More from the Buttermilk region

Here's a shot I took last month in the buttermilk region above Bishop. Was cold and breezy in the late afternoon just before the sun set behind the crest. This is a closeup of the base of Mt. Tom. We really are enjoying this region more and more. Every time we go up there we find something new and different. It is becoming one of my favorite places in the eastern sierra. I found a new location after work Friday that I will return to with my camera at some point. It has been very cold here the past couple mornings, 0 yesterday and 5 this morning. Yikes!

Edit: I'm including a couple more from this location, same subject, each slightly different though in comp. Buttermilk2 is similar to the one I posted here, but without the brush in the fg. Moraine is a study of lines and shapes. This is the moraine between Mt. Tom and Basin Mountain.

Buttermilk2
moraine

It looks desolate and cold to the bone! I wonder what would happen if you played around with the curve on this? There are some neat textures, here, Cory. If you crop out the foreground bushes the image becomes quite abstract.

Is this in the old burn above the main Buttermilk area?

We've had cold here, too. Certainly not sub-zero, but chilling to say the least. I was looking at the Dana Meadows RAWS data and it was -16F on Saturday morning!

MESO-WEST-Sacramento .

I hope all's well, and stay warm!

-PB

Hi Preston! You're right about adding some curve corrections. I quickly played with this in Canon's raw converter and spit out a jpeg for upload. I'll put it through PS and play with it. Yep, this in the burn area, not far from the cattle guard that's nearest the popular bouldering spot. Yep, that's cold. I sure wouldn't want to live in Bridgeport!!

This is a very interesting image, Cory. As I scan it from top to bottom it moves from abstract to realistic. The effect is wonderful.

Are you guys seeing lots of snow in Bishop?

Regards.

I like your interpretation of this Anil. Unfortunately we haven't seen any of the elusive white stuff. It was snowing lightly today on the crest and on the whites. Thought we might see some here in the valley today, certainly cold enough, but didnn't happen. There is still hope that we'll get some wet weather headed our way before this season ends. People who have lived here awhile say this has been a very odd fall and winter thus far.

Cory,

This is a magnificent image. I've been trying to figure out what it is... the lighting is subtle, the colors and texture are wonderful. I love how the image changes from bottom to top as Anil already pointed out. I'm guessing there's the last rays of light on the center of the image since you mentioned it was just before the sun went over the ridge. Sweet.

I do happen to agree with Preston for my only nit. I would want to crop out the entire bottom and loose the far bottom, but possibly crop up to at least remove the bottom three branches in the lower left, or even a tad higher, but retain the colored brush for a base.

Lon

Thanks for your comments Lon. You're looking at an alluvial fan at the base of Mt. Tom and the yellow areas are grasses of a meadow. I the name of the meadow escapes me at the moment. I can't wait to see this area in the spring time!

Cory, this is really nice. I agree with the possible crop of the scene, however, I know exactly where this is and would enjoy it either way. I had just pointed out in a comment yesterday on an image of the sand dune area in Death Valley NP which the scene also included a alluvial fan in the BG at the base of Titus Mountain Range. DVNP has so many scenes with alluvial fans at the base of the mountains it is quite unique.

I don't like the framing you have in B2 but in the pic above, a crop of the front bushes would make for a very abstract photo that takes a while to interpret with nice lines, achieving what B2 tries to do IMHO... Like some aerial photos. You would also get a 4/3 format picture I think.