Kettle Creek, Clinton County, 8/29/19

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Went up to Kettle Creek as I needed to wet a fly. The air temps had been cooling down over the last week and conditions look good for Kettle and even some of the wild trout streams in the area.

The weather was up in the upper 70's during the day and lower 50's at night. A passing shower hit us the first day, but mixed clouds following that. The water was clear even after the heavy rain. Temps ranged from low 60's in the morning to 67 in the evening.

No bugs during the middle of the day, but we did see some light mayfly and yellow stoneflies at evening. I didn't see nay caddis, but heard they were out. The evening seemed to be better suited for nymphing. When we did go up into the smaller waters larger #16 cahill and adams seemed get the attention of the wild brook trout.

A nice few days with Maurice running around in the mountains, camping, fishing and taking photographs. Of course we made it to Debs and Kettle Creek Fly Fishing Shop.











 
Nice. Glad to hear you had fun. GG
 
Sounds and looks like you had a great time. Also, your photo of the Milky Way with the stars reflecting off of the lake is magnificent!
 
I just got back from up there. Even with a little rain it was great. Cool weather on the way! Yes, that night sky photo is fantastic. One of the best I've ever seen.
 
timmyt2 wrote:
The last photo is amazing

Many of you know I like to do a bit of photography as yet another hobby. I go on travel trips for photography and even went out west to get a Milkyway shot before in Zion National Park.

I consider this a very very difficult image to capture on the east coast. The Milkyway is only visible in the summer, when a new moon is around, no clouds and no light pollution. There are only a couple spots on the east coast to then even get this setting of a lake. That took me a lot of time to research. I've been looking into this for months.

Camera settings are pretty common, but it's not an easy shot. Focus and framing in the dark are pretty tough. The camera needs to be able to shoot for 15-25 seconds and a very fast lens.

It does take some editing in a program like photoshop to pull up the detail. Generally kinda dark and flat straight out of the camera.

Time in retirement helps and thanks for asking about the image.

Here is another view:

 
I liked that shot. It's amazing the number of stars that are visible when it's really dark. GG
 
Pretty Amazing Dave. Make me want to wander up that way soon. Its been a bit too long since Ive wandered around up there.
 
The night sky photos are amazing.

Did the sky actually LOOK like that?

I think you could sell those photos to magazines.

 
Love the galatic center photos. I try to get up to Cherry springs once a year for photos. Condensation on my lens gets me everytime.
 
troutbert wrote:
The night sky photos are amazing.

Did the sky actually LOOK like that?

I think you could sell those photos to magazines.

I shoot with RAW file formats and the images are too flat. Most all my photographs and all my Milkyway shots have some editing in Lightroom or Photoshop. It is the way I bring out the image that I felt I saw during the scene. That is the real reflection in the water and not added in post.

 
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