Not only national parks. Brand new R5 and 100-500 and I'll be missing not going to Portugal in 2021. The annual bird migrations from Africa are in February. The Volta and so more.
Glad you got to shoot it before the heroes tore it down! One reason i never tell anyone about locations anymore though. it is like covid, you never know who is reckless. in this case, it should have been kept a secret, as it was here for a "while". the pilot wanted his 15 minutes of fame
The west is getting absolutely trashed since the REI and NPS had the "find your park" campaign in 2017. They both regret it now, but there are too many people that should not be outdoors. I was in the narrows in Zion last June, and the amount of mask just tossed on the rocks was sickening.
i think stewardship is lost on 90%, even "photographers". This isn't geared towards the OP btw.
Glad you got to shoot it before the heroes tore it down! One reason i never tell anyone about locations anymore though. it is like covid, you never know who is reckless. in this case, it should have been kept a secret, as it was here for a "while". the pilot wanted his 15 minutes of fame
The west is getting absolutely trashed since the REI and NPS had the "find your park" campaign in 2017. They both regret it now, but there are too many people that should not be outdoors. I was in the narrows in Zion last June, and the amount of mask just tossed on the rocks was sickening.
i think stewardship is lost on 90%, even "photographers". This isn't geared towards the OP btw. ...Show more →
I see those masks and gloves at a lot of parks, too. While the COVID is bad thing, it has made people a lot more active than they have been before. I see a lot more people out moving (riding bikes, walking, out in the parks) instead being couch potatoes. But, they are just so stupid and trash the places with those masks and gloves and trash cans are nearby. Just idiots.
They are dull and lazy with no home training. Unsophisticated savages that ravages any where they go. They throw their trash on the ground where ever they go, even in the wild. It is in the nature of the beast, unsophisticated savages.
They are totally oblivious to the golden rule of the pristine wilderness: If you pack it in you pack it out, leave no trace that you've been there.....
Jeff wrote:
Took a furious drive out to a spot 80 miles WSW of Moab to 'greet the visitor'. Any Kubrick/2001 fan should be mesmerized by this thing sprouting up 17 miles down a bumpy dirt road near the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. 25 hours door-to-door, including 6.5 hours of shooting.
Tried to keep it all as realistic as possible, hope I did justice to this wondrous object/location. 5Ds and Tamron 35/1.4, composite consists of 3 rows of 6 images, including focus-stacking the foreground. Had to wait quite awhile to get rid of the moon; you'd think it'd be helpful for a subject like this... not.
For anyone interested, you can find more info here, including some ramblings about art, light and the BLM.
Jeff wrote:
Took a furious drive out to a spot 80 miles WSW of Moab to 'greet the visitor'. Any Kubrick/2001 fan should be mesmerized by this thing sprouting up 17 miles down a bumpy dirt road near the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. 25 hours door-to-door, including 6.5 hours of shooting.
Tried to keep it all as realistic as possible, hope I did justice to this wondrous object/location. 5Ds and Tamron 35/1.4, composite consists of 3 rows of 6 images, including focus-stacking the foreground. Had to wait quite awhile to get rid of the moon; you'd think it'd be helpful for a subject like this... not.
For anyone interested, you can find more info here, including some ramblings about art, light and the BLM.
Miko_Skye wrote:
The composition is amazing - very powerful.
But I hope you dont mind a few comments. First off, there is some weird pattern in the recovered shadows (left hand side) like a cross stitch. Maybe the NR software adding something? And second, although this is very subjective, the foreground is not quite exposed in balance with the sky where they join. It is standing out as a blend. Maybe a little vignette or a softer transition at the join? That being said, I am super jealous of this shot - I aspire to get this sort of comp, truly stunning.
I did finally see what you are talking about (viewing on a 4k TV with a whacked-out gamma made it really obvious). It's not obvious on my calibrated monitor, nor in prints.
I ended up re-processing another version to get rid of the artifacts, and surprisingly it was due to using a lens profile prior to merging to panorama in LR. I tried an additional copy of the foreground with less vignetting correction, but still didn't get rid of the patterning. Only un-checking 'use lens profile' would give me a decent result, and it makes me question the usability of these profiles for shots that utilize the 'least-usable' portion of the data in the file (i.e. scrounging around in the extreme shadows for detail).
Jeff wrote:
I did finally see what you are talking about (viewing on a 4k TV with a whacked-out gamma made it really obvious). It's not obvious on my calibrated monitor, nor in prints.
I ended up re-processing another version to get rid of the artifacts, and surprisingly it was due to using a lens profile prior to merging to panorama in LR. I tried an additional copy of the foreground with less vignetting correction, but still didn't get rid of the patterning. Only un-checking 'use lens profile' would give me a decent result, and it makes me question the usability of these profiles for shots that utilize the 'least-usable' portion of the data in the file (i.e. scrounging around in the extreme shadows for detail).
Phew, I was checking my monitor and stuff cos I thought that I had an issue...haha..glad you sorted it cos the shot is now even more special...only a few got it before the pillar was removed and yours is one of the best I have seen.
