The following are some high-resolution images taken with a digital camera (Nikon CP950) of the Rock Bridge and Swift Creek trails. These are large images (1600x1200) and I don't recommend viewing them if you have a slow internet connection or a low resolution display. They are large enough to make 8-by-10-inch prints if you have a photo-quality color printer.
For general comments about the trails themselves, go to trail #207 or trail #219.
I won't do an all-out review of the Nikon 950 here (I'll save it for a separate webpage) I'd like to use these images to point out some of the limitations with current consumer-level digital cameras. That is, digital cameras that cost less than say, $1500 US.
One thing that's readily apparent in several of these images is over- and under-exposure. Current digital cameras seem to have a smaller dynamic range than 35 mm film which, in turn, is much worse than the dynamic range of the human eye. Some images shown here have both over- and under-exposed regions. In these cases, adjusting the exposure (or using neutral-density filters) would have resulted in even worse images: the over-exposure would be decreased at the expense of increased under-exposed areas. And vice versa.
The current trend in digital cameras seems to be ever-increasing resolutions. However, at some point, the current CCD dynamic range limitations must be addressed.
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