWt6j6Hp4kpwHVmNH2A3Ld3hC.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Shot with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. ISO 3200, a lens aperture of f/4.0, and it was a handheld 1/30 second exposure. The lens image stabilization was on, and Photoshop's AI noise reduction was used as ISO 3200 produces a lot of digital noise with this camera.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">When I woke up this morning, we actually had a little layer of snow around town. It was looking great! Definitely not a large snow storm, but it was nice to see that little bit of white layer on the ground. Everything looks so clean, crisp, and photogenic. So I took a short walk with the camera, across the street to Donner Lake here in Truckee, California.</p><p><img alt="_Q1A1537.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23w2qMoP4kAuY8pGmMmyqqAQWwjcDpAJowFdFFFx4yHTQ1JUaZZzZHabN5U2YfquN5Qb6.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">These were both also shot with the Canon 5DS R and the 24-105mm lens. A much lower ISO of 200 was used. Both were 1/200 second handheld shots, and both had small lens apertures.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The top shot of the dock is a classic Donner look, I like including that sunburst for a little added visual interest. The small lens aperture of f/20 helps create the star effect to the sunburst. I liked the bottom shot of the shoreline and Donner Summit because of the somewhat repetitive patterns to the little lake waves, the shoreline, and the clouds. In my opinion, it created a visual pleasing look.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="_Q1A1547.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/244Ur9hBtZ5f7jLtkUpsmbRLi9MLuiqVNV66iTxZv2BeqgmmJQ7SB9JT3dMwYxoWyoWrs.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Yup, I enjoy that snow! We're supposed to get more tonight. Fingers crossed that it will actually be a decent amount but the forecast isn't looking good for that.</p><p><img alt="20231207_083400.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/Epvirx6RaA9Y9Qs1qemLN8Fbp5E4xrryC57QeFkmG68WTY6PU193eMwe5hQss68Sp4b.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thanks for looking and I hope you all have a great day!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I</p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-91723849850599091622023-12-03T14:21:00.000-08:002023-12-03T14:21:51.571-08:00Downtown Truckee Christmas Slideshow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="341" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFq0Docaqjg" width="480" youtube-src-id="xFq0Docaqjg"></iframe></div><br /><p>Please enjoy this little slideshow I put together of Downtown Truckee Christmas photos. All of these images are available as large fine art print. Thank you for looking!</p><p><br /></p><p>-Scott Thompson</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.327962 -120.183253311.017728163821154 -155.3395033 67.638195836178852 -85.0270033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-80512833078753164862023-12-02T11:31:00.000-08:002023-12-02T11:31:32.730-08:00New Snowy Downtown Truckee Photo<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">After shooting some friends signing and performing at the Cottonwood Restaurant a couple days ago (<a href="https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@scottshots/last-nights-open-mic-night" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">post with those photos</a>), I took a walk in Downtown Truckee for some snowy photo fun. We were finally getting a decent snowstorm. It's been a slow year for the snow, there is usually a lot more of it by this time of year.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Mix the nighttime snow with the Christmas lights, and streetlight... and you get a very photogenic scene! There was a homeless guy walking around the area, looking like he was out of his mind and acting strange, so I had to work fast. Just a few quick photos and then I left. I didn't like the way he was looking at me and my somewhat expensive camera. I'll be back for more photos when we get more snow soon. For now, I am happy with this shot!</p><p><img alt="_Q1A1393.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23uQfkVXKkrqSqxPXLNpqfQy4vhDZyk8Zygg44RUi5jZp5Z4Pwrcf4sek1a5PGU9DHMXM.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens, set at 45mm. The ISO was 2000, the lens aperture was f/4.0, and it was a 1/80 of a second long exposure. Shot handheld with lens image stabilization on. Longer exposures do not work well with scenes like this. If it were a long exposure on a tripod, the snow would look like long white lines instead of little white spots. With a very long exposure, you might not event see the snow at all.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Fingers crossed that I'll be back to this scene soon. We are supposed to get more snow today, but so far it's only been rain. Bring on the colder temps!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for looking and I hope you are all having a great day.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.327962 -120.183253311.017728163821154 -155.3395033 67.638195836178852 -85.0270033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-48332348839450432202023-12-02T11:30:00.000-08:002023-12-02T11:30:36.374-08:00Cottonwood Open Mic Night<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I had a ton of fun last night, listening to and photographing local musicians at the <a href="https://www.tahoemusic.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Tahoe Truckee School of Music</a> open mic night. It happens every Thursday evening at the popular Cottonwood Restaurant, here in Truckee, California. Many of these musicians that I photographed are instructors at the school. My son <a href="https://peakd.com/@enak" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">@enak</a> actually grew up taking piano and signing lessons there. It was great to have daily performances in our house as he practiced, I miss those days...</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The music was sounding great and the food at the restaurant is always top-notch! Here are a few photos of some of the musicians. All shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. All handheld photos with varying settings but all of them had very high ISOs. They also all had Photoshops AI noise reduction applied to them when editing. Yes, the photos almost look a bit cartoony and surreal when you open them up and look at them on a big computer monitor. But before the noise reduction, they were VERY noisy with and were not usable. The AI noise reduction does an incredible job at making the photos look clean and making them usable. I'm a fan of this fairly new Photoshop technology!</p><p><img alt="_Q1A1360.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tbioMWbSF1vGsYiTg1NdH3rxUDz4Y9HknumgC8RDFDj7hxQTbwGVrTVB8Msns7c4YtM.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1356.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tGaDVcfeEbEpxN6EwUA4puxd5hksYmr57SkxAACgVF3ayiHVieu84uq6eifwsnqtoAU.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A134.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tbPci2PSTVPvC4ba8DN2yoSNnVPpftaDievzmfbgG2dL6irZo8RWfrRBnACCvMVvnCY.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1329.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tm9QPZWxLMkEVqk1sSLXEszqV9ohpYHapj6yDzDc6x49Tpnc1cpVijrw6bMtsKx5ymz.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1310.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tS12GhNSHkvuEMq7YCYsKm1X7UmtR4gYy8E9LovDngSrZLD1mF9KxRUGucs2hvjcHFG.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1293.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wC3hpHbCXWqp8obgzLW7ohNFLyDkX5tw6ShhpHjfGi6meCyrbU3aondMYYbiBP2cUAR.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1283.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23u5Z9Q83R8SNDwSvc4dno76Wkibs5h7GuPgk3cF8GNprUwLdDRBmFB7vBzGkFuvn5HCR.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1259.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tbPXt98Jdhez5YL7cMjFL9iNwBFThiWy15M7FGuZCJdCZqJuvDaCBy9DMjTdnSy81Ni.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1249.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tGa8gi2911eVavAjoZvApZkj1wFMC9c25ogGHoaDdqkbCy8he8VuUZv97fD86EaPACN.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1230.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23tvCi9AiHhrbkbPTfHNjK6rik53Rgcxg55hnmtC3sZwqYZGH21xcZm3m6cysRT33Kcew.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A1239.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wBeH7McqygU1pZbGNpLHcZsBmEWmbhSEJnPwud15X8agX4xTBfNbpzGLeqNPJkgjWhY.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thank you for looking and I hope you are all having a fun and wonderful day!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></p>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042527379678434940.post-42558806707509950892023-11-18T20:01:00.000-08:002023-11-18T20:01:42.600-08:00Christmas Tree Lighting In Truckee, California<div class="content-group post-body gallery" data-v-4fc4f300="" data-v-68347721="" id="post-body-container" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 20px !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="viewer" data-v-68347721="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-v-68347721="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Last night's Christmas Tree lighting in Downtown Truckee, California was a lot of fun. It has been a while since I'd been to a tree lighting. The main street in Downtown Truckee was shut down and there was a very large crowd of people. Lots of the shops were open late and treats were being given out to attendees.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The vibe felt like it was straight out of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Norman Rockwell</a> painting. Very warm smiles everywhere, and everyone was having a great time. Of course, I brought my camera and got a few photos of the tree right after it was lit up.</p><img alt="7Q1A0914.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xA1fe4obATA6oAe3xD3Kiig5W75sHmyoxTYXpu9mhuucbnDAPuv3F8LYxJFtsMH4wHt.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. The ISO was 2500, the lens aperture was f/4.0, and it was a 1/30 of a second exposure. Shot handheld with no flash. Fortunately, the lens has nice image stabilization built into it so it was a sharp photo even though it was a somewhat longer exposure.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A lot of work was done to this image in Photoshop in order to get the most detail out of the shadow areas and sky. I also used Photoshop's newer AI noise reduction in order to get rid of most of the digital noise. The ISO 2500 setting can be very noisy with this camera the the AI noise reduction did an incredible job at cleaning up the noise. The image is not going up on my website, it probably would not look great when printed big. But I think it looks nice for blog posts and social media posts.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Truckee does a great job of decorating for the holidays. Here are a few more photos from previous years. I hope to get more similar images this year but I will have to wait until we get a decent amount of snow...</p><img alt="_Q1A7258.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xKt83oTeAAwTBfRSwEVuXTRtZWAqddwhuSrEJonp4RjxYE4GGYLKGXcyLe7ZPJ44hHk.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A7251.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23vsUmKdSYJUmz5KRz7L6EsKnC9msZALoMFBQvyPtNVgv4LSBG4k7ghFwjUxsDnTkpNNf.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A7224.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23uQmzRYvdRdt1FPADcJbfULinab8Fb9enWDNhJiwPWdsDXmpCC6MBipmNbPcYTXJ3QER.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A7273.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23xKvGrTiQoZw9ZD1UxDutZpWhAz8rfS5VgjF8MYTzMmQCNrLH4QdmLpxCmnske4L2Qgh.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A7188.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23vsQKRTWwuvewv9jynPKgFwiJniLnv2L2yMDM4LYpYLeHrMr8s5XuUVNyLzrR4pVTioS.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A7167.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wWvp9VyQKaR15gFHK98uEB3yCkqAYRbvEAsb18WxFVZEKQGeL2Grsky5W5EZBtfqDeJ.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A7125.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23uFY56RXSSFSesfqKZaaduySTwSr8WRucstHnkJpYwSAWg9BZXoQzkWgpDDY3RTuAxD9.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><img alt="_Q1A8443.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/23wC7ULYWbK6ZGgdWGdHqoULcounLd5TcRjYJN3DjGE2yhLnehnprW5DVd9ZhfiprYsuB.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Interested in buying a Scott Shots print as a gift? Please use the coupon code WINTERSCOMING for 15% off your order at <a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/archive" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a>. (Expires 12-21-23)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thank you for looking and I hope you are all having a great weekend!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Scott Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scott Shots Photography<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://www.scottshotsphoto.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e88e5; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ScottShotsPhoto.com</a></p><img alt="headshotwlogo.jpg" src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/scottshots/242DNt7agFXDtpnKJtaNawfjqoqNf6wkyQcxarf3fSsXHXRdD1ykjMYVebXsGorGRFHDW.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 1000px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Scott Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380252898607849379noreply@blogger.com0Truckee, CA 96161, USA39.327962 -120.183253311.017728163821154 -155.3395033 67.638195836178852 -85.0270033