This last weekend I decided to spend some time learning to shoot video. So yesterday, late afternoon, I headed to the South Platte River, near Foxton. Here are some of the still images that I made.
South Platte, Turbulent Flow
For the above image, and the one below, I set the aperture to f/22 so that I could get a long shutter speed of about 1/10 second. This allows some smoothing of the water flow and enough of the flow to show turbulence.
South Platte, Turbulent Flow, No 2
In the following image, I used a Lee “Little Stopper” neutral density filter. This allowed a shutter speed of almost a second, rendering the turbulence as a milky flow.
South Platte, Flows Like Milk
While perched on a huge boulder at the riverside, I could shot down into the river to capture the water flowing over these three boulders.
Boulders In The South Platte River, Foxton
After a couple of hours shooting video with some stills, I headed up the Cathedral Spires trail for some still images. The Salsify flower were plentiful at this time of the year. The giant “dandelion” seed balls make for some interesting images.
Salsify Alongside The Cathedral Spires Trail
Finally, I headed back, passing this interesting pink granite boulder formation. Looks like a great pair of buttocks!
Pink Granite Along Cathedral Spires Trail
I packed up and headed home. Arriving back in the metro area, the sun was setting above Green Mountain. What a spectacular sunset to end the day!
Sunset Over Green Mountain
Now that I have some more video, I will need to spend some time reviewing the video clips for lessons learned.