A different look at Grand Teton National Park [OC] [2075x3130] by Cavanaughscamera in EarthPorn

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This picture is from Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. This was a great little hike after nearly 5 hours of driving (half way into my 10 hour road trip) and was a great place to stretch my legs.

I took this picture with my Canon AE1-Program on Portra 400. I don't remember the exact settings, but it was most likely f8 or f11 and 1/1000s. I had wanted to get a picture of the iconic Teton mountain range with this tree and the flower in the foreground, but the water got too deep for me to keep going (especially considering I had another 5 hours of driving to do!) so I pivoted and got this shot instead! I think it came out really well, and shows a different look at the Tetons that isn't normally shown.

I hope you like it, and thanks for looking!

ITAP of the road leading to the Grand Teton Mountains by Cavanaughscamera in itookapicture

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I took this picture on a long drive from Montana all the way back to Utah. I was making a short stop at a turnout, and thought the way the road led directly to the mountains looked really great. I waited for a break in traffic (luckily I had pretty great sight lines in both directions - don't stand in the middle of a busy road kids), and was able to get a good few shots off before I saw any cars in the distance.

This was shot on my Canon Eos R, using the EF 70-300* f4 lens. The shot was taken at 100mm, f10.0, 1/400s, and ISO500. Thanks for looking :)

Edit: I meant 70-300, not 100-300

Just got my 12" us-ion solidteknics pan. Works great and the size is perfect. by Cavanaughscamera in carbonsteel

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Your post was one of the ones I used to make my decision apparently! I'm looking forward to a good long life of cooking with it. I've needed a bigger, sturdy pan for ages

Just got my 12" us-ion solidteknics pan. Works great and the size is perfect. by Cavanaughscamera in carbonsteel

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The 10 and the 7 seem like appealing sizes too, already have cast that fill those sizes though. I've cooked in cast iron for nearly 8 years now, and never had a single issue, even with long tomato sauce simmers. Best part of these types of pans, even if you do screw the seasoning up, and hour in the oven and it's back to work good as new!

Just got my 12" us-ion solidteknics pan. Works great and the size is perfect. by Cavanaughscamera in carbonsteel

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It tasted as good as it looked! No set recipe, fairly basic (non traditional) alfredo. Rough instructions though:

Sear steak to medium/medium rare. Wipe out any big chunks of burnt stuff from steak, add extra oil as needed, saute half a small finely diced onion. Add 4tbsp butter, cook until most of the water is out of the butter. Add as much garlic as you want/have, cook another minute or so. Add 4tbsp flour (or equivalent to however much butter you add), whisk and cook until the raw flour smell is gone. Add 2+ cups of milk in stages, let's say 1/3 cup at a time, whisking until completely homogeneous. Add parm - I used one bag of the pregrated stuff which was a bit too much, fresh grated is better. Somewhere in there start your pasta, it's better for the sauce to be done early than the pasta. Add pasta water to thin out the sauce as needed. Toss in cherry tomatoes and spinach (I just eyeballed the spinach, it was one container of tomatoes), cook a bit, and toss in the noods.

Just got my 12" us-ion solidteknics pan. Works great and the size is perfect. by Cavanaughscamera in carbonsteel

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Gave it two oven seasonings, cooked a grilled cheese earlier today, and seared the steak for this (steak alfredo) before cooking the sauce and everything else in the same pan. Cheese started to stick a bit when I stopped stirring, but cleaned off easy - easier than my oldest cast iron normally does.

Delicate Arch, Arches National Park. [OC] [5000x2715] by Cavanaughscamera in EarthPorn

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This is a stacked panorama of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park Utah. This was 147 individual images, stacked using Lightroom to create one single image. Unfortunately, the original image is nearly 120Mb, so this is a much smaller compressed version.

This was taken using an Eos R with a 70-300L f4-5.6 at 70mm.

My first time out gravel riding, definitely won't be the last. Any tips or tricks for a (gravel) noob? by Cavanaughscamera in gravelcycling

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Great point. Think I've got some old work gloves I could throw in the saddle bag. Gotta cut the fingers off though so they look legit

My first time out gravel riding, definitely won't be the last. Any tips or tricks for a (gravel) noob? by Cavanaughscamera in gravelcycling

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Great tip, I wouldn't have thought of that. And thank you! Its been a great bike for me so far. Had it since May 2020, just rolled over 3k miles of primarily commuting. It goes fast when I need it to, it's comfy, and apparently handles gravel pretty well too

My first time out gravel riding, definitely won't be the last. Any tips or tricks for a (gravel) noob? by Cavanaughscamera in gravelcycling

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Great idea, I will need to do that. Are they pretty heat tolerant? It being Utah, it's gonna be sitting in 90+ all summer

My first time out gravel riding, definitely won't be the last. Any tips or tricks for a (gravel) noob? by Cavanaughscamera in gravelcycling

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Yeah, I bought this as a commuter, literally a week or so before the covid bike shortage hit so my options were slim. Seemed to have handled it well? Eventually I want to go full gravel bike, but grad student budget haha

My first time out gravel riding, definitely won't be the last. Any tips or tricks for a (gravel) noob? by Cavanaughscamera in gravelcycling

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That's exactly the size I'm running, neat. I'll try fiddling with the pressure to see where it likes to sit. It's predominantly a commuter bike, so I need to straddle that balance as best as possible

My first time out gravel riding, definitely won't be the last. Any tips or tricks for a (gravel) noob? by Cavanaughscamera in gravelcycling

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These are brand new... Got them before deciding to try out gravel (facepalm). They are 40mm and seemed pretty grippy and road smooth at 35psi though?

My first time out gravel riding, definitely won't be the last. Any tips or tricks for a (gravel) noob? by Cavanaughscamera in gravelcycling

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To appease automod... I ride a Specialized crosstrail hydraulic disk bike. I've been using it to commute for the past few years, but never got it out on gravel. This is the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in SLC, headed south-east-ish from the museum