F-stop Gear Loka Backpack
F-stop Gear has created quite a buzz lately in the world of nature and adventure photographers. Rightly so.
There has long been a niche of active photographers who require a piece of essential equipment that simply wasn’t available – a true hiker’s backpack for camera and other gear. I’ve been hiking into the backcountry with my camera for more than 25 years. Sometimes a day hike covers 15-20 miles, starting at 2am and returning after sunset. I need to carry my backpack with 20-30 lbs. of equipment all-day-long. Not 1/4 mile from the parking lot. Not a 200 …

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False Hellebore B&W
This is an image from Rustlers Gulch near Crested Butte, Colorado. I recently purchased the Nik Efex Complete Collection and this is the first image that I’ve really “worked” with Nik Silver Efex Pro. I’m really happy with the Nik’s workflow of creating black and white conversions. It is simple and intuitive. I found the controls familiar to work I used to do in the darkroom, years and years ago. I look forward to processing more images with the Nik plugins.
I made a 11″x14″ print of this image on Epson Enhanced Matte paper with my Epson 4000, and …

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