Landscapes and Light in Alabama Hills

CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
edited November 4, 2009 in Landscapes
Same shot, slightly different times…

Last night (scouting, at approximately Muench-star-thirty):

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This mornings, ~30 minutes before sunrise:

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~2 minutes after sunrise:

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~15 minutes after sunrise @ first light on the arch:

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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2009
    WoW on that second one; my favorite! Really beautiful!
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  • MikkoMikko Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2009
    Very nice
  • rhondavidrhondavid Registered Users Posts: 433 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    Very nice series. My question, is where in Alabama were these taken? Does not look familar.
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  • cbbrcbbr Registered Users Posts: 755 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    Alabama Hills is in California IIRC. The second shot is great.
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  • Marc MuenchMarc Muench Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    Great work Bill!

    I have seen a bazillion shots of this arch and # 2 is a keeperthumb.gif
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  • promoguypromoguy Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    Wow, nice. I know where the Alabama Hills are in California, and never thought there was this big of a wow factor. Whereabouts were these taken off Hwy 395.
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  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    promoguy wrote:
    Wow, nice. I know where the Alabama Hills are in California, and never thought there was this big of a wow factor. Whereabouts were these taken off Hwy 395.

    Straight out of Lone Pine. Take Whitney Portal road west about 3 minutes out of Lone Pine, right on Movie Road, and about 2 miles up is a parking area. It's a simple 5 minute walk to the arch.
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  • promoguypromoguy Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    CatOne wrote:
    Straight out of Lone Pine. Take Whitney Portal road west about 3 minutes out of Lone Pine, right on Movie Road, and about 2 miles up is a parking area. It's a simple 5 minute walk to the arch.

    Thanks. Wish I had known this while coming back from Mammoth this past summer. Again, nice job and good information.
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  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    Marc Muench wrote:
    Great work Bill!

    I have seen a bazillion shots of this arch and # 2 is a keeperthumb.gif

    Thanks!

    I tried mwink.gif

    Was trying to figure out a way to burn an afternoon up there as well, given the way the hills face in Lone Pine, but I couldn't bear the thought of trucking myself up to the White Mountains :D
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  • PedroJuanKPedroJuanK Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited November 3, 2009
    Wonderful images.
  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    wow..the light change so drastically in such short time. That 2nd shot is awesome.
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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    #2 is great. It looks like alien planet or something. The color and detail are just awesome!!

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    Looks very similar to where I just returned from rolleyes1.gif Love #2 Bill clap.gif

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  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    Looks very similar to where I just returned from rolleyes1.gif Love #2 Bill clap.gif

    Dan

    Arch-tastic :-)

    Many fewer arches in Alabama Hills (there are two right next to each other) than in Arches & Canyons, for sure. But this one has the coolest name, and the background s'ok mwink.gif

    Thanks Dan!
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  • coscorrosacoscorrosa Registered Users Posts: 2,284 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2009
    Sweet! I was going to stop there on my way from Death Valley but ran out of time (like normal). My favorite is the second but they're all good.
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