Sierra Fall Color September 26 2009

[Graham Owen]

I spent a Loooong day in heaven yesterday, well, almost, 6AM until 7PM photographing sierra fall color.


Sierra Sunrise


Sun Kissed Aspen Trees


Breathtaking Colors


A Beautiful Day


Forest Fire


Fall Fly Fishing


Kokenee Salmon - I shot the old Nikon D200 inside a housing


As Bright as Poppies


Glowing Orange


Riot of Colors


Such a Beautiful Day

I took so many photos, it will take me another day or so to look at them all. What a fun day it was!

Graham

I put more trip pix on a web page...some of the photos will likely be swappped out this week, and I still have another 8gig card to download
http://www.grahamowengallery.com/photography/fall-colors/sierra-fall-colors-9-26-09.html

[Photography~girl~]

oh my gosh. i want the leaves to fully change here in Michigan - they haven't yet. *sigh* but these photos helped. (: just gorgeous. I love fall. thanks for sharing.

[Mitchell]

Man thats alot of color.
great photo's

[Graham Owen]

Thank you Photography Girl and Mitchell, I love aspens in autumn, and the colors were better than hoped for... I hope to go back to the mountains again later this week...

Graham

[Edd]

Lovely images there Graham, I especially like the first one it has a real calming effect.

How did you get the Salmon shot ? do you have an underwater case for the camera ?

Thanks for posting.

Ed

[Graham Owen]

Thank you Edd, I'm glad you like the pix. For the underwater shots I used a D200 inside a housing, used a telescopic fiberglass painters pole to lower the rig into the water, and fired it with pocket wizards. I had a lot of fun!

Graham

[gldiana]

Fabulous Graham, hard to pick favorites. I like the underwater one for its originality, the fish are sporting Fall colors, very neat
The second one is really a wow photo.

[bob_r]

Beautiful fall colors, Graham.

[Graham Owen]

Thank you Luca and Bob, it seemed like a magical day, no wind, nice light, and I put 850 miles on my car in 24 hours...

[Steve Sieren]

Fantastic series Graham!

[Graham Owen]

Thank you very much Steve! I'm a huge fan of your work, and I would love to shoot with you at the beach someday. Or anywhere for that matter, and if you want to shoot water birds, I have a special place, in the San Fernando valley.....

Cheers,
Graham

[Steve Sieren]

Graham, I'm not much of bird photographer and my longest lens is only a 200mm on a 35mm sensor. I have a 2x teleconverter but don't like the quality I get from it but hey I'll give it a try.

[Graham Owen]

Steve, These birds are so accustomed to people, a 200 will be fine, without a TC. I use a 300 f/4, and more often than not, cut the legs or wing tips off egrets and herons in flight. A 70-200 is a good choice as well. I have a spot where a couple of retired gents fish there six days a week, and they toss fish to the birds, which gets them excited.... The night herons are almost tame, and eat fish from one of the guys hands.

[noreturnphotos]

Beautiful captures Graham,
I really like #1