Afternoon Pines 1.0

Afternoon Pines 1.0, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken using the Sony 18-70mm Lens and in 16:9 Aspect Ratio.

I am trying to convey the vastness of the Piny Woods here in South East Texas to my viewers. This area had many saw mills starting way back in the 1800s and some of them still continue today. This photo was taken in part of the Angelina National Forrest just South of Lake Rayburn.

I was out driving around down logging roads and had my camera for that purpose. You can see the ground vegetation is starting to make its color sift for the Fall Season. These woods look like they go on forever and some do. Where i was standing and looking to take this photo, i could not see any other trees. All of the old Hardwood had been cut out many years ago, perhaps at the tun of the century.

These trees have to be around 50 years old in this forrest where i stood to take this photo. It is hard to get the vastness from this photo, but it is an amazing site to see, standing in a forrest like this. All the colors and light coming through the trees and the shadows cast from the trees make a beautiful photo in my mind's eye. I only hope that you can appreciate them like i do...

Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Westwood!

Many fun times were had out here! Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Piney Woods

More to follow!
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Angelina River.

Below Lake Sam Rayburn Dam.
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Clover 1.1

Clover 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

More clover with rain drops on the leaves due to nasty weather we had while were in Texas. It was about 65 degrees with drizzle. I had to use a "Back Flash" for the photo. There is a little vignetting due to the difference in focal length of the two lenses.


Sony:
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
ISO Speed: 200
Componon
Focal Length: 40mm
Aperture: f/4

Dusk with Moon

Dusk with Moon, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken using a Sony 18-70mm Lens in 16:9 Aspect Ratio:

Facing Southwest, this photo was taken during the same shoot as Dusk After Storm on FMR 255 East. The deep tones in the sky and wisps of clouds over the tree line kind of bring into perspective the vastness of the sky. The sliver of Moon high in the sky is just a taste of it and what is to come...

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Dusk After Storm 1.0

Dusk After Storm 1.0, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken using a Sony 18-70mm Lens in 16:9 Aspect Ratio.

I was driving home from school on FMR 255 East and saw a nice evening sky. I stopped my Tacoma on the side of the road on the South end or Lake Rayburn and walked over to the lake side and got on the wall to shoot this photo. A storm had come through the area and this is what remained of it. I love the deep earthy tones in the sky and the clouds to the right in the sky.

Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 400