Moraine Hills State Park by Ray Mathis on Capture My Chicago

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Moraine Hills State Park

Sunrise on field of golden rod in Moraine Hills State Park, McHenry County

Yolanda Luckey
commented over 2 years ago

Great Shot !
Ray Mathis
commented almost 3 years ago

This is always a nice prairie for shots right along the park road at Moraine Hills SP, but now you can't get in until 8AM, too late for such shots
Linda Ingrid Lundgren
commented almost 3 years ago

Looks like 24 carat to me!!!
Ray Mathis
commented almost 3 years ago

Thanks Maureen, kind of like it should look about this time of year, except budget cuts keep anyone from getting in until 8, and the show is over by then
Maureen Rueffer
commented almost 3 years ago

Wow! Like a painting! Really nice!
Ray Mathis
commented almost 3 years ago

You're right. I just need to have you talk to my wife. Probably would go medium format digital. However I keep thinking about the fact that my first car only cost $2900, and my first house $33K. That's the cost of the Hasselblad 33MB camera. Actually my film and developing costs are down, even though the cost per item are up, because I'm just not getting as many local opportunities lately, and I'm down to shooting 1 original instead of 2 or 3.
Russ Williams
commented almost 3 years ago

For what you probably spend on processing in a year, you could get a really nice (or top-of-the-line) dSLR, and then you wouldn't even have to wait two seconds. Even a Pentax 645 is "only" $9,000 ! !
Ray Mathis
commented almost 3 years ago

Thanks John. Whenever goldenrod appears, it always opens the possibilities for pictures.
John Grede
commented almost 3 years ago

Tremendous!!! Another one of your photos I really like.
Ray Mathis
commented almost 3 years ago

Thanks Theresa. It's something anyone can do. Just need the ND split field graduated gray filters to darken the top portion (you can probably see the border if you look closely), and then it's f45 (or f22 for 35mm,digital) and be there early.