The new phone books are here!!!

[RedMan]

Well almost as good.

National Geographic just published the latest Paiute ATV Trail map and the cover photo is mine!!!

Wahoo I'm SOMEBODY!

[fourtycal]

How soon until I can buy one?
Maybe I can give the "old" one I bought last week away for christmas :haha:

[RugerShooter]

Congragulations Way to Go :2thumbs:

[RedMan]

Fortycal,

Keep it, not too much has changed and everyone needs 2-3 of them.
One on the truck, one in the RV, one on the quad.

If you only have one you'll never find it, they tend to hibernate or something.

[stefan]

do you have a jpeg image so we can see it?

[RedMan]

LOL, thats funny I don't care who you are.

[stefan]

wow :2thumbs: that's a really really nice photo. that's the trail down on the ridge below, i assume. this new map will be in color shaded relief i expect.

kudos ... pretty cool!

[Iceaxe]

Congrats :2thumbs:

[Sombeech]

Very cool, man. Congrats. That is a great photo.

BTW, how did they come across your photo?

[RedMan]

Thanks, its always cool to see your handiwork in print.

I was involved a bit on reviewing the new map. We have agreement with them regarding the Paiute Trail Guide Book.

They asked for photos and I gave them several.

I believe this map is their biggest seller. I am certain that Utah is their biggest market. About 2X any other state.

[wojo342]

That is a beautiful picture. What kind of camera do you have, digital, 35mm etc?

[RedMan]

The camera is an 8mp Konica-Minolta A2.

It is a mid sized camera with a lot of glass and a manual zoom.
http://www.hotbuysdigital.com/images/minolta_dimage_a2_big.jpg

I like the size, its a comromise between full sized SLR and the pocket cams. It shoots really good video at 30fps and 520 lines so its okay for quick vid shots. Not a replacement for a video camera though, audio is crap.

I took the shot hand held on full auto, but the camera has great manual controls.

I use Picasa to sharpen, saturate and crop most of my shots.
Its FREE and so easy its amazing. picasa.google.com

Almost every digital camera shot I have ever seen needs to be sharpened.
Most wash the image so saturation needs to be bumped up. I think this one is overdone but they liked the contrast because of the nature of the map and size they needed to print.

I always get more image than I really want so I can crop the shot. It always amazes me how a crop changes a photo.

[RedMan]

Too bad they cropped Hunts Lake.

http://www.atvutah.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Attachments/scan_0057_Medium.jpg

[wojo342]

Thanks for the info on your camera. I have been looking to upgrade and that gives me a good idea. I didn't know they had a 8mp out yet!