Well we left Laws with intentions of going up to Bristlecones but the road was closed past Sierra View. With just a wonderful group of adventurers, I took them to one of my favorite locations, Alabama Hills. This is a locale that is never the same hour to hour and as photographers, it’s always challenging us. This afternoon was no exception.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp5206bw.swf, 585, 444 [/swf]
Now let’s be real honest hear, this is rock photography. Yeah, they are really cool, amazingly colorful and can take on any shape your imagination wants to assign, but they are still rocks. The challenge is, how to make them more then just rocks. It was a real challenge this morning because as you can see, there wasn’t a cloud, even a wisp of one in the sky!
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp5207bw.swf, 585, 444 [/swf]
I decided that since we had no shortage of blue sky that I would incorporate that as part of the design element in each photo. To do that, you guessed it, I knew I would be shooting to create B&W images. I enjoyed the challenge and at times, the rocks would win and other times, I won. Good to be pushed!
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp5394bw.swf, 585, 444 [/swf]
I actually really like this last image. I’m not really sure what originally caught my attention but I know I just threw the lens up to this arrangement. It’s just rocks, just a design element, but for me, it works.
Here again, all of these images, from noise reduction to B&W finishing was all done with CS5 and NO pluggins.
Photos captured by D3x, 24/45 PC-E on Lexar UDMA digital film