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With a Nikon NIKKOR-S.C Auto 50mm f1.4.
I thought this looks better in B&W than colour. FYI, in colour, there's a little purple fringing and some flaring. The flare across the frame being the most noticeable here.
When I returned to Mono Lake this time, the water level was much higher to the point where the path to the tufas were being washed out in parts. This being summer, I got eaten alive by mosquitos although there were these swarms of flies which amazingly would avoid you whenever you got close.
For those of you who have not been to Mono Lake, tufas can be found here and at Trona Pinnacles. They are a geological formation formed by precipitation from bodies of water with a high dissolved calcium content. They really must be seen in person to be appreciated.
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Pahoa and Negit islands silhouetted against early morning lake reflections with desert mountains in the distance.
have posted a few other Mono Lake photos made at this somewhat elevated location some distance from the lake. This camera position gives a different and broader sense of the lake and its surroundings. It is a huge body of water — there’s far more water on the far side of the islands than between them and the near shore. The desert mountain are many miles beyond the far edge of the lake. All in all, Mono Basin is a place of huge space and great distances.
I photographed very early in the morning. I had gone to this location to photograph something else, but by merely turning my camera 180 degrees the lake was in the frame. It was a generally clear morning with some high clouds, but the great distances still turned the atmosphere a bit blue with haze, and that haze mutes the details of the far basin and mountains.
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Had a chance to visit the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve while on a Yosemite trip. I was looking for some formations isolated in the water, and found these on the East side of the park. I had just set up the camera when it started raining. Here's a tip-carry a towel and just put it over your camera while you wait out the rain. After 15 minutes or so the rain stopped and I was left with this very serene scene in front of me.
Finally getting around to sharing more photos from my recent 25-hour, 800-mile round trip adventure to Yosemite and back.
After the disappointment in the Yosemite valley because of a wildfire, and the four hour detour to Tenaya Lake for some Milky Way shooting we finally moved on to our final destination, Mono Lake, just in time for sunrise.
South Tufa Area - Mono Lake - California
Nikon D700
18-35mm f/3.5 at 24mm
1.6 Seconds
f/11
ISO 200
Singh-Ray ND Grad
I received several emails asking why I took down my previous post. Basically, my use of the ND grad filter for that particular image, was poor, at best. So, after making things right with my conscience, I am posting this image from the same trip. Originally, I intended this to be one of a series of shots that were composed to be part of a panorama image. However, I decided to postpone that idea for another time, and just process this one RAW image. I still plan to post another image or two from this trip, and returning here before the end of winter, is very much back on the 'Trip List'.
I wish all my contacts and other good folks, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Mono Lake, California USA. The tufa formations are from underground springs. As southern California has tapped the streams feeding the lake the water level has fallen and the formations are revealed.
Mono image of a corridor in a Berlin museum. I was attracted to the lines and the contrast of light and dark.
November 06, 2018: Quiraing, Isle of Skye, Scottland. Stefan Blomberg Photography – www.stefanblombergphotography.com
I'm 100% certain that when I made the trip to Mono Lake from Mammoth Mountain a few years ago I ended up in the wrong spot to see the Tufa towers. That's what happens when you only partially research an area. I ended up using a long exposure because the water was really choppy. We didn't stay too long because the bugs were out of control.
This is one of those spots where I always tell myself I'll make it back to one of these days.
Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake.
Macro Mondays - Twist ... HMM everyone!
Last week I did a close-up of two shells in colour on a light background, so I wanted to try doing one in mono on black... a sort of twist on a theme as well.
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On my recent trip to Japan, I picked up a few new bento boxes and accessories. In fact, I was pretty restrained until I got to Narita airport on my way home, then it all went downhill when I spotted Mono Comme Ca which had a fairly large range of bento boxes. I picked up this black onigiri box and the red chopstick holder you see here, plus a black chopstick case and a pink two-tier box. These boxes are really high quality, though a bit on the pricey side. I honestly can't remember how much they were, though!
Inside my bento I've packed three onigiri with different furikake, a spicy Thai mince with lettuce leaves, and some lovely strawberries, which are just in season.
Recipe for spicy Thai mince
Ingredients
Cooking oil
½ inch piece of ginger, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 red chillies, deseeded and julienned
500g turkey mince
1 tsp light brown sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
Juice of 1 lime
2 fresh, shredded lime leaves
Iceberg lettuce
Little Gem lettuce
2 shallots, finely sliced
1 extra lime for cutting into decorative slices
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Method
Heat a little cooking oil in your pan and fry the ginger, garlic and half the chillies for one minute, or until they become fragrant. Add the mince and break it up as you cook, continuing to stir until it is slightly golden.
Sprinkle over the sugar, and add the fish sauce, lime juice, the shredded lime leaves and the rest of the chilli, saving some for a garnish. Cook for a few minutes until the sugar has dissolved and has made a sticky sauce. The mince should be dry when finished.
To serve, pour the mince into a bowl lined with lettuce leaves, topped with the shallots, coriander, lime slice and some reserved chillies.
Note
Like many of my recipes, you can use this to make around four adult bentos, or cook half for dinner and save the rest for your lunch. The mince is equally delicious hot or cold.