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December 21, 2019
White Sands National Park
Tularosa Basin - Chihuahuan Desert
New Mexico
Let's welcome our newest National Park: White Sands!
White Sands National Park
Tularosa Basin - Chihuahuan Desert
New Mexico
December 10, 2019
When high-key B&W saves the day ..
Color .. notso.
High key mono with silhouettes .. much better! It's blown out to start with, take advantage of it.
"Birdland"
Atchafalaya Basin Backwaters, Louisiana
November 2019
December 8, 2019
Webmasters' Swamp
Fog and mist in the Atchafalaya Basin backwaters of south Louisiana make for some interesting photo subjects:
December 8, 2019
Webmasters' Swamp
Fog and mist in the Atchafalaya Basin backwaters of south Louisiana make for some interesting photo subjects:
November 24, 2019
Three kayaks slipped into the channel in total darkness, with London-grade fog obscuring visibility to about 25 meters. Most sounds, few that there are in a backwater swamp at that irreverent pre-dawn hour, were attenuated by the thick mist.
Our guide, in the fourth kayak, entered the water last and then took up the lead position of a modified diamond formation. The guide turned his head-lamp around backwards so that we could see to follow him. A bright LED light, with a harsh white glare, was all we had to go on, and he was paddling fast. Our lights remained off, useless in the fog. Formation lights on the tail of the lead F-4 in a flight-of-four headed out on a pre-dawn strike mission .. in afterburner.
We were paddling upstream on the edge of a bayou (river) that coursed along the western periphery of the swamp. It was a mere 1.2 mile paddle, but we had done it the day before, and my arms felt like lead weights. Pitch black dark. Tighten up the formation, lest we lose someone.
Like a pre-dawn air combat mission, I eschewed food or coffee beforehand. Just a few sips of water. Nothing to stimulate biological functions. There would be plenty of time for a big breakfast, with lots of coffee, afterwards.
We arrived on target .. or, rather, at our photo destination .. just at the start of nautical twilight. The fog became more amorphous with the scant light, and then shapes began to loom from within the mist as the luminosity increased, gradually. Stumps. Snags. Cypress and Tupelo trees. The other three kayaks. Finally, enough light to start shooting.
Showtime!
Atchafalaya Basin Backwaters, Louisiana
November 2019
"f/8 and be there" - Arthur Fellig (Weegie)
Three kayaks slipped into the channel in total darkness, with London-grade fog obscuring visibility to about 25 meters. Most sounds, few that there are in a backwater swamp at that irreverent pre-dawn hour, were attenuated by the thick mist.
Our guide, in the fourth kayak, entered the water last and then took up the lead position of a modified diamond formation. The guide turned his head-lamp around backwards so that we could see to follow him. A bright LED light, with a harsh white glare, was all we had to go on, and he was paddling fast. Our lights remained off, useless in the fog. Formation lights on the tail of the lead F-4 in a flight-of-four headed out on a pre-dawn strike mission .. in afterburner.
We were paddling upstream on the edge of a bayou (river) that coursed along the western periphery of the swamp. It was a mere 1.2 mile paddle, but we had done it the day before, and my arms felt like lead weights. Pitch black dark. Tighten up the formation, lest we lose someone.
Like a pre-dawn air combat mission, I eschewed food or coffee beforehand. Just a few sips of water. Nothing to stimulate biological functions. There would be plenty of time for a big breakfast, with lots of coffee, afterwards.
We arrived on target .. or, rather, at our photo destination .. just at the start of nautical twilight. The fog became more amorphous with the scant light, and then shapes began to loom from within the mist as the luminosity increased, gradually. Stumps. Snags. Cypress and Tupelo trees. The other three kayaks. Finally, enough light to start shooting.
Showtime!
Atchafalaya Basin Backwaters, Louisiana
November 2019
November 24, 2019
"Mirage"
Atchafalaya Basin Wetlands, Louisiana
November 2019
"Mist Rising"
Old Bald Cypress in the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana
November 2019
"Film Noir"
Cypress Knees in the Atchafalaya Basin Backwater, Louisiana
November 2019
"F/8 and Be There"
Deep in the Atchafalaya Basin Backwaters, Louisiana
November 2019
Swamplandia: A Week Kayaking Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin
"Mirage"
Atchafalaya Basin Wetlands, Louisiana
November 2019
"Mist Rising"
Old Bald Cypress in the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana
November 2019
"Film Noir"
Cypress Knees in the Atchafalaya Basin Backwater, Louisiana
November 2019
"F/8 and Be There"
Deep in the Atchafalaya Basin Backwaters, Louisiana
November 2019
November 14, 2019
"The Last Picture Show"
I shot this in the Texas panhandle today. I really like it. This is a rough draft. I'll spend some time on this image when I get back home off this multi-week shooting trip.
Turkey, Texas
Sony A7-R4 w/ Canon 24-105
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