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This is an image that I focused stacked (within the camera) and It didn't come out too bad at all. There are some things I don't like about it but for the first time I'm not disappointed at all.
This is a sunset shot, but the photo was behind me, looking east and is a companion shot to the one I posted yesterday. I'm not sure which one I like better and i don't think I want to have a favorite out of the two.
Big Room Trail-71
An image captured while walking the Big Room Trail in Carlsbad Caverns National Park with a view towards an amazing display of underground formations.
Abandoned cafe with the Guadalupe Mountains in the distance.
Just outside the community there is a dry salt pan called Salt Flat Playa or Salt Basin. It straddles the New Mexico-Texas border and is about 150 miles long, and 5 to 15 miles wide making it one of the largest gypsum playas in the United States.
Wishing all my flickr friends a happy, healthy and photogenic new year, whatever direction your photography might take you.
Seemingly Unearthly Formations Encountered.
Natural Entrance Trail-30
An image captured while walking the Natural Entrance Trail in Carlsbad Caverns National Park with a view towards an amazing display of underground formations.
While standing in the center of Texas State Highway 54 with a view looking north and to the ridges and peaks of the Guadalupe Mountains and the national park. One lone raven is caught in flight just right of the image center.
Big Room Trail-72
An image captured while walking the Big Room Trail in Carlsbad Caverns National Park with a view towards an amazing display of underground formations.
A setting looking to the north while taking in views across the Texas high desert present to my front. as I took in the more distant peaks and ridges of the Guadalupe Mountains and national park. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and create more of a sweeping view leading up to those mountains.
On the way to park headquarters for our backpacking permit. The morning light, atmospheric perspective, and foreground "night" took quite a bit of processing. Wish I were better at it.
Driving west on route 62. I had spent the morning touring the caverns at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and was en route to Guadalupe National Park for an afternoon hike. It was a very windy day, with a mix of sun and clouds, and I briefly got sleeted on a few times while doing the hike.
Converted to B&W in Capture One Pro 22.
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Up in the crevasses of the Guadalupe mountains of far west Texas, there is a beautiful spring where plants, birds, and other wildlife gather to celebrate life.
In mid-March - late winter for this area - the trees hadn't leafed out yet which left this most interesting specimen fairly naked to the visitors' gaze. The intricate designs in the trunk and roots were just too interesting to pass up. The whole scene has a bit of fairy tale to it.
From a roadside pullout along Texas State Highway 54 with a view looking north to the Guadalupe Mountains and namesake national park.
Rattlesnake Rock!!!
Somewhere near this rock a rattlesnake rattled at me. I did my best Roadrunner imitation and Bleep! Bleep! I was out of there. I took this image as I warily crept past it on my way to the truck. I did not see a rattlesnake but I didn't get very close and I had LOTS of better things to do. At least I only have a photo of a rock and not of a helicopter ride to the hospital.
At a roadside pullout along Highway 1576 not far from Dell City and the Salt Basin Dunes in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The view is looking to the west across the salt basin to the mountains and peaks in the national park. While on the drive from the Salt Basin Dunes, I'd seen this thunder cloud formation, but I only noticed what looked to be rain showers coming down during the drive. So that's the thought behind my composition in capturing the wide open spaces with the mountains and then thunderstorm clouds with the rain coming down. I pulled back on the focal length enough to include enough of this setting to capture the drama in this afternoon rain shower. While keeping the landscape and mountains in focus was important, having the mist of rain coming down was a priority, in my mind, that was the most likely spot to draw a viewer into this image. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 5. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 4 where I added a Polarization and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.
A setting looking to the east while taking in views across white sands and Gypsum dunes. My thinking in composing this image was to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and capture a more sweeping view across this desert and national park landscape leading up to the Guadalupe Mountains. The blue skies and clouds would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
In Guadalupe Mountains National Park with a view looking to the north at Hunter Peak at the national park entrance sign. My thoughts on composing this image was to focus on the changing mountainside landscape leading up to the peak with its ridges, spurs, draws and cliffs. The blue skies and clouds would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.