There is almost nothing I enjoy more than adventuring out to shoot new angles on less seen gooseneck bends in the great Southwest (and there are many). This one is about 1500 feet (460 meters) straight down.
I took a calculated risk to get this shot, 4 wheel driving in about an hour, then hiking several miles, as a huge thunderstorm was heading in (via radar reports). I photographed for about 10 minutes, then with a low fearsome rumbling in the very far distance, I literally ran all the way back to my vehicle and sped out of the area as Armageddon descended.
Sony A7R2
Canon 11-24@24mm
f/11
ISO200
Hand held
A blend of a couple Silver Effects Pro layers, and simple subtle dodging and burning in Photoshop to control tones.
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Neat B&W, Mark. Getting your photos always seems to be an adventure. Maybe my eyes are playing a trick on me but I'm not getting what's happening in the river in the upper right. Looks like a black hole swallowing an island.
psharvic wrote:
Neat B&W, Mark. Getting your photos always seems to be an adventure. Maybe my eyes are playing a trick on me but I'm not getting what's happening in the river in the upper right. Looks like a black hole swallowing an island.
Nice, that beach at the bottom is where I learned to stand-up paddle board. Anyhoo . . . I think the composition is really good and balanced with this one. Based on the light and the composition, I think the color version may do more to bring out the depth of the scene.
MJKoski wrote:
Another solid composition with strong lead lines. Mark seems to enjoy his 11-24 a lot
Thank you. That might be an understatement.
Slabshaft wrote:
Nice, that beach at the bottom is where I learned to stand-up paddle board. Anyhoo . . . I think the composition is really good and balanced with this one. Based on the light and the composition, I think the color version may do more to bring out the depth of the scene.
What an awesome place to learn stand-up paddle board. The color version is not that great to tell you the truth. I needed to stay longer for the sunset, but the violent T-storm prevented that from happening.
Ipanematom wrote:
Wow! Wow! Wow! This is superb! Hope you'll post the color version.
Thank you very much. The color version is really not that great. I doubt I'll process it. I needed to stay longer for sunset, but as I previously mentioned it became too dangerous...
ruuskan wrote:
The foreground's leading lines suck me right into the scene, very nice
Thank you. And down into that black hole!
Chuck D wrote:
Awesome black and white Mark! You really captured some of the emotion of being there.
Chuck
Thank you Chuck! I hope to get you here this year on our "Ultimate SW Tour"!
