Devil's Punchbowl, Ca

riddim_maker

I've finally been stirred out of my slumber by all the amazing images I see here on this forum.
Kudos to all :clap :clap :clap

I recently took a break from photographing birds and went in search of
wild flowers in Antelope Valley, CA and somehow ended up hiking in the Devil's Punchbowl park
many miles east of my destination.

The following image represent a timeline of some of the views I experienced during the course of that day:

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C&C welcome, otherwise enjoy!

stirinthesauce

Love #4! The simplicity is fantastic. I am also a sucker for falling water.

shniks

#1 is wonderful. You really captured the essence of the flowers. What can I say- I LOVE it!!!!



Cheers,

Thwack

Much better than birds.

I especially like #4 and the perspective used in #1. Looks like a great day out. Thanks for sharing.

SimpsonBrothers

Love #2!
What lens was that?

Sam

#1 is a classic composition and done very nicely.

#4 is my favorite.

Sam

kdog

Hi, Russ.

Rocking shots.

The colors in that last one with the J Trees is just unreal.

Cheers,
-joel

wfeller

For as beautiful as the Punchbowl is, it's quite an accomplishment to pull as nice of shots out of it as you have.

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SirArmstrong

Like the first for sure. Clear, color punch and certainly a diff perspective.

Awais Yaqub

These are stunning, very beautiful job !

dlplumer

#1 is fantastic Love the whole set

rhituraj

Very nice pictures. Loved the crisp colors of the first one

Doug Solis

Very nice series. I love #1, it is a great perspective we don't see that often.

PrevailingConditions

I agree with the others, the whole series is wonderful, but I especially like #1 & #4 with #4 having a slight edge.

PC

bfjr

Not bad and not a birdie in sight

riddim_maker

stirinthesauce wrote:

Love #4! The simplicity is fantastic. I am also a sucker for falling water.

Thanks Jon, and your website confirms your love of waterfalls, great pics

riddim_maker

shniks wrote:

#1 is wonderful. You really captured the essence of the flowers. What can I say- I LOVE it!!!!



Cheers,

Thanks Nikhil, your observation is much appreciated

riddim_maker

Thwack wrote:

Much better than birds.

I especially like #4 and the perspective used in #1. Looks like a great day out. Thanks for sharing.

You're right, it was a great day :ivar

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SimpsonBrothers wrote:

Love #2!
What lens was that?

Thanks! I used the Canon 24-105 f4 (@ f16) on the 1D MRK III
This image is a two image panorama, each image in portrait mode stitched in PS

riddim_maker

Sam wrote:

#1 is a classic composition and done very nicely.

#4 is my favorite.

Sam

Thanks Sam, your participation and comments are much appreciated

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kdog wrote:

Hi, Russ.

Rocking shots.

The colors in that last one with the J Trees is just unreal.

Cheers,
-joel

Hey Joel, long time no see!
Thanks for the compliment, much appreciated.
It feels like I caught the landscape fever again

riddim_maker

wfeller wrote:

For as beautiful as the Punchbowl is, it's quite an accomplishment to pull as nice of shots out of it as you have.

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Thanks Walter, seems like everywhere I looked that day there was an image waiting to be made.
It's indeed a wonderful place to visit. This was my first time visiting but definitely not my last.

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SirArmstrong wrote:

Like the first for sure. Clear, color punch and certainly a diff perspective.

Thanks Steve

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Awais Yaqub wrote:

These are stunning, very beautiful job !

Thanks Awais, hopefully you enjoyed these as much as I enjoy looking at your images

Eia

Quite the variety of pictures - from the perfect poppy to the beautiful scenes and light!

schmoo

I'm late to the party but these are gorgeous! The first and last in particular

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dlplumer wrote:

#1 is fantastic Love the whole set

Thanks Dan

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rhituraj wrote:

Very nice pictures. Loved the crisp colors of the first one

Much Appreciated!

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Doug Solis wrote:

Very nice series. I love #1, it is a great perspective we don't see that often.

Thanks Doug, my recently purchased right-angle viewer contributed immensely in this capture.

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PrevailingConditions wrote:

I agree with the others, the whole series is wonderful, but I especially like #1 & #4 with #4 having a slight edge.

PC

Thanks PC

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bfjr wrote:

Not bad and not a birdie in sight

Hard to keep up with the birdies these days, they only seem to be getting faster and faster
Now I can just sit and relax and photograph something that will sit there until I get the shot
Haven't seen you in a while Ben. Where're you hangin' these days?