Cute Forest Bear Pictures

At first fleeting look, if you be to see a strength bear, also be acquainted by means of as the Kermode bear, you’d almost certainly take for granted that it was a polar bear. But this gorgeous bear doesn’t exist near the North Pole. Instead, you’re additional probable going observe one in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, on the British Columbia Coast between Vancouver Island and Southeast Alaska. That’s exactly anywhere Paul Nicklen took these astonishing shots for National Geographic. According to scientists, the white fur is activating by Kermodism, a recessive change at the MC1R genetic material, the similar genetic material linked with red hair and fair skin in human. To be natural white, a bear have to inherit the change from together parents. The parents don’t of necessity have to be white; they immediately need to get ahead of on the recessive gene. It’s not infrequent for white bears to be born to black parents. Check out these cute bear images.

Underwater Photos By Heather Landis

Gulf of the discouraged is a moving love tale by artist Heather Landis. The LA base photographer and photo illustrator establish a lot of only one of its kind and original ways to demonstrate the close particulars of an association, converse simply from side to side the motions, gesture, and bodily connections flanked by a man and a woman. Landis’ incredible talents for capture these mobile moments are obvious all through her series, and spectators will find themselves quickly between to the a range of feelings convey by the anonymous figures. From side to side these images, Landis take us on an touching roller coaster where we understanding the beginning, center, and end of the couple’s developing affair within immediately a mere a small number of minutes. Check out these cool love story images.

Nature Photography – More Images from Gorman Falls

Here are two more shots taken last month at Gorman Falls in the Colorado Bend State Park near Lampasas, Texas.

I was blessed to have perfect morning light filtering through the trees for these shots and the green moss covered rocks really seemed to glow. On my immediate left was the Colorado river flowing south to the Gulf of Mexico. The water in the Colorado was its usual brown, full of red clay and silt but the water pouring over the falls was perfectly clear, cool and refreshing. The geology of the area was fascinating and beautiful falls looked as if it belonged in Hawaii, rather than some remote corner of the Texas Hill Country.

I can’t post all my photos from this shoot because I’m planning to submit an article to Texas Highways and Texas Parks & Wildlife magazines. I haven’t had any of my work published in the past 30 years so we’ll see if this old guy’s still got what it takes. I also plan to make these two posters available for sale on my blog later this month if I can get PayPal configured correctly. And I’ll also be leading a photo-safari to this location in the fall if anyone’s interested. I’ll post more details later in the summer, so stay tuned.

Gorman Falls, Texas 16 x 24 Poster
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM tripod-mounted. The exposure was taken at 35mm, f/16 for 1/2 second at ISO 100 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done entirely in Lightroom 2. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Gorman Falls, Texas 16 x 24 Poster
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM tripod-mounted. The exposure was taken at 10mm, f/13 for 1/3rd of a second at ISO 200 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done entirely in Lightroom 2. Click on the image above for a larger version.

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Landscape Photography – Longhorn Cavern State Park

This is a shot I took from the rooftop of the original park headquarters at the Longhorn Cavern State Park near Burnet, Texas. This beautiful stone building was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) back in the mid 1930 s. The Civilian Conservation Corps had a real impact on Texas by constructing the state’s first park system. The CCC was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s most popular “New Deal” programs and put unemployed men to work on conservation projects throughout the United States. The second image is a shot of the incredible arches which lead visitors down to the caverns.

Rooftop Compass at Longhorn Cavern State Park, Texas
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM hand-held. The exposure was taken at 10mm, f/8 for 1/2000th of a second at ISO 100 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done in Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Arches & Shadows at Longhorn Cavern State Park, Texas
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM hand-held. The exposure was taken at 22mm, f/8 for 1/400th of a second at ISO 100 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done in Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4. Click on the image above for a larger version.

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Landscape Photography – Cypress

Here’s a shot I didn’t really like until I decided to “finish” it using Photoshop CS4 and Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro plug-in filters. One of my favorite filters in Nik’s collection is called “glamour glow” and although it’s not designed for landscape work, it does a great job of adding contrast and vibrance to any image. I’ve found that this works especially well for an image with an overall green tone since it really does makes the leaves seem to glow.

My inspiration for this image can be found in Diane Varner’s wonderful Daily Walks photo-blog. Diane’s mastery at nature photography and Photoshop are really second to none and I look forward to viewing her incredible images each morning.

Cypress at McKinney Falls State Park – Austin, Texas
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM hand-held. The exposure was taken at 105mm, f/11 for 1/30th of a second at ISO 100 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done in Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4 using Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro filters. Click on the image above for a larger version.

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Landscape Photography – The Road is Long…

A little nostalgia today. Does anyone out there remember when they first heard Neil Diamond’s hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” back in the late 60 s? Driving down this long road in central Texas brought back that song and a host of old memories.

“The road is long with
many a winding turn
That lead us to who knows where,
who knows where
But I’m strong,
strong enough to carry him
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother”

The Road is Long – Johnson City, Texas
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM hand-held. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/11 for 1/125th of a second at ISO 100 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done in Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4. Click on the image above for a larger version.

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Concept Art by Brenoch Adams

Set of amazing digital conceptual artworks by Brenoch Adams.

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Stamm by Jürgen Heckel

Beautiful set of forest photography by J rgen Heckel.

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Landscape Photography – Duotone

Just a real quick post while I plan my next trip to the Angelina National Forest near Lufkin, Texas.

If you’re a Photoshop user and haven’t purchased Scott Kelby’s latest “Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers” yet, don’t wait another minute. Yes, I’m a definite fanboy of Scott’s books, Kelby Training and NAPP. I hate technical books and really hate some author talking down to me in his book just because I was born in a “pre-computer” era. Scott writes all of his books just like his training videos; as if he’s your friend showing you something cool he’s just discovered in CS4. He never talks down to you or makes you feel stupid because you haven’t memorized every keyboard shortcut in the world. He explains Photoshop logically, one step at a time and never assumes you’ve been doing this for ten years. His style is competent and comfortable, and for a computer book author, it’s a rare treat.

The Road is Long in Duotone – Johnson City, Texas
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM hand-held. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/11 for 1/125th of a second at ISO 100 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done in Lightroom 2 and in Photoshop CS4 as a duotone. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Scott’s “Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers” book has a cool section called “Quadtoning for Richer B&Ws” and it’s a wonderful technique for adding that something extra to your black and white images. Photoshop CS4 makes this technique a real snap and I finished the image above in about ten seconds using one of the 137 built-in presets.

Very, very cool!

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Landscape Photography – Looking Upstream

Oops! Quick change of plans. I’m heading for the Angelina National Forest late this afternoon (about 150 mile drive from Sugar Land) and I’ll be up before dawn to catch the sunrise over Boykin Springs. This time of year the early morning light is much warmer and softer, especially in the East Texas Piney Woods.

Here is another image of rocks, trees and water taken while looking upstream at the Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas (birth place of President Lyndon B. Johnson). I’ll be visiting this wonderful park once again late next week to (hopefully) capture some beautiful sunrise and sunset shots. We’ve had a little rain lately so I’m hoping for better waterfall shots as well.

By the way, the difference in exposure between the foreground (rocks & water) and the background (sky & clouds) in this image was almost 5 stops. Rather than bracket my exposures to create an HDR image I decided to use a 3-Stop/Soft rectangular Singh-Ray Graduated Neutral Density Filter held in place in front of the lens using a Cokin “P” Series Filter Holder.

In my opinion, no Photomatix Pro, Lightroom or Photoshop technique is as simple and as foolproof as using an ND-Grad for this common landscape situation. Don’t take my word for it, read what landscape professional Steve Kossack has to say on the subject of “using graduated neutral density filters”.

Looking Upstream at Pedernales Falls State Park – Johnson City, Texas
Copyright 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM tripod-mounted. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/9 for 1/100th of a second at ISO 100 on Sandisk digital film. Post capture processing was done in Lightroom 2. Click on the image above for a larger version.

You can also find a 1200 x 800 version of this image and many others on my Flickr site.

Posted in Photography Tagged: Canon, Canon 40D, Landscape Photography, Pedernales Falls State Park, Texas Landscapes