Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

You are so correct. It is not necessary to travel the world to find beautiful things to shoot.

Lenf Loc: Strasburg,PA

Very nice , that 810 does the job..

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Light and the right time of day make the difference. Post processing also helps.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

:thumbup: I am having fun with it.

nakkh Loc: San Mateo, Ca

Did you take the Whitney Portal Rd up the east side of the Sierras? the views are spectacular -

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Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

I did not. Too many distractions before I got there. The major problem with loving what I do, I guess. ;) :thumbup:

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

I can almost see some Stetsons appearing over the rocks, or see cattle being driven past the rocky outcroppings. These are very appealing images. :thumbup:

nakkh Loc: San Mateo, Ca

A lot of movies have been filmed there;


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Hills
"The Alabama Hills are a popular filming location for television and movie productions, especially Westerns set in an archetypical "rugged" environment. Since the early 1920s, 150 movies and about a dozen television shows have been filmed here, including Tom Mix films, Hopalong Cassidy films, The Gene Autry Show, The Lone Ranger and Bonanza. Classics such as Gunga Din, The Walking Hills, Yellow Sky, Springfield Rifle, The Violent Men, Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), the Budd Boetticher/Randolph Scott "Ranown" westerns, part of How the West Was Won, and Joe Kidd. In the late 1940s and early 50s the area was also a popular location for the films of B-western actor Tim Holt.
More recent productions such as Tremors and Joshua Tree, were filmed at "movie ranch" sites known as Movie Flats and Movie Flat Road. In Gladiator, actor Russell Crowe rides a horse in front of the Alabamas, with Mount Whitney in the background, for a scene presumably set in Spain. Star Trek Generations was filmed here in addition to Overton, Nevada and Paramount Studios. This range was one of the filming locations for Disney's Dinosaur. More recently, many parts of the films Iron Man and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were filmed here."

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

It has appealed to many folks through the years, Vickie. Glad you could blend your imagination as I do when I view the region.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Yup. The most fascinating and great things about this place is there are no facilities for camping. No water, electricity, etc. It is BLM land. With all the exploration it gets from people each year, it is still one of the cleanest places I have visited. Way better than many of the National Parks which charge plenty to visit, the people who visit here clean up their messes because they have to. In order to camp here, you have to be able to take care of yourself. I enjoy visiting there.

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Fantastic downloads, David!

hlpetty Loc: Chattanooga, TN

Tell us about you set up for #2. How did you catch the pink sky with the sun still behind you? Time of day. Metadata, etc. Excellent Shot!

Rick Gaeckle Loc: Seville, Ohio

Nice presentation of a really unique area.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

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Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Thank you and welcome to the forum. The 2nd shot is a comp shot from two days. The foreground was shot early in the day with a wide angle lens (24-70). With the morning light, I was able to capture the mountains with low-angle sunrise front lighting. I had shot the scene with the sunset and silhouetted mountains the day before, so I tried to create a more sureal effect to the range for a more interesting, and also fun image for me to work with. That is the image of the background sky.

I use On1 for my post work with the masking of foregrounds and image components. It is the easiest and fastest software that I have found to do this.

All of this was shot with a tripod. I am fairly old-school with my camera. Even though I have many features and options to use, I shoot mostly manual at f/8 for my scenic work. I try to use the lowest ISO, 64 in this case, and that is where the tripod comes in handy

I am replying from my tablet the moment, or I would post the two images I used for the comp. Most of my work is just composing, capturing, cleaning unwanted small objects or distractions, and adjusting the lighting. I use the comping mainly when I have a nice scene, but lack a good sky, or vis-versa. If you care to preview a few of my recent posts, you will see these same mountains with lighting from a different part of the day. I have comped in the eagle for more drama n the photo. I felt that the image was great, but static, so I chose, on that particular one, to add some movement.

I hope this helps a bit. I sometimes get long-winded, but there you go. :thumbup: