Fundy National Park - June 2012 (Part 1)

I'm drowning in pictures! My family and I spent a week in Fundy National Park (amazing park, one that I still greatly enjoy after 20 years).  Came back with 12GB of pictures and videos.  Birds woke me up real early in the morning (5:30am), so I got many sunrise and quiet time exploring the park and taking many pictures.  The only problem with this trip is that it didn't last longer!

With my limited equipment, I think I still got some great shots (at least some that I like!).  Here are a few (kids processed in Picasa, but other two processed in LightRoom).  Let me know what you think!

Bennett Lake was incredible that first morning.  I returned many times again throughout the week and couldn't get anything like the first morning.  Glad I was there and didn't miss that amazing morning!

Many sunrises were amazing in the park.  Some were more dramatic with clouds or fog.  However, without a gradual neutral density filter, there's only so much I could do.  My cheap eBay circular polarization filter ($8 CAD!) seemed to help in some cases.  For the most part, I didn't like longer exposures using my decent Hoya ND8 filter .

The kids had a blast, and I'm happy they enjoy the same things as I do.  We hope to return again at some point!

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A more colorful than usual sunset in my back yard (was hoping to get some moon pictures, but there were too many clouds that day)

This is a tree that I've taken numerous pictures off... my favorite tree for sure.  We have a nice view of a small valley from our back yard, but the horizon would look dull without it! :)

Self portrait experiment... since I don't have an external flash, I setup the camera on a tripod and bounced the flash on a mirror.  So the picture is of the mirror, but that allowed for side lighting, instead of the usual on-board flash look.

I played with exposure a bit, but it was fairly easy have a decent exposure on both sides...  It was fun either way! :)