Tag: landscape
Sensing New Possibilities
Some time ago I posited the notion that as technology continues to cram more and more pixels onto DSLR sensors, that growing capacity could be used not merely to make higher resolution images, but alternatively to gather more dynamic range with each exposure. Instead of bracketing a given shot twice, a 24 mega-pixel sensor could […]
Read MoreZabriskie Point, Stage Right
This image was made by turning the camera to the left of Zabriskie Point and also backing up 50 feet or so, as I recall. It had rained one of those desert rains not long before we’d arrived in Death Valley, and I think the dark path in the lower third of the image is […]
Read MoreMorning at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
The weather on our trip to Death Valley was WINDY, blowing sand and dust into the air and largely obscuring the distant mountains to the point that photographing them was often pointless. Mother Nature certainly has to be in the mood to help if you’re going to get a nice landscape. The day before we left, she was. My cousin […]
Read MoreA Favorite Looking Back
Had a chat this morning with a friend and she asked which was my favorite photo from my trip to the Southwest in April. I’d have to say it’s this one, for several reasons. This was taken in Lower Antelope Canyon. My three friends, Tyler, John, and Suad, had been to the upper canyon the year before, and were […]
Read MorePerspective
Three people on the ridge of a large sand dune in Death Valley, CA. Sand dunes are strange how they sometimes appear in the middle of nowhere IF the situation is just right. If the wind is blowing in such a way that the sand can collect in a given spot without continuing on its way, you […]
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