I love the mountain areas of West Texas. There are a number of small high dessert ranges which each seem to have their own unique look to them. This area has a rugged beauty to it, yet just about everything there will either bite, stick or sting you. But still, I love it.
One of my favorite books is called Texas Mountains, and it should be checked out if this part of Texas fascinates you like it does me. Plus, the photography is out of this world, and taken by my favorite photographer, Laurence Parent. See if you can find it sometime, or at least borrow my copy of it.
Can we go back there? Today?? =)
Well, I'm done with all of my meetings today. Let's go!
Also, in case you were wondering (probably not), I want to explain why this sky is darker in this picture than in the two the day before. There are two reasons why
1) I underexposed today's picture which means that everything is darker. Look at how much darker the rocks in the distance look on today's picture verses yesterday's pictures. Sometimes if you are not getting the look you want out of a picture, you just need to switch your camera to manual mode and take a picture with a faster shutter speed so that everything is darker.
2) I was using a polarizing filter. A polarizing filter will enhance the colors in your shot, but your picture needs to be taken 90 degrees from where the sun is for it to work. Today's shot was taken pretty close to 90, while yesterday's shots were in line with the sun, thus negating the effect of the polarizing filter.
Make sense?
I am just enjoying looking at the pictures. I (unfortunatley [and in a way surprising]) know very little about what it takes to make a picture what it is. It is nice to see a photographer that has knowledge and does not rely on photoshop to develop a good pic.
([{did you like the use of my brackets?}])
Yeah, well, I'm not that great. This photo has some high pass sharpening and a little vignetting to the corners, so it's been photoshopped. Here is where you can see it straight from the camera (only resized). I've become a real fan of high pass sharpening since it makes the photograph pop instead of looking hazy (compare the two side by side to see what I mean).
So, the truth is, this one is highly photoshopped.
{also, really nice use of brackets )i'm impressed]})
Well then I rescind my previous comments. ({[except for the bracket part]})
Regardless of how you do them, your photographs are wonderful.