Rip the Sky

Lone Pine Peak.

I ran up to the Alabama Hills this morning with Steve and Roger.

Cold morning. Ground was frozen. Temperature was 25F or so... with the wind chill it was more like 15F.

This was shot with Steve's 18-200mm VR. He insisted that I give it a whirl. One more thing to add to the "want" list. Great lens.

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Indian Wells Canyon

Steve and I ran up through Indian Wells Canyon today. Not much to shoot, but we got some ideas for later trips.

This image was shot with a Tokina 12-24mm f/4. Typical levels/curves adjustments and then desaturated.

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Joshua Tree at Sunset

While waiting for the sun to set, it ducked beneath the clouds and I got some direct sunlight. Not much to look at for silhouettes or cloud color, but the side lighting was almost magical. I tweaked it a little bit using the tonemapping tool on PhotoMatix and then finished it with the typical PhotoShop levels/curves adjustments.

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Weathered

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Crossing Variations

Tonight, it occurred to me that I had more than just a couple of variations on this image so I combined them all.

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The Devil's Cornfield

Couldn't resist stopping to get a picture here.

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Road and Sky

Wide angle rocks!

This is HDR from a single RAW image.

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Copper

Just a collection of images that have worked well with the OptikVerve copper filter. It's one of my favorite palettes, but most images simply don't work with it. From the look of these four, it would seem that the light of sunset or sunrise works best.

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Rising Sun on Red Rock

Steve asked me to join him Saturday morning for a sunrise shoot at Red Rock Canyon.

I spent the thirty minutes prior to sunrise maneuvering around the desert looking for "the shot" and I finally settled on this spot. Its not exactly what I had hoped for, but it turned out okay, I think.

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Lake Isabella (Lomo Fake)

What can I say... whenever I get an image that has good green or red color, I can't resist faking a lomo shot.

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Storm Cell at Sunset

The storm came in from the south. With lightning flashes and thunder rolling, we decided it would be a good idea to get off this hill top.

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Desert Sunset Panorama

Nine images shot at 18mm and stitched together.

I did some searching, but I don't have clue how to eliminate the distortion.

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Monsoon Sky II

This didn't turn out half bad, I think.

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In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows Lie

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Nerd reference.. I know. But look at it. Doesn't it make you think of Mordor?

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Copper Spires

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Piller (Copper)

I don't have many pictures that work with this particular treatment. This one seems okay.

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Tehachapi Loop

From the (GCX2B7) Train Depot geocache.

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All Along the Watchtower

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

- Bob Dylan

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Paint the sky

Shot this last night with Mike Byrne.

HDR and some other photoshop trickery.

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She runs through the sky

Maybe it's just me... but in the clouds I see a woman running with her arms outstretched. Maybe you see it too.

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