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The ACDSee team is pleased to congratulate Andreas Pacek of Neuwied, Germany, the second place winner of d-pixx’s recent (issue 3 2009) photo contest.

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Telkwa Village, BC - Home of the Wet’suwet’en reserve

Native Fisherman netting a salmon 

Our quest to leave the rain behind us had not been as successful as planned, until a few days of driving later where we came upon the bustling activity at the Moricetown Falls, on the Bulkley River Just north of Smitters B.C. Everybody was there it seemed. The local constabulary, kids, grandparents and the inevitable coterie of dogs milling about looking for a freebie salmon head.

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Two years ago, I spent a few weeks in the Yukon territories a bit later in the year then I did this time around. We decided to go back up there a month earlier this time round to make sure that we caught the full expression of the fall colors. Because the seasons are shorter, the further north you go the earlier the fall season starts, much earlier than in the southern climes.

Yukon Territories, Sunset Reflections

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Shooting in a studio has its advantages, and one of the biggest ones is that you have control of lighting—you set the intensity, the color, the shadows, and you stay in command throughout the shoot. Basically, you can make the light adapt to whatever scene you wish to illuminate, in whatever manner you’d like. When you’re outside of a controlled environment, however, you are at the mercy of the “ambient” lighting conditions and you must adapt to them.

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Funny enough, the one thing I had not considered at all, at the time, was that I needed to direct the pilot in the direction that I thought would give the best vantage point. Then get him to rotate the Jet Ranger with the right orientation, all the while, adjusting your F stop, shutter speed, filters and whatever else the situation required.

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So, with the blades whopping overhead and the pilot crackling instructions into our head phones we lofted into the crisp mountainous atmosphere leaving the mist to the valleys below. As we ascended I can see that the photo gods are indeed with us. It looks like it will be a spectacular adventure complete with stunning lighting streaming through the broken overcast.

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Winter shooting means preparing to deal with off-kilter white balances, especially when you take photos in the snow and use an auto-white balance setting. Snow, in particular, causes an auto setting to produce a gray tone in the photo, such as seen in this simple but very snowy snapshot:

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Drew, being the “up and at them” kind of guy was kicking at our tent guy wires long before the sun had risen. Good thing, as I am not prone to getting up this early normally. As we peeked out the frost laden tent fly with sparkles of frozen breath descending on my face, I could see it was going to be a fantastic morning for some early photos.

Steve waiting for the sun

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Announcing the October Pro Photo Contest winners!

October’s Pro Photo Contest, Panoramic, had many stunning entries. The winners this month are:  

In first place, max2g with Mont Blanc from Lac de Chesery;

in second, weasel with Monument Valley; and

in third, fonebone with A Panorama of Elephants.

Check out all the Panoramic entries and take a moment to enter this month’s contest, Put Your Best Face Forward.

We thank all the participants for sharing their inspiring work and hope you join the whole ACDSee team in saying congratulations to the winners!