Well, no shooting with the new toy yesterday or today. As I haven’t given up my day job yet it’s necessary to get some consulting hours in to bring home the bacon. Besides, the client is happer when I pay some attention to them. However, the RRS L bracket came today. So I’ll be able to attach the camera to the tripod without having to use the long lens – always a good thing to be able to do.
But this weekend is going to be very exciting. First of all, it’s the 1st Annual Joshua Tree Gathering, open to anyone who owns a camera and isn’t afraid to use it. See the post. But I’m going to attempt a series of sunrise shots from first light to the sun fully up. The thing that makes this interesting is I’m going to attempt to do this as 360 degree panorama. I hope I don’t have to add HDR to the mix. Arg!
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Tags: Canon 1Ds Mark III, desert, fine arts, Google Earth, HDR, Joshua Tree National Park, pano, photography, phtographer, Pinto Basin, Ralph Nordstrom, sunrise
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Use of Spot Healing Brush
I have an image that is a shot of the Eastern Sierra at sunrise. There are gorgeous clouds hanging over the peaks. The early morning sun lit them on fire along with the mountains. It was amazing!
My exposure was pretty close to being right on. And yet, there was one part of the clouds that technically wasn’t clipped but was very close. The RGB numbers were not 100% but were in the high 80% to low 90%. The thing was there wasn’t much detail and it really stood out.
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Tags: autumn, dawn, Eastern Sierra, fall, fine art, Mono Lake, Mt Dana, photograph, photographer, photography, PhotoShop, Ralph Nordstrom, South Tufa, Spot Healing Brush, sunrise, technique
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In photography one of the most powerful means of growing is through interactions with the other photographers we meet, be they in workshops or in the field. Not only do you learn from artists who create amazing photographs but you also build friendships.
One such chance meeting of an outstanding photographer and friend is Jack Graham. We met on the banks of Mono Lake in October of 2006. I was there by myself; he was leading a workshop. We were shooting the South Tufa at sunrise under the harvest moon setting in the west above the imposing Sierra Nevada range.
I added the address to Jack’s blog in the blogroll. You can also click here.
You’ll also want to be sure to check out his work. You can click here.
Tags: Eastern Sierra, fine art, Jack Graham, Mono Lake, photograph, photographer, photography, sunrise
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