I recently purchased a set of Lee 4x6 filters and kit and wanted to test them out in the field. Thought Stone Mountain would be a good place to test it so i set out for it.

Haven't been there before so i didnt' know.. i packed most of my gear with me.. and boy was that a mistake. Hiking up was a test of endurance.. adding 30lb of photography equipment on my back made the trip even more difficult. But i was determined and made it to the top. The few pictures i got was well worth the trip.

Lower half of the mountain. Saw this boulder and the "Tree root steps". It was pretty interesting so i took a snap


This second shot was pretty close to the summit. I shot this with my tokina 11-16 f/2.8. Used a Marumi Super DHG CPL filter that Andrea @ 2filters recommended to take this shot. I hesitated abit before purchasing it since i've never heard of Marumi before, but she assure me that it was a quality CPL and even tied the B+W Kaesemann CPL for 1st place in a test against 24 other brand name CPL filter by lens tip. I'm glad i brought it. This pic was taken with it straight from camera.. absolutely no post-processing except changing the camera profile to Canon Landscape.


Same shot without the CPL but with a 4 stop Hi-tech 4x4 ND filter and 3 stop soft GND filter.


Finally reached the summit. It was worth it after what i saw on top. (Yes, that's me )


On the way down, i saw this craved into one of the stones.. I thought it was really sweet so i took a pic. It's not really photogenic but i like it.


After i hiked down again, i drove around and found a lake with view of the mountain. Setup my tripod and took a shot. Sucks that the trees block a huge portion of the mountain.


Took this shot here stacking a .9 and 1.2 ND filter. I guess UV light somehow got in when stacking.. but i like the effect nonetheless.

Damn man, you're good at whatever you do with technology.
Get on TF2 Sometime

Go back up at sunrise/sunset

Um what. What's this have to do with tech

And nty TF2. L4D2 is where it's at.



The park isn't open during sunrise.. and i have to get back before sunset for work

And i get scare in the dark.. b/c someone saw a coyote that day on the way down.

alot, modern cameras are technological as fux

But the best light is at those times :/

Do you want tourist looking shots or sexy well lit images?

This post was edited by lithfkn on May 30 2010 11:58pm

Ofc sexy well lit images.. but if getting those means getting arrested or eaten by a coyote. I think i'll stick with tourist looking shots

All kidding aside.. i'll try to go back during sunset in the near future... when i can get some time away from work that is.

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