North Fork Owyhee River, Southern Idaho, USA
We were scouting future backpacking trips in the canyon lands near Jordan Valley, Oregon, along the Idaho border. Although the canyons are beautiful, we stayed high and did not climb down because they were mostly impassable. I suppose this land is best seen by raft.
See this article for pictures taken along the East Fork of the Owyhee:
https://imageliner.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-tules-east-fork-owhyee-river.html
Snapshots from the trip
Hand-held. Circular Polarizer. No HDR.
Nikon Z5, set to Daylight, Vivid
I like to shoot at a fixed ISO 200
Photos taken as RAW-NEF, then edited in PaintShop Pro
Lightly edited and cropped
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| Long lens, shallow F4 aperture, cropped as a pano |
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| 17mm, F10 |
Many of the flower photos were underexposed. I did not check their exposures or look in the previewer, relying on the camera meter.
The RAW image properties showed I was sloppy. The photos were all set with a minus -1 EV exposure compensation. Normally, I pay close attention to this setting. I fell-down on the job. My excuse: The day was hot, and I was tired.
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| NEF Properties showed the truth |
The photos were taken in Nikon's native NEF/RAW format and were salvageable.
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| 17mm wide-angle, F8 |
Various portraits were taken of my traveling companions, and they are not being uploaded here. Below, these were not my travelling companions, but they seemed to be everywhere.
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| The reason we will not do much backpacking in this area. That and plethora Mormon Crickets. |
Related: East Fork of the same wilderness:
https://imageliner.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-tules-east-fork-owhyee-river.html
I like cattle grates and fence lines: GrandView Idaho (in the same general area as the Owhyee range):
https://imageliner.blogspot.com/2013/09/grandview-idaho.html
Had best study-up on this article:
https://imageliner.blogspot.com/2011/11/using-18-grey-card.html
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