Yesterday's Sunset Photo Adventure
I was lucky to get out yesterday afternoon for a little 4x4ing and a photo adventure. The plan was to drive down to a spot at Stampede Reservoir (north of Truckee, California a bit) to photograph the Kokanee salmon run using my Canon camera's underwater housing. I've been to this spot and shot there before but this year, the fish seem to be a bit behind schedule. When I finally got there, after a pretty rough drive down the unmaintained dirt road, I was incredibly disappointed as I only found two dead Kokanee and no alive ones. Bummer!
One dead Kokanee Salmon above and one disappointed photographer below.
I was actually at this spot about three weeks ago. A fishing buddy and I approached the area by boat, and then walked rather than by 4x4. We saw that it was still too early then but I thought it would be good to go this time. Wrong.
However, I did see that they put the gate back up across the river. I believe it's fish and game rangers that do this, it stops the Kokanee from going further upstream and allows the rangers to collect eggs from the fish to bring to a fish hatchery. I believe this means I'm not too late, I just need to go back and check the area again in a couple of weeks...
Well, after my failed attempt at some over/under shots of the Kokanee, I walked around a bit to see if I could find a decent scene for sunset. I considered driving back to Donner Lake, a more popular lake, but it was getting too late and I didn't have enough time, so I explored where I was.
The best scene I could find was this patch of red/pink ground cover plant. Not the most interesting foreground but I felt it was the best I was going to find out there.
Luckily, we had a decent sunset and I ended up with this "keeper" shot below. Not my best work but I was happy to redeem myself after a failed fish photo attempt. Stampede Reservoir is hard to see but if you look closely, you can see it in the background. I'm pretty happy with the shot. I doubt it will ever sell as a big print but it is still going to make it onto my website.
Shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 16-35mm lens set at 16mm. Two graduated neutral density filters were used on the front of the lens in order to darken the sky a bit and balance the sky exposure with the foreground exposure. A polarizing filter was also used in order to get a bit more color from the clouds. The ISO was 50 and the aperture was f20. This all let to an exposure time of 13 seconds so a tripod was used.
Thanks for looking and I hope you all had a great weekend!
Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
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Oh yeah! If nothing else, you certainly got a great sunset! Nice!
It was great to see the sunset, definitely made me feel better about not shooting the fish. Cheers!
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Super shots looks like you had a really nice day out and about
Thank you! It was a great day for sure. Went to that spot again yesterday. Post coming soon...
Cool I look forward to more shots from there
I can see you have enjoyed your day.. Such a gorgeous place to visit and for photo-shoot....
It's an awesome spot to visit for sure. Went there again yesterday and the kokanee salmon were looking great. Post coming soon... Cheers!
Oh really... That would be nice.. Did you shared those pictures anywhere else buddy??
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Haven't worked on the photos yet. It's a slooow day today as I was on margarita making duty at a friend's party last night.
Haha it was busy day for you buddy.. Haha
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Indeed. Paying for it today.
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