Tumacácori National Historical Park

Dixie

I made a two week trip out west and shot at a number of US National Park Service areas. This post is some of the photos that I did at Tumacácori National Historical Park located between Tucson, Arizona and Nogales.

As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.

Click on the individual images for EXIF data.

Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park



The Mission



Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park

Skippy

Dixie wrote:

I made a two week trip out west and shot at a number of US National Park Service areas. This post is some of the photos that I did at Tumacácori National Historical Park located between Tucson, Arizona and Nogales.
As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Click on the individual images for EXIF data.
Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park
The Mission
Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park

Hey Dixie they are beautiful shots
Look at those lovely rich colours, I like them all, but if I could only pick one,
it would be Image Number ONE ....

Thanks for sharing ....... Skippy
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Dixie

Skippy wrote:

Hey Dixie they are beautiful shots
Look at those lovely rich colours, I like them all, but if I could only pick one,
it would be Image Number ONE ....

Thanks for sharing ....... Skippy
.

Skippy,

Thank you. That's the one that I like best as well. I've even done a b&w version for a poster of it.

Grizzle6

Dixie--
Big fan of the first image. Nice warm tones, great composition. I'm partial to the color version, but BW is nice as well. Nicely done.

Marc Muench

Grizzle6 wrote:

Dixie--
Big fan of the first image. Nice warm tones, great composition. I'm partial to the color version, but BW is nice as well. Nicely done.

Once again just proves that soft lit images can go either way!

I prefer it in B&W. I am able to enjoy the texture and composition. The color version, as nice as the color is, gives it a more modern feel which distracts from the historic qualities.

I do like the color in your other detail though, especially with that splash of blue in the upper right corner.

Dixie

Grizzle6 wrote:

Dixie--
Big fan of the first image. Nice warm tones, great composition. I'm partial to the color version, but BW is nice as well. Nicely done.

Thanks, Grizzle. I can thank the warm tones on the light reflecting from the opposite orange wall. The grain pottery was totally in the shadows and the sun was coming from behind the wall where the pots were sitting. That means that the light that I was working with came from the sky and the reflected light from the opposite wall. I knew I had a shot even before I put the camera to my eye.

I did learn one thing from the shot. I now have added a small handheld whisk broom to my arsenal of necessary tools. There were a myriad of various footprints in the sand which I had to clone out. It would have been much easier to just go over the sand with a small whisk broom to remove the footprints before pressing the shutter release.

Dixie

Marc Muench wrote:

Once again just proves that soft lit images can go either way!

I prefer it in B&W. I am able to enjoy the texture and composition. The color version, as nice as the color is, gives it a more modern feel which distracts from the historic qualities.

I do like the color in your other detail though, especially with that splash of blue in the upper right corner.

Marc,

Thanks for the kind comments. I am looking forward to shooting with you and the others during the '07 Shootout at Glacier NP.

Albert Dickson

Were the Tortilla ladies there?
I love the B&W. Realy captures the feel of the Southwest.

Used to be that some of the Tohono Ohodham Tribe woman would do traditional cooking behind the mission and you could buy blue corn tortillas and frijoles from them. I hope you got the chance to try some.

Dixie

Albert Dickson wrote:

I love the B&W. Realy captures the feel of the Southwest.

Used to be that some of the Tohono Ohodham Tribe woman would do traditional cooking behind the mission and you could buy blue corn tortillas and frijoles from them. I hope you got the chance to try some.

Thanks, Albert. Yes, I did to eat some of the food there, but it was 20 years ago. I didn't see them this trip, but I was there during the middle of the week and it was still early in the year.

ShepsMom

Outstanding images. Bravo!! I really loved B&W conversion. clap

Dixie

ShepsMom wrote:

Outstanding images. Bravo!! I really loved B&W conversion. clap

Thank you. I appreciate your comments.

DavidS

I love the first one. It looks great both in color and in b/w.

Dixie

DavidS wrote:

I love the first one. It looks great both in color and in b/w.

Thank you, David. Your comments are appreciated.