**Photography Talk**

I think this may be my favorite photo I've taken yet -

Soco Falls (Cherokee, NC) - 18mm, 4", f/22, ISO 100, Tiffen ND 0.6 filter

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Here's one from Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah:

<a href="http://www.robrauchwerger.com/landscape/e7a366a26" title="Dead Horse Point"><img src="http://www.robrauchwerger.com/img/s2/v52/p2050386470-5.jpg" width="1100" height="733" alt="Rob Rauchwerger Fine Art Landscape, Nature, and Commercial Photography: Landscapes &emdash; Dead Horse Point" /></a>

Larger version here (click on the image on the website to view on black):
Dead Horse Point
 
I'm planning a 2 week trip to the Northeast (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire). Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions for places to shoot? I was originally planning a smaller trip just to Acadia National Park but some time opened up for me so I'm spending some more time up there. I'm trying to time it best to work with the fall colors.

I've already looked into the typical Maine lighthouses and Vermont covered bridges but I'm still looking for more. I'm mostly looking for landscapes and wildlife but I'm open to pretty much anything. Are there any places that'll give me a good chance of seeing wildlife (moose, bear, etc). Does anyone have some favorite places to shoot up there? Also any must-do hikes along the way?

I'm not sure how much luck I'll have posting this here but it can't hurt.
 
A couple from this past weekend..





I usually don't like to push HDR's this far...but the sky came out pretty sweet looking, so I did a version this way:

 
Any suggestions for a decent P&S camera that would have high zoom (20x +) and shoot good/great in low light?

My wife and I have burned through more cameras than we can count since digitals came out. I have a 40D and a G15 now, she has an underwater Sony and a high zoom Panosonic which sucks in low light.

I would like to stick to a Canon, Sony, or Nikon.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!
 
Any suggestions for a decent P&S camera that would have high zoom (20x +) and shoot good/great in low light?

My wife and I have burned through more cameras than we can count since digitals came out. I have a 40D and a G15 now, she has an underwater Sony and a high zoom Panosonic which sucks in low light.

I would like to stick to a Canon, Sony, or Nikon.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!

Off the top of my head, I would say you're asking for a camera that doesn't exist. In order for a P&S to be good/great in low light, it's going to require one that has a large aperture. If it has a large aperture, you're not going to get much of a zoom out of it.
 
here's two a-la [MENTION=50591]gaterose[/MENTION]

you make me want to buy a density filter

Nice shots! I see you're already experimenting with the manual modes, took me a bit longer. ND filters definitely help with waterfalls, I'm waiting on my new one to come in now. I finally replaced my last kit lens last week so I got rid of the filters I'd accumulated.

Speaking of, for those interested I picked up the Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4 Contemporary. I'd like to have been able to spend more, but I also didn't want to spend this much... It took me a while to narrow it down between this, the Sigma EX 17-50 f/2.8 and the Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6 but in the end this won out due to reviews, f, focal range, and the FLD glass. The Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 was $1400 (with no VR!?) so it was out of the question.

Haven't got to use it much but here are a few sample shots around the house

1/4000" f/2.8 17mm ISO 400
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1/1600" f/3.3 34mm ISO 400
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It's not a true macro, but can focus at 8" from the sensor across the focal range. This amounts to about 2-3" from the tip of the lens at 70mm.
1/500" f/5.6 70mm ISO 1250
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