Posted by Roland Burkert on November 28, 2009 at 6:54 PM
I made several bone head mistakes at the June Lake get together. My tripod is way to flimsy, espcially in the wind, and I forgot to turn the image stabilizer off. Consequently almost all my shots of moon and sunrise at Mono Lake are somewhat blury. This shot had more acceptable focus. It was taken on Sunday morning. Your comments are welcome.
Roland, I have to say I'm a little lost here. I'm trying to get my bearings as to where you took this shot from. There seems to be a lot of Tufas out in the water from any angle I can recall seeing at this location. With that all said I like the view just for the fact of the Tufas seemingly lined up out there. I do wish that the FG left Tufa was visible to the bottom, but not a deal breaker IMO.
I can surely relate to your missed opportunities with camera/tripod setup issues, especially during the moonrise. I have never had much luck on getting good moon images which includes a complete near to far landscape. This time again it was no cigar. My exposure and choice of GND as well as shutterpeed was dead on this time, but, my front tilt had slipped enough to blur the FG slightly. Totally my own fault
Posted by Debjit Ghosh on November 29, 2009 at 1:12 PM
been there several times, I have never seen such an array of tufas...like Paul I would also be interested to know where was this taken but definitely the shot looks kool.
Posted by Anil Rao on November 29, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Very nice, Roland. I have always thought of the Mono Lake tufas as a reminder of some prehistoric landscape. This photograph aptly demonstrates that feeling.
Posted by Roland Burkert on November 29, 2009 at 4:33 PM
The location is less than a quarter mile west of the official south tufa parking lot. As you dirve west, take the first dirt road heading toward the lake and a parking area. From there it is about a 150 yard walk to the lake shore. Turn west and walk another 100 yards or so to the tufa formations.
Before June Lake, someone posted an aerial of the south shore, and showed the azimuths for moon and sun rise. If you look at the south shore west of the main parking lot, you will see a triangular shaped peninsula, pointing north. I was slighly to the west of that peninsula.
Thanks for your comments.
Posted by Eric Good on November 29, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Exposure, colors and sharpness all look good to me. I'm particularly drawn to that fence-like row of tufas in the middle ground. I might even prefer a pano from a couple steps closer eliminating that fg tufa in the LLC and placing the focus on just the mg and sky. Nice find!
Well, you learned your lesson now Next time it won't happen! I like the subtle colors here, and the tufas on the horizon. I'm not sold on the LLC tufa.
Posted by Steve Sieren on December 2, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Roland, first of all I love the how the background has so many layers. The scene with the clouds like that just lends itself for some panorama work. Finding a foreground at this spot is not the easiest thing to do but at least you managed to seperate it from the bg. Nice processing on this too Roland.
Posted by Lon Overacker on December 3, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Roland,
I really like this view of Mono. And it's not that this is unique in terms of the tufa, but what is different and I'm enjoying is that the sun isn't blowing out the tufa, which always happens when the sun rises. So, combined with the stormy skies in the background and the bit of color in the clouds I think this is a nice rendition from the shores of Mono. I would agree however about the Tufa in the lower left. Not a bit deal, but just wishing the bottom was more visible. No biggie.
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8 repliesI can surely relate to your missed opportunities with camera/tripod setup issues, especially during the moonrise. I have never had much luck on getting good moon images which includes a complete near to far landscape. This time again it was no cigar. My exposure and choice of GND as well as shutterpeed was dead on this time, but, my front tilt had slipped enough to blur the FG slightly. Totally my own fault
Before June Lake, someone posted an aerial of the south shore, and showed the azimuths for moon and sun rise. If you look at the south shore west of the main parking lot, you will see a triangular shaped peninsula, pointing north. I was slighly to the west of that peninsula.
Thanks for your comments.
I really like this view of Mono. And it's not that this is unique in terms of the tufa, but what is different and I'm enjoying is that the sun isn't blowing out the tufa, which always happens when the sun rises. So, combined with the stormy skies in the background and the bit of color in the clouds I think this is a nice rendition from the shores of Mono. I would agree however about the Tufa in the lower left. Not a bit deal, but just wishing the bottom was more visible. No biggie.
Lon