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Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, January 2015Comments, favs and critiques are welcome.
Thank you in advance.
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I had to look it up on the goggle map,.....great shot Chris, she gives the image a sense of how vast the location is, so clear !
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indeed, the location is impressive, thank you Jonathan
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It's like if it were on a different planet, some sort of sci-fi scene, well use of the scenery plus her gray coat makes her look as if she belong there.
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Really spectacular. Someone could dismiss this shot as a touristy photo executed by a very skilled photographer. But that would be a huge mistake. The telltale element of a very well thought image is the way the far background snow capped mountains intersect the interior of the arc and the placement of her head against them. The wind effect on the clothing is fabulous because it takes what might be immovable shapes, big rocks, huge mountains, an overwhelming dominance in the scene and adds a sense of vulnerability. It isn't just, that against nature at this scale people are vulnerable, its that there are other elements at work. As strong as these geologic formations may be, there is the wind and it shapes them as much as the clothing. Now Chris may not have intended all of this when he set up the shot (which I know he always does with care and attention no matter how fast he works), but his eye saw it all and he put it in his camera for his mind to extract at the proper time.
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Wow, thank you very much for this detailed and -in every way- accurate observation. Above you see a 7 frame (vertical, handheld), f/13 panorama, which required a previous composition in my mind. In fact, I was lucky with the wind which gave the scarf the right angle to support the alignment of the arc and the shadows created by the morning light. And you are also right, assuming I was short in time. As you certainly know, the Alabama Hills have been backdrop for countless TV and film productions (mainly western) and are therefore magnet for interested tourists. We arrived in the late afternoon in Lone Pine, the next little city nearby, and checked in a hotel, which hosted all of the famous western Hollywood stars like John Wayne. The dining room, we found out the morning after, was plastered with autograph cards of them all. After a cafe we drove to the Alabama Hills and seemed to be the only ones. It´s simply breathtaking to climb (easily) around in this breathtaking surrounding and taking pictures - you must go there, if you haven´t been there before. As we reached the arc we only had about 3 min. of loneliness. We have been overhauled be two elderly men, who were heavily equipped with photo gear - each of them had at least two cameras around his neck with big bags holding all kind of glasses, tripods. Ze germans! To take position, which allowed me to reach right angle, I had to climb on a rock vis-a-vis the arc, while ze Germans were standing around this rock, saying nothing primarily. As I reached the top of the rock I examined the first sing of resentment from the folks below:"Will it take long, we want to take pictures of ze arc" one of them declared with a German ascent. I was close to tell them to give tomorrow a shot, but didn´t want to get in any discussions. Instead of that I told them, that form the top of this rock I see another great spot which they should try first. They didn´t want to listen and preferred to continue pushing me by their sheer presence. An almost surreal situation, if you take the peaceful and outstanding surrounding in account. However, I took the 7 frames you see above and left, before a emotional climate change could take place.
Did you see the moon in the picture?
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I see the moon now. Like everything else in the composition you put it in a great spot.... haha. Good "making of" story. Thanks.
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have you ever been there?
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Just driven by. Never stopped.
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btw. the moon was there and I did not photoshop the capture
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Of course not. I was being clever.
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