I was really impressed walking back from Aspen how the flowers are staying around so late up high. It was spectacular up on W. Maroon Pass. Flowers like I've never seen!
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I combined a couple of tricks I know to make this image yesterday. Instead of just shooting a single image for each panel to be stitched together, I shot a bracket of 3 (+/- 1.5). I merged each trio of images and then stitched the merged version together for the panoramic.
FInally, I pulled the assembled image into Lightroom to put on the final touches (color & contrast adjustments). I like HDR, but I don't like the cartoonish effects associated with it. I used it lightly in this case to avoid blowouts in the sky and get shadow detail while still looking as realistic as possible.
It's a long hard climb on a mountain bike to get to this spot near the top of the Canyon Creek trail near Whitepine, Co. Especially if you bring your tripod! I think this one came out ok, but it's not prefect because I rushed it a little. The weather was closing in and I had to get to a lower altitude fast! I guess I should have gotten an earlier start.
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Tags: canyon creek, pano, hdr, tomichi pass, alpine tunnel, stitch |
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I went to my wife's family reunion over the weekend in Denver. It was a nice event and I took a lot of family photos. I also grabbed this one on Sunday morning at the Red Lion hotel. We were going to say bye to family members and the geometry here with the figure just jumped out at me for a photo op. To keep with the reunion theme, that is my brother-in-law in the shot.
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I saw this horse riding home from a mountain bike ride. She wanted some pats and came right up to the fence. The light suddenly broke through the clouds and I knew I had to get this shot!
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I shot this a few weeks ago on July 18 when I posted my last lightning shot. What's interesting about this one now is I discovered another photographer across town (which is about a Mile away here) got a picture of the very same bolt from much closer. His is up close and personal!
Flases of Brilliance on FLickr by Ryan C. Wright
I guess in a larger community it might not be that noteworthy but in our town of 5000 or so I thought it was pretty cool.
Nice shot, Ryan!
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Tags: lightning, storm, clouds, sky, bolt |
Categories: Nature | Photography