Together alone at Avlord
Many may not know that Oregon has an expansive desert region. This playa is known as the Alvord desert in the southeast corner of the State. It's funny to visit here because while there may be others on the desert floor camping, you certainly feel all alone, hence the name of the image (plus, it's a great Crowded House song). Though the second night we were there some stooge was throwing some kind of rave or something and sound can really carry on that playa. Gr.
The playa is interesting, photographically, but you really need something great in the sky too or your image will just not be that great. We had planned to camp a few nights. The first night's sunset was a strikeout, plain open skys. The sunrise the next morning, also a bust. Nothing at all in the sky.
The next night we were on the other side of the Steens Mountains as the sun was starting to go down. I was not that worried about it because I did not expect any clouds. And then... Crap. There they were, but we were on the wrong side of the mountain. Time to scurry.
We took off as fast as possible to get to the other side so we could capture the sunset on the playa with clouds. We made it, but just barely, in fact, that cool wisp of dust in the background was our dust, trying to get the car out of the frame. I was glad though, it added a lot to the image.
The next morning, BTW, nothing. No clouds at all. Glad we scurried.
Let me know what you think.
Together alone at Avlord
Many may not know that Oregon has an expansive desert region. This playa is known as the Alvord desert in the southeast corner of the State. It's funny to visit here because while there may be others on the desert floor camping, you certainly feel all alone, hence the name of the image (plus, it's a great Crowded House song). Though the second night we were there some stooge was throwing some kind of rave or something and sound can really carry on that playa. Gr.
The playa is interesting, photographically, but you really need something great in the sky too or your image will just not be that great. We had planned to camp a few nights. The first night's sunset was a strikeout, plain open skys. The sunrise the next morning, also a bust. Nothing at all in the sky.
The next night we were on the other side of the Steens Mountains as the sun was starting to go down. I was not that worried about it because I did not expect any clouds. And then... Crap. There they were, but we were on the wrong side of the mountain. Time to scurry.
We took off as fast as possible to get to the other side so we could capture the sunset on the playa with clouds. We made it, but just barely, in fact, that cool wisp of dust in the background was our dust, trying to get the car out of the frame. I was glad though, it added a lot to the image.
The next morning, BTW, nothing. No clouds at all. Glad we scurried.
Let me know what you think.