Wednesday Landscapes, 31 May 2017

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The upper Mad River has some of the most colorful boulders of any river I’ve seen. These two aren’t those, which I suppose is why they stood out. I didn’t do a lot of processing on this one—increased white and black points, increased contrast and clarity, and warmed it up a bit. I didn’t touch vibrance or saturation—the water really was this color.

 

Giza from the west

I'm still struggling with Photo.net 'new and improved' here. Sometimes I get on... other times it reacts violently.

 

This is a rushing brook deep in the Costa Rican rainforest. I ventured off the beaten track for an hour or two in search of little-photographed scenes. These brooks and waterfalls were pretty prevalent as it had been raining for a few days at this point. The rain just seemed so natural given the circumstances and was almost comforting. It was warm and life-affirming, almost nurturing and the reason for such profuse, lush growth. I'm used to being in the woods for days on end but where I live I much prefer it to be dry. Here the rain is a nuisance to me, down there it just seemed so natural.

 

Sunset Behind The Rocky Mountains

 

Sunset Over Rockies - Explored by David Stephens, on Flickr

 

The Colorado skies often provide interesting sunsets. Several evenings each week, I'm out and about, shooting wildlife in a sanctuary that surrounds a local reservoir. As I'm shooting wildlife, I make it a point to look at the clouds and make an educated guess as to whether conditions are ripe for a special sunset. On this September day, I decided to stay for sunset and was rewarded with really special light in the clouds and coming over the Rocky Mountains, less than 20-miles away. I hand held my 24-105mm zoom, on a full-frame body, at ISO 800, f/8 and 1/100-sec. Getty's sold this one a couple of times.

The mammatus clouds were a good indication that a thunderstorm was fast approaching and that it was time to hike back to the car. I made it with a few minutes to spare. North fork of Pine Creek, Big Hole Mountains, Idaho.

[ATTACH]1190359[/ATTACH]Natural Arch. McCreary Co. Kentucky

Nikon F100. Nikkor 24mm

Provia 100F

Edited June 2, 2017 by cigardoc

Natural Arch. McCreary Co. Kentucky

Nikon F100

Nikkor 24mm

Provia 100

Alright. McCreary County, Kentucky, although they misspell McCreery.

High water this Spring on the Mississippi. This is usually a beach area.