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On my trip to White Pocket I met with the "Action Photo Tours" of David Swindler. Watching their performance, I was very impressed. The scenery is lit by 2 Low Level LED lights: one positioned behind the rocks on the right the other in front of the scene on the left. Thanks Johnny for letting me participate.

To Infinity and Beyond by Eric Gail

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Here’s a shot from my first trip out to the southwest after a 5 week hiatus while recovering from surgery and catching up on some "real life" issues. My apologies for my absence and many thanks for understanding.

Last month, I was kindly invited by David Swindler of Action Photo Tours to accompany him on his Milky Way workshop to do a Google Earth Scouting presentation for his clients. David’s shooting technique is incredibly technical and produces fantastic results, his ability to work with multiple people on such a technical process was impressive. He not only takes you to the location of your choosing(Weather allowed) but also makes sure that you understand the process and have the shot on the card before leaving. If I wasn’t invited as a guest speaker I would have gladly paid for his very informative workshop.

My highest regards go out to David, Cody, Ingred and all the other team members working there at APT, what a great bunch of fun people, I still had a perpetual smile on my face two days later.

I am providing Skype workshops for those of you interested in learning more about Night Photography, Lightroom and Photoshop. I have been using photoshop professionally for over 25 years and I’m sure I can take your processing to the next level. There are SO many features and tools in photoshop that are being completely overlooked by most photographers. If you are interested in scheduling a Skype session on any of these topics just send me a DM or flickr message and I will be happy to schedule a personalized session just for you. I guarantee you will be happy with your session. Any skill level is welcomed from the newbie to the seasoned professional, and I’ve taught quite a few of them now.

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great day my friends!! :)

For more information about the LLL technique(LowLevelLighting) you can visit lowlevellighting.org

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Mosaic plant (Fittonia verschaffeltii (Lem.) Van Houtte) at home. by Elias Rovielo

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The species is native to Peru and, in the wild, spreads like a bedding beneath larger plants. However, it can also be grown in pots and kept indoors.

In The Haze of Twilight by Laura Swindle

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Taken along the Pacific Coast where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean

LookingFromWithin by Eric Gail

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Here's a look from within the Goblins Lair in Goblin Valley Utah.

During my last trip to the southwest to collaborate with David Swindler of ActionPhotoTours.com and Dennis Maisel, we were sure to schedule some time at Goblin Valley State Park. Normally I just head off into the valley looking for interesting formations, but as we were unloading the gear I saw a sign that said something about a Lair trail off to the south that wraps around the back of all the formations and the valley. At about a mile in, a trail branches off to the right leading up to a crag in the rocks with a small opening. We climbed up and entered a chamber with five openings to the sky with a ceiling around 60 ft high and setup to take some photos. During the trip David had been pretty keen about grabbing a shot of his scene and then a secondary shot with him included in the scene for scale. I thought this was a great idea and have started to do the same. You pick up a lot of little things when shooting with primo photographers like David and Dennis and I would like to take the time here to say thanks to David and Dennis for including me in their winter southwest shooting trip and hope that one day I will be able to return the kindness. Thanks again guys, It was an awesome trip!!!!!!

For a great photography adventure at the best times of the day or night, look no further than Action Photo Tours, David is an excellent guide and accomplished landscape photographer, and all around nice guy.

Click the link below to book your tour today!!

ActionPhotoTours

Here's a link to Dennis's Website

Dennis Maisel Photography

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, If you like them please share them with your friends or add it to your gallery, and as always your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!!

Have a great day ahead everyone. :)

If you have any questions about this photo or about photography in general, I will do my best to help, just post a comment or send me a Flickr mail and I will respond as quickly as possible.

For those of you new to photography, I would like to provide you with some very helpful videos, they should help you get more from your photography. They where very useful to me while I was learning and I hope that they will help you out as well. Just click the link below and there are pre-made playlists on everything you could ever want to know about photography. I hope you enjoy them and as always my friends "Happy Shooting"

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Molten Sandstone by Eric Gail

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After several days of shooting with David Swindler, he kindly invited me to join his group out to White Pocket. WP has been at the top of my list for several years, so thanks to David I was able to strike that one off my list. That's Cody Wilson way off in the background, I happened to look up from my composition and noticed he was going to have to remove me from his photo if I didn't high tail it out of his shot. So I fired off a couple so that he would lend a sense of scale to the scene. Had a lot of fun shooting here but if you show up during the day its not nearly as impressive as dusk. All the textures start to pop out and the sandstone glows in the twilight. Had a great time and met some really nice people.

For a great photography adventure at the best times of the day or night, look no further than ActionPhotoTours.com, David is an award winning accomplished landscape photographer, and all around nice guy.

Click the link below to book your tour today!!

ActionPhotoTours

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, If you like them please share them with your friends or add it to your gallery, and as always your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!!

Have a great day ahead everyone. :)

If you have any questions about this photo or about photography in general, I will do my best to help, just post a comment or send me a Flickr mail and I will respond as quickly as possible.

For those of you new to photography, I would like to provide you with some very helpful videos, they should help you get more from your photography. They where very useful to me while I was learning and I hope that they will help you out as well. Just click the link below and there are pre-made playlists on everything you could ever want to know about photography. I hope you enjoy them and as always my friends "Happy Shooting"

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Cypress Tree Tunnel by Laura Swindle

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Mount Shasta by Laura Swindle

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Autumn at Rockwood Park by Laura Swindle

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YearInReview_Landscapes_2017 by Eric Gail

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I thought I would jump on the Year in Review bandwagon and select 9 of my favorite landscapes to post commemorating the past year. I have also created a Year In Review "Nightscapes" that I will be posting this evening. Hope you like them!!! :-)

This year has been an exciting and nerve racking year for me. Despite being unemployed for the first 3 months of the year and my medical issues with my kidney stone, my photography opportunities were plentiful. I have been lucky enough to have found a new “Bro-Tog” buddy Bill McIntosh and we have been shooting together at every available opportunity throughout the year. Then I met up with Wayne Pinkston and Quanah Parker for my annual Dark Sky trip through the southwest during the summertime Milky Way season and managed to grab a few good sunrises and sunsets.(BottomLeftCorner andTopLeftCorner). Then later in the fall I was fortunate to have a great time shooting fall color(CenterBottom) and had an incredible trip up to Oregon to shoot the eclipse with Ralf Rohner.(CenterPhoto) For my winter trip I spent that with David Swindler of Action Photo Tours scouting the more remote locations found in the southwest(CenterRowRightandLeft). Then to top off the year Bill and I experienced an incredible sunset last night in Death Valley. The sky lit up gloriously as we said Good-Bye to 2017. I'll be posting that one later.

Thank you all for being so supportive over the past year. I deeply appreciate your encouragement and am truly grateful for that. If you like my photos then please share them with your friends or add it to your gallery, and as always your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!!

I wish you all the best in 2018!!

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Man on Mars by Eric Gail

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He stands in awe of the colorful striations in the solitude of the Utah badlands.

Here's a shot of David Swindler of ActionPhotoTours.com standing against the painted backdrop of the desert southwest.

Well, it's been a month now since I haven't received any notifications from flickr on my iPhone iPad or Laptop. It seems my flickr account has finally broken and I can't tell whats going on without constantly monitoring my stream. It's awfully lonely out here without the random chirps it get from my phone letting me know people are looking. This really blows!!!! I'm trying to be patient but I don't know how much longer I can deal with the hiccups at Flickr Headquarters.

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, If you like them please share them with your friends or add it to your gallery, and as always your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!!

Happy Holidays to one and all🎄!!!!. :)

If you have any questions about this photo or about photography in general, I will do my best to help, just post a comment or send me a Flickr mail and I will respond as quickly as possible.

For those of you new to photography, I would like to provide you with some very helpful videos, they should help you get more from your photography. They where very useful to me while I was learning and I hope that they will help you out as well. Just click the link below and there are pre-made playlists on everything you could ever want to know about photography. I hope you enjoy them and as always my friends "Happy Shooting"

www.youtube.com/user/EricGaildot21Studios/playlists?sort=...

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Candle Wax by Eric Gail

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This one was taken at the Lincoln County Photo Festival while waiting to start a nightscape workshop I was to be teaching with David Swindler. Captured during the dwindling light of sunset on a cloudless evening in the Gorge. "Sometimes you have to slow down and observe the details in order to see the light."

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, I am always grateful for your views, comments, faves, and support, they are truly appreciated!! Have a great day my friends!! :)

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The Truth Is Out There by Eric Gail

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The Milky Way cuts across the sky in the Utah Back Country.

Taken during the April Milky Way Workshop with David Swindler of Action Photo Tours and friends.

You come to a point in photography where you just have to say "What the Heck" and break out the credit card for something special. During one of my last trips out, I borrowed a friends tripod and noticed a considerable increase in the sharpness of the photos taken. SO........I finally decided it was time for a real tripod. Of course I spent several weeks looking for just the right piece of equipment. I mean, If this thing is going to be under $3000 worth of my gear why isn't it the most important piece of kit I or anybody owns. After two weeks of nail biting research I found just what I was looking for. Your all probably saying" two weeks" hasn't he heard of RRS. Yeah I have!! but I'm more of an underdog kinda guy and know there's always a better alternative if you look hard enough. Boy howdy did I find it!! It's the ProMedia Gear TR344L Pro-Stix 71" inch Carbon Fiber Tripod

This Beast is taller, sits lower, is lighter and built better than the RRS tripod. It includes more features and is $150 less than it to boot. I'm so glad I had made this decision since in this photo the tripod is extended to 71 inches tall so that I could shoot over the top of the others. In other situations, I was able to choose a shooting location on an extreme angle and extend the downside leg all the way out to level up. It's apex is a solid billet of anodized aluminum that won't flex and comes in two colors, Red or Black. Oh man am I a sucker for red anodized aluminum and it even has spikes built right into the feet. This thing is a landscape photographers dream come true IMHO.

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great day my friends!! :)

For more information about the LLL technique(LowLevelLighting) you can visit lowlevellighting.org

Always Respect Mother Nature And Your Fellow Man, So:

****TreadLightly>LeaveNoTrace> PackItIn/PackItOut****

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Corona Light by Eric Gail

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OH MY GOSH!!!!

I'm back from the conference, what a humbling experience that was. I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.

As technical coordinator for the conference I was in charge of the projection and needed to be there as each presenter passed off to the next to make sure connections worked and such. On top of that I had to take care of last minute bootcamp schedule changes, rehearse my script for the presentations, and prepare for the workshops I was to co-host with Wayne which if any of you know Wayne isn't over till the the rooster crows the following day.

That was taking on way too much, I think I might have gotten 16 hours of sleep in 5 days. Whew, I'm relieved that's over but sad too. I would have to say that Royce Bair has got to be one of the most charismatic individuals I've ever met. I had the honor and pleasure to spend the 48 hours leading up to the conference with him comparing notes and talking shop.

I had to have been running on pure adrenaline and dopamine for five days straight.

Hanging in the lobby working with Dustin LeFavor on his new laptop, chatting with David Swindler, eating cake with Ryan Smith and purchasing some of that cool swag Phil Monson had in toe. Royce, Wayne. It was just too surreal. These guys are my hero's!! Man, I was pumped. What a great community of peoples.

Anyhow, I shot this one using a new technique I concocted out of desperation. Let me explain, a couple of years ago I went to a location with my bro-tog Bill McIntosh at night and forgot my intervalometer. I was trying to create light trails using a long exposure. I fiddled through the camera settings and found "Multiple Exposure Mode" Hum, maybe a could use that I thought, then further into the settings I found "Additive Mode" and the light bulb went off over my head. In photoshop, the additive terminology is used as a reference to "Lighten Only Mode" I set the camera to take 9 exposures and stacked them in-camera using only the light from the remaining eight exposures. The best thing about this technique is that I don't have to do that long exposure noise reduction technique that doubles your exposure time and you cut your ISO by 50% or better. So in essence you end up with a photo that has more detail at a lower ISO that takes half the time to shoot. Cha-Ching!!! Check out the Meta-Data, It works awesome.

I showed Royce and his eyebrows went right up to his hairline, He was really excited to try it out and confirmed that this is a great technique for stacking in-the-camera, in-the-field.

Nice to get validation from one of the best in the business!!

This is a shot taken during the first nights workshop and what a great group that was. Hope everybody had as much fun as I did.

Thanks as always, for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and reading my descriptions.

I am always grateful for your views, comments, faves, and support, they are truly appreciated!! Have a great day my friends!! :)

Always Respect Mother Nature And Your Fellow Man, So:

****TreadLightly>LeaveNoTrace> PackItIn/PackItOut****

S.S. Point Reyes by Laura Swindle

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Winter Plants by Laura Swindle

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Signs of Spring by Laura Swindle

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Colours by Laura Swindle

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Hawk - Raptors by Laura Swindle

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This shot was taken at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in CA

The Swindler by martha ander

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Temple of the Moon by Eric Gail

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The sun casts its early morning light over the Temple of the Moon in Capitol Reef, Utah.

Here's a photo I grabbed down in Capitol Reef while on a trip out with David Swindler of ActionPhotoTours and his buddy Dennis Maisel. I was fortunate enough via David's magnanimous spirit to spent all last week scouting and exploring the desert southwest with he and his buddy. What an adventure that was, exploring some of the most remote locations in the southwest with amazing photographers and friends. While scouting this area the day before I noticed a butte across from the temple, so in the early morning I climbed up there to get a view out over the valley. I knew I would be doing a bit of hiking around this morning so I went to grab a bottle of water from my ice chest which sat out all night while we were out nightscaping. When I opened the lid I couldn't believe my eyes, the whole contents of the ice chest was frozen solid, Humm... I guess they only work from the inside out. Hehe. I pulled out my buck knife and started to chisel one away quietly as not to alarm the others, That's all I need for a first impression is of me going "Psycho" on my ice chest for a bottle of water. It's so great to shoot the southwest in the winter, that is if you can stand the cold mornings and bone chilling wind. I found the southwest in the winter is eerily like a ghost town, not a soul around, except for some locals and ranchers going about their daily business and the roads are wide open, no need for a passing lane at this time of year, and the Christmas decorations in all the little towns along the way really helped to boost my holiday spirit. Only drawback is that "ALL" campgrounds are closed during the winter, so you have to camp primitive style in BLM areas. The only campground I found open was the Goblin Valley campground which was convenient since I was planning to do some nightscapes there. :-)

Warning!!! I like my scenes to depict a lack of humanity so I have removed the roads and signs from the shot so don't expect it to looks exactly like this if you show up there looking for this same shot. :-)

For a great photography adventure at the best times of the day or night, look no further than Action Photo Tours, David is an award winning, excellent guide and accomplished landscape photographer, and all around super nice guy.

Click the link below to book your tour today!!

ActionPhotoTours

Here's a link to Dennis's Website

Dennis Maisel Photography

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, If you like them please share them with your friends or add it to your gallery, and as always your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!!

Have a great day ahead everyone. :)

If you have any questions about this photo or about photography in general, I will do my best to help, just post a comment or send me a Flickr mail and I will respond as quickly as possible.

For those of you new to photography, I would like to provide you with some very helpful videos, they should help you get more from your photography. They where very useful to me while I was learning and I hope that they will help you out as well. Just click the link below and there are pre-made playlists on everything you could ever want to know about photography. I hope you enjoy them and as always my friends "Happy Shooting"

www.youtube.com/user/EricGaildot21Studios/playlists?sort=...

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Napa by Laura Swindle

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BZZZZZ by Laura Swindle

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Old Spines by Laura Swindle

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Petite Fleurs by Laura Swindle

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Dahlia At Westbury Gardens by Laura Swindle

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Dietz Eureka Lantern (1908) by Laura Swindle

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Lilac Blooms by Laura Swindle

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Tule Elk by Laura Swindle

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A couple of Tule Elk Bulls located near Drakes Beach at Point Reyes

Mist, Moss, and Lichen by Laura Swindle

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Sweet Tsunami by orbed

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E numbers ahoy!

No, not an outtake from last year but a close up of a sugared sour patch sweet. Think I was swindled by the packaging, they looked like they were supposed to be anatomically correct jelly bean type candies but the look more like jellied worms :/

The Last Day of February by Laura Swindle

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Taken at Massapequa Preserve on Long Island in NY.

Go with the flow by Paul Dunn

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A wonderful day walking in the Swindale valley, wild lonely and so beautiful. The series of waterfalls at the head of the valley were delightful. Go with the flow by Queens of the Stone Age is perfect.

Russian River and Pacific Ocean by Laura Swindle

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Russian River Spilling out into Pacific.

Picking Pumpkins by Laura Swindle

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Taken at a local produce market

December Foliage - 2020 by Laura Swindle

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My activity here has been sparse as I do not have pro and do not have very many uploads left. I would get pro if I could afford it but ... I can't. Flickr was once my most favourite place to upload to & I miss it.

Like A Dream by Laura Swindle

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