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Tag Archives: national park
WORKING ON SOME NIGHTTIME ZION IMAGERY
This is an example of where I think I am going with my night shots at Zion. I think one advantage of the nighttime work is that the crowds were absent. I think the other visitors were back at their … Continue reading
Posted in astrophotography, landscape, national parks, night time sky, utah
Tagged astrophotography, moonscape, national park, night sky, zion
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ZION REFLECTIONS
This is my first HDR composite using Lightroom’s new HDR tool.
Posted in landscape, tree, zion
Tagged fine art photography, national park, nature, reflections, virgin river, zion
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BALANCE
This image is one of my selections for an upcoming exhibit in Arcata.
Posted in black and white, california mountians, fine art, landscape
Tagged black and white, boulders, clouds, national park, rocks
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MORE OF THE OTHERS, OR THE SOMEOTHERS
I took this image today at Prairie Creek State Park. It may become part of the series that I call “The Others”.
SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT – FOR THE FUN OF IT
Posted in astrophotography, California, milky way, night sky, night time sky, wilderness
Tagged astrophotography, California, desert, equivalents, fine art photography, formations, historic, light painting, milky way, mono, Mono Lake, national park, night photograph, night sky, nighttime photography, rocks, rural california, sierra nevada
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APPLYING FEEDBACK FROM A CRITIQUE
This is the cropped version as suggested by some in the critique. I participated in a Redwood Camera Club critique this morning. This image is one that I shared. It was well received, and there was some discussion about the … Continue reading
Posted in California, joshua tree national park
Tagged boulders, California, camping, clouds, coast, critique, desert, fantasy, fine art photograph, granite, joshua tree, Joshua Tree National Park, national park, state park
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LIGHT IN THE NIGHT
Boulders and the Night Sky at Joshua Tree I love going back through my catalog of images with a fresh set of eyes. Oftentimes, I discover what it was that I saw at the time I took the photograph. This … Continue reading
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Tagged boulders, desert, joshua tree, national park, night sky, rocks
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