Pine Hills Lodge

[Darren Bradley]

Chris was good enough to send me his preset on Topaz BW for the AZ shots, and I've been messing about with that program a bit this weekend. Here's a shot of the lodge in Julian where I spent Thanksgiving:



Note that I didn't have a TS lens with me - just my 24-70, so I shot at 24mm, holding the camera level (hand held), and then cropped out a bunch at the bottom of the frame.

Julian is an old mining town about an hour east of the beach here in San Diego. Most people don't associate San Diego with pine trees and mountains, but we have a little of everything. It actually snows here fairly regularly in the winter, and Chris would have found all the fall colours he desired in the trees now.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Very nice shot Darren - I think the B&W really suits the look

Can't believe you went out without your T&S lens - I thought you were welded to it!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Ah, see Darren.....
You don't need all the mod cons these days..... this is fantastic. So is the Lodge by the look of it

 

[Brian Moore]

Very nice shot, Darren. I really like the tones.

Did you get your fair share of apple pie up there?

 

[Darren Bradley]

Thanks, guys. Sorry for being slow on the uptake. Been on the road for work again.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Very nice Darren I thnk you cropped it just right. Love the tonality you ended up with.

 

[Darren Bradley]

Thank you, Ralph.