Salton Sea Workshop - Images

[Guy Mancuso]

Guy, you need to drag that trailer to Salvation Mountain :ROTFL:!

I tried the hitch broke off. The air conditioning was working fine though

 

[Guy Mancuso]

One from my first evening....

Yea i saw this one in her review of images and thought maybe one of her best shots. That was a amazing evening shoot.

 

[Terry]

Terry, missed this one, sorry! Awesome sky and the three pelicans make it :thumbs:

Thanks, Jack.
The file larger looks much better and the clouds aren't clipped. So, something in my jpeg conversion is making this sort of worse than it is. I need to go back in with your actions and play around.

 

[MikeScecina]

Table for six.

 

[Terry]

Mike,
I would love to see your whole Salton Sea gallery when you are done. You've got these great shots with a different perspective than many of us. It is great to see everyone's take on the same area.

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Mike,
I would love to see your whole Salton Sea gallery when you are done. You've got these great shots with a different perspective than many of us. It is great to see everyone's take on the same area.

Totally agree. Love to see all of it when you get it all processed out

 

[MikeScecina]

Jack, Terry and Guy, thanks for your comments. I'll have to figure out how to construct a gallery but I'll get it done.
There's only one way to capture a Fouquiera splendens though.

 

[Joseph Ramos]

Joshua Tree Friday

 

[Jack]

Joe, great B&W treatment -- you really have that Horseman and Leaf back humming!

 

[Jack]

Thanks, Jack.
The file larger looks much better and the clouds aren't clipped. So, something in my jpeg conversion is making this sort of worse than it is. I need to go back in with your actions and play around.

In general, a jpeg will clip bright skies as some of the yellow band is OOG. One thing that can help a bit is to dial your max curves output to around 250-252 before you convert it.

 

[MikeScecina]

Terry,
+4 on your 'first evening' shot. Simply beautiful. And it's even more powerful with the fourth pelican. :ROTFL:

 

[Jack]

Here is a set that I think illustrates the changing moods of the Salton Sea. Clearly the mood here changes daily, but on this particular moarning it changed minute by minute. These three shots are taken over the course of about 12 minutes as the Sun rose and processed pretty much straight out of the camera.

Early:

Mid:

Later:

 

[Jack]

Next a local warehouse a bit past it's prime:

 

[Bob]

I took some shots the day after too.
Some were lovely
-bob

 

[Jack]

Finally, my shots from Salvation Mountain:

It's bigger than you think and all done by one man:

It ook a few gallons of paint:

Everything carries a message:

Some are even welded on:

An interesting life's work for sure:

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Joshua Tree Friday

Okay this one Joe is smoking hot. Well done

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Here is a set that I think illustrates the changing moods of the Salton Sea. Clearly the mood here changes daily, but on this particular moarning it changed minute by minute. These three shots are taken over the course of about 12 minutes as the Sun rose and processed pretty much straight out of the camera.

Early:

Mid:

Later:

Tell ya bud i am still in debate over these myself on which minute looks the best. I am leaning towards number 2 . Mostly blue sky with a touch of pink. What I don't like so much is how hot in color the tree got. I like it more white

 

[MikeScecina]

On the warehouse wall.

 

[Jack]

Tell ya bud i am still in debate over these myself on which minute looks the best. I am leaning towards number 2 . Mostly blue sky with a touch of pink. What I don't like so much is how hot in color the tree got. I like it more white

I hear you --- I am torn, but leaning toward the earliest all blue ones...

 

[Jack]

Here are a few IR shots form Bombay Beach:

(False Color)