When: I was there the week of July 22, 2013. It was late for the beautiful green color. The wheat field already turned to golden color, still beautiful never the less.
Where/How:
First stop was Steptoe Butte. When we got the Hume Road was under construction. So if you are heading there after this post, most likely the construction is completed and a nice paved road on Hume Road. I got there a little late in the season. The Wheat has already turn golden for the most part. At the top of the butte, you can look in any direction and be amazed what human can do to nature. As usual, I took all my lenses but for this particular location, I used Nikon D800 with Nikon 400mm f/4 AIS, Sigma 150-500 and 70-200mm f/2.8.
This was shot with Sigma 150-500mm at 500mm
f/8.0
ISO 1000
1/250sec
As I was driving along 26, we caught this little guy doing its dirty job and I got my random shot of the day.
Nikon 70-200mm at 150mm
f/11
ISO 400
1/500sec
This was also with 16-35mm at 16mm
f/8
ISO100
1/60sec at sunrise
And color version
Nikon 16-35mm at 16mm
f/16
ISO 100
30sec.
I had tried number of filter on including the Cokin Zpro GNDs and 3 stop as well as BW 10 stops. After trying the B+W 10 stops it gives me another reason to go back and place order on Lee big stopper. I'll post a separate post to compare the 2.
I headed back to Seattle the following day for sunset of the Seattle cityscape. The sun was setting right behind the buildings and I was not able to get the glowing buildings but the city was busy enough for a fantastic view behind the camera. Next time when I'm back, for sure will try again at sunrise
This was shot with Nikon 16-35mm at 16mm and 3 stop filters
f/11
ISO 100
60sec
Sunset the following day we headed to Kerry Park .
It was nice clear day and I was able to get a nice clear view of the city and mt. Rainier.
This was shot with 70-200mm at 70mm
f/11
ISO 100
0.6sec
This was shot with 70-200mm at 135mm
f/16
ISO 100
30 sec
