As usual, your photos are very good. It I was to choose favorites, they would be the salt flats --- the beauty of the open barren land with a
beautiful sky, and second one as I just love seeing plants claiming victory over rocks!
The night shot was a single exposure. I then made a copy of it and lightened the original foreground and darkened the sky in the copied version and
then merged the two.
The camera didn't really capture what was there and I had to make these adjustments. I can show you the original image if you like. Although there is
no color at night the camera rendered both the sky and forground in a brown/magenta color. This is normal according to youtube videos I saw and is
usually corrected. Some correct the sky to give it a dark blue tinge but that's now how I remembered it.
If you give it a short exposure you get a dark sky with few stars, However, if you give it a long exposure you get lots of stars but the sky is light.
I did the long exposure to get the most stars the camera could render and then darkened the sky in post processing.
I went to Calamajue to capture a feeling I had there 12 years ago. I never got that image because, being new at this form of photography, the focus
was all wrong in the beginning. I didn't know that until I got home, however. So those images are trash. This image was taken several days later as I
started to better understand the problems of night photography. This image also was taken there but the plan were supposed to be of the Cortez in that
baylet in the moonlight.
Originally posted by DianaT
As usual, your photos are very good. It I was to choose favorites, they would be the salt flats --- the beauty of the open barren land with a
beautiful sky, and second one as I just love seeing plants claiming victory over rocks!
Thanks for sharing these.
Diane,
I looked at this image when I came home and came to a curious decision. I felt that small rock on the bottom left was absolutely essential for this
image. So I kept it in. It's like that beauty mark on Elizabeth Taylor's face. She just wouldn't look as good without it.
I find those salt flats to be very easy on compositions because they are so simple. This was a roadside shot with Alex driving and me yelling
periodically "Stop here".
I was lucky with the clouds because how often do you get clouds in that area. But later on I thought of the possibilities. Imagine one of those
pink/mauve sunsets reflected in that water. Wouldn't that be interesting? or some sea bleached driftwood in the foreground?
The area is rich in possibilities but most of us drive by in a hurry to catch yellowtail. BTW, there were some spots that smelled so bad. I didn't put
in the time needed for a unique composition.
Well, Igor...I cannot compete with the quality of your Salt Flats and other striking photos, but will throw in some taken when I passed the Bonneville
Salt Flats. I was on my way to someplace, but now I forget where?? The scene did capture me for an hour or two, though.
I briefly thought about taking my truck out there and going for a personal speed record....
Then I saw this fellow trying to clean all the salt muck off his car and thought better of that 'rusty' idea.
Thank you for answering everyone. I really appreciate it.
About the salt, Roger. At one time in my life I went to school in New Hampshire one year. The salt on the roads that winter completely ruined the
body. One guy at school told me that he had holes so big that the hammer fell out through his car while driving. There's probably a lot of that in N
Dakota.
PS I rented 'Fargo' one weekend after one of your posts. I just don't know how people can live in that kind of weather. It looked dreadful. Just
painful to look at that scenery. Antarctic scenery.
Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Thank you for answering everyone. I really appreciate it.
About the salt, Roger. At one time in my life I went to school in New Hampshire one year. The salt on the roads that winter completely ruined the
body. One guy at school told me that he had holes so big that the hammer fell out through his car while driving. There's probably a lot of that in N
Dakota.
PS I rented 'Fargo' one weekend after one of your posts. I just don't know how people can live in that kind of weather. It looked dreadful. Just
painful to look at that scenery. Antarctic scenery.
Winter Salt on the pavement.
You have it right, Igor. I would never ever buy a used car from North Dakota, Minnesota or any other road-salt state. The corrosion is rampant, and
the hammer story is no exaggeration at all. In college, I drove a second-hand Plymouth wagon that had been used by the truck patrol for way too many
winters before being put on the auction block. This is a true story...in the winter the snow would drift in over my feet while driving at speed on
the highways ...through the gaping hole in the floorboards. My cardboard cover would only last so long....
Nowadays, I wash the undersides of my vehicles very well when Up North.
"Fargo" - The movie.
Funny as can be...and true regional accents...ya betcha. The movie was based on an actual kidnapping/murder ...but it happened in Minnesota and
nothing to do with the ND city of Fargo. But by then Johnny Carson had made Fargo famous with his cold weather jokes and so it went with the
title....better than calling the movie 'Minneapolis'.
Soon after the movie came out, I would be driving thru Mulege and lots of folks would yell at me...."Ya, sure ya betcha!"
Winter in Fargo...let's just say I have not spent a winter there in 40-some years...and counting.
This is a true story...in the winter the snow would drift in over my feet while driving at speed on the highways ...through the gaping hole in the
floorboards.
There's a new film coming out that reminds me a bit of Fargo - "Nebraska". Alex and I were watching the promos the other day and he says, "Let's go
see it". I asked him why. He told me because I would like it. So I asked him why did he think I'd like it. He tells me "Because it's boring".
I thought about that for a bit and decided that I really liked that.
I saw "Nebraska" last night and do recommend it. It is however a B&W slow moving and "depressing" film if you are after action thrillers that are
the rage these days. It's very humorous in it's depiction of those living in the heartland but probably not very truthful. If nothing else appeals to
you, it does show the stark beauty of the landscapes and it's small towns.
Have Fargo in my DVD collection... great 'dark comedy'! I used to group movies by type (Comedy, SciFi, Drama, Baja) and I had Fargo in comedy... Baja
Angel said no way, it's drama...
Now all the movies types are grouped together and arranged by title...
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