Shots from the Moab workshop

[Mike Hatam]

Mike,
I love where you went to shoot the Three Gossips. I was excited to shoot there the last morning but I am not happy with the shots I ended up getting. You have a lot of shots where I like where you hiked to!

Thanks Terry. I have a few other "off the beaten path" photos that I'll post soon (hopefully tonight). I took a few strenuous hikes to get off the road and get some less common angles.

Mike

 

[Mike Hatam]

OK, now I'm going to post a few of my favorite shots from the trip.

First up... this is from Friday morning, when we ventured to the back-end of the park. This was the sunrise shoot (just before we went to Landscape Arch).

I ventured out across the field in to the "fins", and saw the sun hitting this snow bank and rock at a very appealing angle.

 

[Mike Hatam]

Another from the Friday morning sunrise shoot - back in the "fins" at sunrise.

 

[Mike Hatam]

Here's my shot of "Landscape Arch"...

 

[Mike Hatam]

Probably my best shot of Balance Rock. Taken from the hill across the road from the parking lot.

 

[Mike Hatam]

I ventured "off road" to find a new angle of the "Window Arch" cluster. This was taken about half way between "Garden of Eden" and "Turret Arch". I hiked off the road, and up a steep hill that was covered with snow/ice. It was a bit treacherous, but worth it, as I discoverd some new compositions.

This one is probably my favorite from that hike...

 

[Mike Hatam]

Here's another shot from the same hike. Similar composition, but taken from a different hill (nearby) with different foreground, and the sun at a lower angle.

 

[Jack]

Jack,
Did you use your MP at all?

Hi Cindy:

No, I am sorry to say I did not. I was flying so kept my bag to a minimum --- 2 M8's and six lenses )) HOWEVER... Jim adn Linda happened to have an MP there to borrow and Bob Freund grabbed it, found the only roll of 35mm film left in Moab and exposed it! And, I suspect we WILL be seeing some scans on this very thread soon :thumbup:

 

[Mike Hatam]

I saw this scene on my way to Moab, when driving in from the airport at Grand Junction, but I couldn't find a way to shoot it (I couldn't find any roads that would get me close and a good angle).

On the way back to the airport on Saturday morning, I found a road that got me within about a mile of the railroad track. Then I hoofed it the rest of the way (in 8 inches of snow!) to get this shot.

This is at a high elevation (around 6,000 feet) near the border of Utah and Colorado, about a mile off of HWY 70.

 

[Terry]

Yes, Mike did like to wander around....He can even be found in other people's pictures. Can you find Mike


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This little section of the picture is from the far right of the large image midway down on the vertical...

 

[MikeScecina]

Really beautiful shots Mike. So glad that you got the second chance with the train cars.

 

[cmb_]

Really beautiful shots Mike. The foreground on the Landscape Arch shot is very rich, I like how the snow sits on that branch.

 

[cmb_]

A few sunset shots. There were two nights that were spectacular, although on one of them the sun was behind the clouds for a long time and just peeked out for a minute. No Photoshop tricks here, just normal processing and some cropping.

 

[Jack]

Mike, GREAT shot on the train cars!

Terry, AMAZING pull from an M8 that far away! Was that the 90 Summarit?

Charlie, LOVE the varied colors in the sunset/sunrise shots!

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Great stuff folks , really if you go back from the beginning of the thread there is just some amazing imagery right to the last post and it does not stop.

 

[Terry]

Terry, AMAZING pull from an M8 that far away! Was that the 90 Summarit?

Yes, Jack you know your scenery and fields of view! It was the 90 Summarit.

For others thinking about the Summarits who read this thread, like Guy said in his tests, the 75 and 90 Summarits are very easy to focus. I "borrowed" both (from our full supply of demo lenses) for a couple of days and had no problem getting good focus (wide open) without a magnifier. 100% crop

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[cmb_]

Here is the postcard view of Landscape Arch shot with the R 19mm. This is what I was framing in the photo Mike posted of me earlier. Thanks for that one Mike.

If you follow the rock formation from Landscape Arch just to the right you will see this group:

 

[cmb_]

Another interesting formation. Late afternoon sun.

 

[jlm]

some morning faces

 

[hdrmd]

Mike: The train shot is special; a nice bit of seeing. DR