A Couple Panos

pathfinder · August 11, 2009

I shot several panos while out west Chasing the Light.

Here is sunrise one Sunday Morning 9 frames 5D 200mm

Leaving Albuquerque 5 frames 5D 24mm

Comments and criticisms are heartily desired.:thumb

Phil Tompson · August 11, 2009

Both shots are great. Just wish there wasn't a road in shot #2. :-(

thapamd · August 11, 2009

Oh ya! Both shots are indeed awesome, but that 1st one is a killer! Love the golden light and the desert landscape. Beautiful!

DaddyO · August 11, 2009

Lovely images. Very well done. Beautiful stuff.

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coscorrosa · August 12, 2009

Really like that first one, a classic southwest landscape and you managed to keep a lot of detail even with the tough backlit exposure - nice work!

dseidman · August 12, 2009

Good work on both of these! For some reason the chain-link fence on the left side of the second shot is bothering me a bit (I'd probably clone it out). Anyway, you've got some awesome work displayed here!

boblu262 · August 12, 2009

I really like both of these. Love the blue and gold of the first.

dlplumer · August 12, 2009

That first one is spectacular Jim

Danny

schmoo · August 12, 2009

I always love seeing photos from you, Jim!

Wow, just... really, wow!

PHOTOempt · August 12, 2009

both great images. actually, i really like the road in the second image - it leads the eye in, and the fence on the left side balances it. neat light. nice. :=))
sarah

pathfinder · August 12, 2009

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

Some times you just end up in the right spot at the right time, and get lucky!

Sarah, especially I want to thank you for liking both the road and the fence in the second image.

It was an immense wall of darkness, biblical in appearance. A truly memorable spectacle.

I had just driven through that storm in Albuquerque at about 5 pm, and was running from it to the east on I-70 when I saw a rest stop on a mild hill, and realized I might have a vantage point to photograph it from. The rain had been so heavy it drove even the 18 wheelers off the highway to a standstill - it was just torrential in the literal meaning of the phrase.

The fence I really wanted to avoid, but could not, and capture the left side of the front. The highway I left in because I thought it might help provide a sense of scale. In the image, the billboard is easily readable at 100%.

Thank you all once again for taking time to post your kind comments and suggestions.

annnna8888 · August 13, 2009

These are awesome. I have a thing for dark, ominous clouds so I really like #2, but the golden light in the first one is to kill for.

Ana

ChristopherJAshdown · August 13, 2009

Phil Tompson wrote:

Both shots are great. Just wish there wasn't a road in shot #2. :-(

These are nice shots - maybe consider making the road standout even more, lead the eye through the picture a little more.

pathfinder · August 22, 2009

A few more images from the trip to Toroweap.

Another sunrise pano - the saturation was real, it was just that red for about 30 seconds

Toroweap again as an HDR rendering

A storm at Wupatki National Monument, from bracketed exposures

dlplumer · August 23, 2009

Great stuff Jim

leaforte · August 23, 2009

Nice to look at, for sure. Thanks.

Antonio Correia · August 23, 2009

pathfinder wrote:

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pathfinder wrote:

I shot several panos while out west Chasing the Light. Here is sunrise one Sunday Morning 9 frames 5D 200mm

...Toroweap again as an HDR rendering
A storm at Wupatki National Monument, from bracketed exposures

Jim. These are the photos I like most. I do like the Toroweap very much.:D
LR on this one ?

canon400d · August 23, 2009

Antonio Correia wrote:

pathfinder wrote:

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Jim. These are the photos I like most. I do like the Toroweap very much.:D
LR on this one ?

Those photos are really stunning Pathfinder and a real credit to you. Well done.
Regards
Bob