This blog is for us to share our interest in photography. It is a great way to share what we are learning, or already know, with one another. By including the details about each photo (camera settings, etc.)and the why of each capture we all benefit. It also allows us to 'show off' what we are up to. Remember please, these images are copyrighted, please do not copy, reproduce or use for any commercial purpose. Thank you, LYLE, Bruce and Steve. You may contact us at shenemanboys@gmail.com
This turned out to be one of the prettiest shots I took in Capitol Reef National Park. It is in the Great Wash, a slot canyon in the park. At this point the canyon walls were about 300' high and about 15' apart. What a cool feeling it is to walk through this area. The park ranger said if there is a rain fall of about 3/8" in the area it will become a flash flood in the canyon and they close it to hikers. It is about 1.3 miles long. LYLE
Prior to going to the Great Wash we asked the ranger at the visitor center if there were any arches in the area. He replied that there were not, it really surprised me when I saw this on the wall about half way into the slot canyon. LYLE
We hiked into a slot canyon called The Great Wash. Here the sun just peaks over a red rock mountain and makes a nice sun burst with the aperture set at f/22. Had to do a lot in ON1 to get the mountain so it wasn't just a big black image. LYLE
This barn stands near the entrance to Capitol Reef. I really like the setting with the red rock wall and corral surrounding it. The wall behind makes the photo look like it isn't straight, but it is the wall that slopes. LYLE
Yes, I know, it is weird. She is one of my students at the Senior Center. Another student was trying to take a picture of her. So I took one. Then I worked it over in ON1 Photo RAW. I am sure not everyone, or even a few will like it. Maybe just me. LYLE
This water tower is standing in Pioneer Village in Minden. It really energized me as I was looking for something to take a picture of. Some desaturation and a ghosting vignette gets this look. LYLE
The Sand Pit just north of Holdrege is the subject here. Just a little tweaking in ON1 Photo RAW to get the look I was after. Kind of a minimalist look. LYLE
