I just got back yesterday after my usual July wildflower trip and I really have a lot of processing to catch up on (and I'm not even finished with some photos from May and June yet!)
First, I'm posting something that actually has nothing to do with wildflowers but I ended up shooting because this location worked well as a midpoint stop for my trip. I have to give another recommendation for Stephen Trainor's program: The Photographer's Ephemeris, because without it I likely wouldn't have calculated that I could go here during the full moon and take these photos. Check out his site and download the program here: http://stephentrainor.com/tools/. Thanks Stephen and another donation is heading your way.
These are all from Taylor Pass shooting toward Castle Peak. The first three are from Monday morning's sunrise/moonset. The image above is the initial alpenglow.
A couple of minutes later with more alpenglow. This is a pano stitch of 9 images and includes Cathedral Peak as well as Castle. I've intentionally left the shadows a little bluer than I normally do on this and the previous image. They appeared as a cooler color on the original file and I think they combine well with the warm tones of the glow. This was one morning I actually didn't mind at all that there weren't any clouds!
The previous evening had an incredible sunset too. I shot some profiles of Castle and Cathedral as well as a few more abstract-type images I may post on ESS in the near future.
Castle Peak sunset, part II. The sunset images have just a little shadow detail you that a brighter setting, or viewing at a downward angle from above an LCD monitor might reveal.
KILLER STUFF, Josh! I can't believe what amazing color you got over the Elks! Simply stunning. The moonset shots are excellent, too. Can't WAIT to see the fruits of the rest of your trip.
Ah man....just as I was savoring that first beautiful panorama, I scrolled down to the second.
This is truly one of the best panos I've seen in quite some time. Hope you make a large print!
Shadowed areas look just fine to me.
Also like all of the flaming sunset shots save for the last. Reds look a bit blown there to me.
Wildflowers? Who cares about wildflowers when you came away with work like this!
Beautiful images Josh - congratulations (and many thanks for the kind words and support for TPE).
Can't tell you all how much I'm missing being in Colorado during wildflower season - however, it's great to see so many great photographs posted here in recent days.
<whining on>It's rainy and crowded here in Sydney and I haven't picked up my camera for over a month.</whining off> At least we're headed for summer!
Thanks for the comments everyone. Tom: the dimensions of the image now would translate pretty well to a 24x108 pano print (with just a tiny bit more cropping off of the sides). There aren't many labs that would do it, but this is one of the sizes Reed Photo in Denver offers.
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23 repliesFirst, I'm posting something that actually has nothing to do with wildflowers but I ended up shooting because this location worked well as a midpoint stop for my trip. I have to give another recommendation for Stephen Trainor's program: The Photographer's Ephemeris, because without it I likely wouldn't have calculated that I could go here during the full moon and take these photos. Check out his site and download the program here: http://stephentrainor.com/tools/. Thanks Stephen and another donation is heading your way.
These are all from Taylor Pass shooting toward Castle Peak. The first three are from Monday morning's sunrise/moonset. The image above is the initial alpenglow.
Check out the BIG version here: http://www.viewfindermedia.com/forumpics/CastlePeak-Pano1B-WEB-lg.jpg
This is truly one of the best panos I've seen in quite some time. Hope you make a large print!
Shadowed areas look just fine to me.
Also like all of the flaming sunset shots save for the last. Reds look a bit blown there to me.
Wildflowers? Who cares about wildflowers when you came away with work like this!
Can't tell you all how much I'm missing being in Colorado during wildflower season - however, it's great to see so many great photographs posted here in recent days.
<whining on>It's rainy and crowded here in Sydney and I haven't picked up my camera for over a month.</whining off> At least we're headed for summer!
All real nice Josh.