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Hey All,
I've been traveling recently (a lot), and didn't have time to post anything here on this forum. But, I've finally got some time to process a few of my images and share them...
So, here they are...
1. The location I shot this image at is an easy 16KM (round trip) hike from El Chalten in Argentina. There are short parts little steep but nothing unmanageable. I've had clients in their 70's that did it. So it's not that bad....
The saturation of leaves this year there was incredible and at early light the colors truly popped, specially with warming polarizer on.
2. This image also comes from Argentina. I shot it while driving to the airport early in the morning. I just saw this small pond next to the road, stopped, and took the shot. The light was too good to miss it and I had little extra time. I liked this small lenticular clouds hangin over the brightest part of the mountain range. To me the scenery looked amazing...
3. Driving further on I stopped at this view point to take this shot. I had to take it because it was in my opinion incredibly looking (almost like taken from some movie). It shows the entire range of Mt. Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. It looks small but trust me, it's huge
4. This shot comes from Imperial Dunes southern California. I liked the small "pyramid" like dune in the center nicely illuminated by the setting sun. And, I've got some clouds, something that is hard to find/see at that location....
5. This is also shot taken near by Imperial Dunes. But, it's taken from the other side of the 78 highway and that part is called Algodones dunes. I hiked on them about 2 miles in to captures this beautiful "fold" like dunes that reminded me a question mark.
That's all folks. Any thoughts?
Enjoy your weekend....
Great series. Strong comps as usual. 1st and last for me. Though the color is a bit overboard for my personal taste, more so in the dune shots as the magenta seems heavy-handed. Keep on with the adventures and living the dream
Amazing. I'm not qualified to critique these! I aspire to take such shots.
(and Argentina is going on the loooong list of places I just have to visit...May I ask you whether May would be a good time to visit or it's too close to their winter? Or would Easter work? Hard for me to get holiday at other times in this period...)
jaggedhorizon wrote:
Amazing. I'm not qualified to critique these! I aspire to take such shots.
(and Argentina is going on the loooong list of places I just have to visit...May I ask you whether May would be a good time to visit or it's too close to their winter? Or would Easter work? Hard for me to get holiday at other times in this period...)
To me it’s Autumn time (April). I personally would also like to go there in the Winter (July/August) because the place has its beauty when covered by the snow. Rivers usually don’t freeze completely so you could captured the flow of the water and awesome light on the snow.
But if you’ve never been there before go in April (preferably second week).
The first and last are incredible. I have a similar shot of the fitz roy range just after a snow squall in number three and I agree you have to see it in person to appreciate the vastness of the landscape.
Very nice images! First and last are my favorites. However, image number two is fascinating. If you look at the reflection in that image, the darker sky above the lowest set of clouds looks like another set of mountains. What a wonderful image.
Keith W.
First one is a stunner with those great orange leaves and trees and I do like the last one very much, it has a very liquid feel to the light and sand. Impressive!
Brian
Apr 23, 2018 at 01:09 PM
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Really great shots. I've seen countless dune shots, but number 5 seems to be an interesting, unique take on the traditional. The colors are really vivid and realistic, but the contours of the dune just feel like something I haven't seen before. Congratulations on shooting what can otherwise be a cliche and making it your own!
I keep coming back to these images. For me, they are perfection! Every single one of them. Every single one of them are centerpiece wall hangers. I often ask myself who would actually purchase a sunset / sunrise picture for their home? Almost all of them I see, including all of mine, are just too dark, moody, or colorful for a home's decor.
The lighting on your images and their soft redish/magentaish, almost monochromatic, tones would match up perfectly as centerpieces for many homes. Hell...I'm almost convincing myself to buy one of those.
