I never post here because I rarely take landscape shots.Here's an RZ67 Velvia I shot back in the summer of '93 out in Chaco, one of favorite places to go. I wasn't really paying attention and wasn't even looking through the camera although I had composed the image with the camera on the tripod. One frame that happened to be the right exposure, which was about 1/8th of a sec and not knowing I had the lightning at all until the film came back from the lab. Drum scanned on my Howtek and finally re-worked into the mood I felt at the time.
Thanks. It's making me want to take a trip there as soon as I feel safe to travel, which probably won't be for another year. The last time I was there was in 2001. Past time to go back.
Beautiful dramatic image. Love the cool shades playing with the warm canyon walls. The image would have been great without the lightening, but that bolt puts it over the top. Love it.
I think without the lightning it would have been just a snapshot. A nice snapshot but still a snapshot. Now it tells a story which is what makes it more interesting. How often do you catch a bolt by chance with a 1/8-1/4 sec exposure. Not often. Just got lucky.
Jeffrey - Of course, every image I take IS a landscape of one sort or another, it's just that I rarely go out thinking "landscape". I'm more interested in landscape that shows how we humans have affected that landscape in one way or another, positive or negative, or humorously, and even in this image, although you can't make it out so much in a 1500 pixel wide image, there are Chacoan structures in the lower left portion of the frame. Chaco is perhaps the one place I've ever been where everything just feels right to me. Just don't try and drive the road in during monsoon season, at least not without 4WD. Greasy red clay that'll add a couple of inches diameter to your tires.
Peter Figen wrote:
The secrets of L*a*b color mode.
Dan Margulis, by chance.
Nice capture, even if a bit of (make your own luck, by being there). The contrast of the lighting under the storm and the darkness of the storm make for a strong juxtaposition.
Dan Margulis of course. I learned more from his books, and his first book dedicated to L*a*b color and all the other books or articles about Ps combined - that I have read. And you learn when and when not to go there.
Peter Figen wrote:
you learn when and when not to go there.
How true.
I've got a couple of his books, as well ... likely we have a the same ones on the shelf.
I forget the exact titles, but one was PS broad based, the other LAB specific oriented
Photoshop Complete
LAB: Canyon Conundrum
Or some such thing.
Channel Chops is the one book that kinda helped round out a few things for me beyond all that Dan covered. Making for some additional control of that powerful LAB space too.
