Waiting for John Wayne

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 2, 2011414 views10 comments

Memorable trip to Hunt's Mesa at Monument Valley. Very windy, which is not a problem if your shooting rocks, unless your camera is the size of a mailbox. :)

Tachihara 8x10, Nikon 480mm, linear polarizer, 16 seconds at f-90, Velvia 50.

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Comment posted by Cory Freeman on May 2, 2011 at 8:40 PM

awesome landscape!

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Comment posted by Enrique Vizcarra on May 2, 2011 at 8:57 PM

I like it, but Looks a bit underexposed to me

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on May 2, 2011 at 9:13 PM

Very nice angled light on the rocks, but the Velvia is showing it's magenta shift in low light, doesn't bother me. It's just the nature of the brand kind of like a fingerprint. I'm not sure if I'm a huge fan of opening shadows to expose detail sometimes by doing that I think you lose the mood. I like the feeling of this image there's plenty for the eye and mind even with the dark shadows.

Paul

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on May 2, 2011 at 9:50 PM

Gotta love that depth and light. Super blue on my screen but I'm going to assume something with scan/web presentation

aF

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on May 2, 2011 at 10:29 PM

Doesn't it cost extra to have John Wayne come out here? Or at least his body double.

I like the dark shadows here! The intense blue must be from really strong polarization, I don't seem to mind that since I do it myself when wanted.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM

Michael: The larger version is really fantastic. 16 seconds in the wind

! Marvelous light and scene and a masterful result.>=))>

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on May 2, 2011 at 11:57 PM

I'm still amazed at what people can pull off with film. Very nice Michael.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on May 3, 2011 at 4:53 AM

epic! in every way - including 16s exposure using a mailbox.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on May 3, 2011 at 6:41 AM

What a great alndscape, and some lovely light to illuminate it! Does look slightly underexposed!

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Comment posted by Gary Crabbe on May 3, 2011 at 4:55 PM

Wonderful Shot, Michael. I'll bet you could literally walk into a big print of this.

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