SNOW CAMP

Oaks at Snow Camp

I took this yesterday at some friends place in the hills.

A Larger, But Select Audience

Southern Pacific Switcher and Crew Working a Saw Mill 

 

 

This image is in the February edition of Model Railroader magazine.

WORKING ANOTHER OLD IMAGE

V-Notch Reveal, 2006

This is an image I sort of forgot about. I took it in British Columbia about eight years ago with my Sony R1. I was taking all my shots in jpg format because I thought I could not afford to buy memory cards. Therefore the image does not give me much latitude to work with, but at least I have something.

HOT COFFEE

J. TOPPER CO

This is a crop from an image that I worked on some months back. I think I prefer this rendering.

I was looking at a web site that I frequent http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html this morning, and found validation to my understanding of allowing my photographs time to evolve. What I mean is that I need to visit and revisit a particular image prior to printing and sharing it. Almost every time that I allow an image to "ripen" I am surprised and pleased with what I find in the mature image.

I have yet to print any images from my November trip. Every time I look at my potential prints, I do a little tweaking to some aspect of them. I usually make a virtual  copy, make my changes and then compare that with the previous version(s) in the print module of Light Room. I use the print view because I like seeing the image as if it were matted. For whatever reason that really helps me see the print as it will look on paper.

My monitors are calibrated so I trust what I see on the screen.

NEW YEAR'S DAY AT HIGH TIDE

Samoa Bridge at High (King) Tide on New Year's Day

Lisa and I went out to see the "king tide" this morning. I took the pocket camera and was glad that I did. This image is still in the developing tray, but the final image should look something like this.

Happy New Year!

FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE UNSEEN

Another Attempt at Understanding the Unseen, December 2013

This image is from Christmas day. It was the gift from the alder forest at Dry Lagoon. To me, this is another image that defies any attempt that I may make to verbally explain what I see.

CHRISTMAS DAY AT DRY LAGOON

Winter's Pallet at Dry Lagoon, Christmas Day 2013

These colors are more like what I see through my sunglasses. Hey, I do see things through rose colored glasses - so what!

Merry Christmas!

COALDALE

Ruins at Coaldale, Nevada, November 2013

I think that everyone traveling on Highway 95 that has a camera must feel the compulsion to stop here for a shot or two, but they do not stop to play the "slots" nor to get a beer.

CRUZING UP HIGHWAY NINETY-FIVE

Goldfield

 

 

Here is another image that I am working on.

FINALIZING SOME IMAGERY

Eastside Sunrise Colors, 2013

I shared this image a couple of weeks ago while it was still in the early stages of processing. I think that it is now complete and ready to be printed. I may do so soon.

I upgraded my work station by adding a new and larger solid-state hard drive. I also added 15TB of external hard drives, and installed a new monitor calibration tool. All these upgrades should help me protect my data, and give me more accurate color and exposure controls thorough out the workflow.

RAYS OF LIGHT

Last Rays of Light on the East Side of the Sierra Nevada, 2013

 This is another image that I am working on. Do the blown out clouds bother you?

ASPECTS OF NATURAL PHENOMENA

Buttermilk Country Sculpture, November 2013

I am still working on the body of work from my recent trip to the east-side of  the Sierra. One thing I realize is that I forgot to use focus-stacking techniques while taking this and similar images. I always remember to do so while photographing macro subjects, but I just do not yet have that tool in my landscape tool kit. I think I will remember it the next time I photograph something with "near and far" elements.