I always ask my son if he wants to join me on shoots and usually the answer is "no thanks" but every now and then I get a lucky break and he goes for it. Amazingly he decided to join me for a sunrise outing yesterday which is quite a feat for a 14 year old. I recently got him a "new" vintage lens to play with and I think that has rekindled his interest in photography. Yay!
We drove out to a spot we occasionally camp at and more often just come for the view and some photos. This is looking toward town from our nearby recreation area, Hartman Rocks.
This one was a little precarious to shoot. No easy angles to get this great tree and that backdrop. I was perched over a cliff to my right, hanging on to lichen-covered boulders to stay put, tripod balanced on little ledges a good rock climber might struggle with. Somehow managed not to drop anything or fall. This is (obviously) a HDR and I think I may tone it down a bit on a future edit. A little more contrast would probably make it look more real.
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This is the main view and obvious shot from that spot. I was happy we got some fog but not too much.
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Finally, on the way back home I spotted this alignment and light happening. Had to make one more stop and wait a little for the light to come back and get this one. I really like photos that show transition, either from one climate zone to another (high desert to alpine here) or seasons as we see fall slipping away to winter. I was glad we stopped.
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