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Another sunset shot from the Sedona Airport. There was a big crowd there, which makes sense, as this is one of the best shows in town.
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Fujifilm XT2
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f/11
1/15seg
ISO 200
'Squares from London' is a collection of 13 seemingly unrelated photographs. Far from being like that, they are a personal memory that connects all those dots that are not seen when a photographer returns from a trip and shows his final pictures. It's a 'making of' of my most recent trip to London made by myself and for myself, a puzzle whose pieces can only be fitted by my memory. That is the reason why I didn't plan to show them. However, over time I decided to give a square format to some of them and show them on Instagram to see the people feedback. The result surprised me very pleasantly and I decided to give the same format to the entire collection. And friends, this is the story! I hope you like them :)
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'Squares from London' es una colección de 13 fotografías aparentemente inconexas. Lejos de ser así, son un recuerdo personal que va conectando todos esos puntos que no se ven cuando un fotógrafo vuelve de viaje y muestra sus fotos finales. Es un 'making of' de mi viaje más reciente a Londres hecho por mí mismo y para mí mismo, un puzzle cuyas piezas solo pueden ser encajadas por mi memoria. Ese es el motivo por el que no tenía pensado enseñarlas. Sin embargo, con el tiempo decidí dar un formato cuadrado a algunas de ellas y mostrarlas en Instagram a ver cómo reaccionaban quienes las veían. El resultado me sorprendió muy gratamente y decidí dar el mismo formato a toda la colección. Y amig@s, ¡esta es la historia! Espero que sean de vuestro agrado :)
Los Huecos Trail, Joseph D. Grant County Park, Santa Clara County, CA, 2/25/2008
Linhof Master Technika 2000 camera, 75mm Rodenstock Grandagon-N f/6.8 lens, center filter, Fujicolor Pro 160S film, 55 megapixels
This photograph is a testimonial to the benefits of anticipation and preparation. With the slow-moving large format camera equipment I use, I'm much better off when I can predict and wait for a situation, rather than react to one that is already unfolding. On this winter day I had hiked up into the foothills above Halls Valley, east of San Jose, CA, and was now heading back down along Los Huecos (The Hollow) Trail in Joseph D. Grant County Park. I stopped here and noticed this unusual composition at a moment when the lighting was flat and lifeless. The sun was blocked by clouds, but I could see that it might emerge below them in a few minutes before finally setting behind the mountains to the west. Optimistically, I set up my camera for the photograph and waited. Everything cooperated according to plan as the scene became painted in artist's light! Unlike the lighting that preceded this moment, the fallen oak tree is not lifeless at all, but merely dormant; I returned here a few months later to see it covered with new leaves. Apparently the tree fell many years ago when it was young, and has lived like this ever since! Pacific or oak mistletoe (Phoradendron villosum) can be seen growing in the tree's outer branches. Pacific mistletoe is native to western North America from Oregon south into Mexico, where it grows in oak woodland, and is a parasitic plant on host trees, especially oaks.
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This was such a spectacular scene and I'm so happy I made it down there at the right time to catch the magic light and this wasn't easy. I didn't know this location and was just looking around the map 2 hours before sunset and found an icon indicating a lighthouse on valentia island. Well it was on the north-west coast and I figured it would maby make for a nice sunset scene with the sun coming from the back of the shooting location. so far so good but now I had to get there and I nearly didn't make it since I just kept driving the wrong roads.... back again next try and finally the nearest, steepest road led down to this location. AND just in time for the last sunrays to light the lighthouse :-) soon after they were gone behind the mountains in the back.
The waves were gorgeous and kept hitting the rocks to the left of me with force and sometimes even standing nearly 10meters of I nearly got my gear all wet ;-) I took a couple of shots and layerd 5 of em in PS to get the best out of the scene. You might even notice a very long exposure which looks a bit like fog in the foreground. Hope you like it and I'm open to any suggestions since I looked at this to long and am maybe missing some obvious flaws.
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Nothing to spectacular here, just some typical alpine glow on Mt. Hood at Lost Lake. Was shooting with my bud, Gary Randall www.flickr.com/photos/rowdey/ here the other night.
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Near Mt. Hamilton Rd. mile marker 13.86, Joseph D. Grant County Park, Santa Clara County, CA, 2/27/2004
Nikon F camera, 105mm Nikkor f/2.5 lens, polarizer, Fujicolor Superia Reala film, 36 megapixels
I made this photograph the day I learned the value of not giving up when the weather is bad. I began my drive to Joseph D. Grant County Park near San Jose, CA in mid afternoon beneath a mostly calm winter sky. By the time I neared the park I found myself driving in heavy rain under dark gray storm clouds. I remember thinking I was wasting my time and should probably turn around and go home, but because the drive was mostly over I continued heading for the park and hoped for the best. Fortunately the sky lightened, the downpour diminished, and as I parked my car the rain stopped while the sun emerged between bright clouds and glimpses of blue sky. The park looked more beautiful than I had ever seen it and I quickly went to work with my camera capturing the trees and hills under the best conditions I could ever have hoped for. As the sun sank low in the sky and the air cooled I witnessed a gentle haze - almost a fog - arise from the hills, suffusing the countryside in a dreamlike atmosphere. At sunset from atop a hill near Mt. Hamilton Road I captured this westward view through the forest and rolling hills descending toward San Francisco Bay. I was very pleased to be there at such a special moment enjoying this enchanted landscape!
The oak woodland at Grant County Park is typical of California and includes species such as the Blue, Black, Live, and Valley Oaks.
A closeup look at the inner layers exposed by an aberration located on a tree trunk during golden hour.
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I've been in bed since 10pm last night sick & bored as hell. I talked my daughter into picking up my camera to have some photo fun with me.
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Los Huecos Trail & Cañada de Pala Trail, Joseph D. Grant County Park, Santa Clara County, CA, 2/25/2009
Linhof Master Technika 2000 camera, 300mm Nikkor-M f/9 lens, Fujicolor Pro 160S film, 55 megapixels
Some days - like this winter afternoon in Joseph D. Grant County Park near San Jose, CA - I end up hiking a lot and photographing little. Under a stormy and moody sky the lighting was poor throughout my hike. Finally at sunset, after I had climbed 1,000 feet to where Los Huecos Trail and Cañada de Pala Trail meet, the sun emerged and flooded this pair of dormant oak trees with intense golden light, the last sunlight of the day. I was struck by how the trees gleamed before the bluish storm clouds and a distant snowy Mt. Hamilton. One of the landmark peaks surrounding the San Francisco Bay area, at 4,360 feet Mt. Hamilton is the tallest mountain overlooking Santa Clara (Silicon) Valley, and is the site of Lick Observatory, the first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory in the world.
Los Huecos Trail, Joseph D. Grant County Park, Santa Clara County, CA, 4/26/2012
Linhof Master Technika 2000 camera, 300mm Nikkor-M f/9 lens, Fujicolor Pro 160S film, 2 exposures, 135 megapixels
Attractive weather and lighting often occur in the hours around sunrise and sunset, and this spring evening delivered exactly what I was hoping for! At this time of day, direct sunlight produces a much warmer rendering than the indirect illumination in shaded areas, and the difference in brightness between the two is less severe than during midday hours. The mellow and colorful conditions around sunset are conducive to good landscape photography. I had admired this view to the south from Los Huecos Trail in Santa Clara County's Joseph D. Grant County Park on earlier occasions, but had continued walking because the lighting was too harsh and the two oak trees didn't stand out from the background. On this day I hurriedly prepared my camera to capture the scene while the two oaks enjoyed the spotlight. When viewing this photograph I am reminded of what my grandfather Harry told me years before I had ever seen a mountain: "Real mountains - even ones that appear solid green at a glance - are actually many colors when studied carefully. You'll find every color there is when looking closely at a mountain". With tiny lavender flowers in the grass, the green and yellow grass itself, tan, red, and orange bark on the trees, shrubs in various hues of green, brown, and cranberry, and distant shades of mint, purple, and blue, these "green" mountains are a perfect testament to my grandfather's artistic wisdom. The landscape at Joseph D. Grant County Park is characteristic of the east foothills of California's Santa Clara Valley with grasslands and majestic oak trees. In the distance at far right across Halls Valley with an elevation of 2,502 feet above sea level is Mt. Misery.
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High Meadow, Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara County, CA, 1/12/2006
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II camera, 65mm Mamiya SEKOR-Z f/4 W lens, polarizer, Fujicolor Reala film, 75 megapixels
One winter I made a practice of visiting the High Meadow of Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve at dawn each day to capture the early sunlight on this east-facing hillside. Shortly after sunrise one morning I looked south and spotted this pair of dormant oak trees in the first direct golden light of day. I was drawn to the graceful yet gnarled forms of the two oaks seemingly facing each other as in a dance, and to the contrast of the warm colors of the trees and nearby grass with the cool hues of the blue sky and shaded hills. These opposites and symmetries created a composition of great balance and harmony. The 3,800 acre Rancho San Antonio is located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains by the town of Los Altos Hills, CA.
View Large On Black. A telephoto shot of the rim of Haleakala Crater looking east in the pre-dawn light. To see the sunrise, takes a level of dedication many would choose to forgo. It's a two hour drive to the crater summit. Since you need to be there about 5 a.m. to watch the show, it means getting out of bed at 2:30.
When you get to the summit, you leave the balmy Maui morning temperatures and face something closer to 45 degrees with winds up to 40 miles per hour. On top of this, your lungs are struggling for oxygen at 2 miles of elevation.
I faced this along with the several hundred other tourists waiting for the show, many too lightly dressed and huddled in blankets they pulled from their hotel rooms.
This shot was taken about a half hour before the sun rose. In the earliest light I had trouble distinguishing the crater rim from the clouds. The clouds form a perfect cliff face going down the two miles to sea level.
This image is an HDR render of three exposures.