Random back yard photographs

 

Winter morning Sun-star / Just After Sunrise / over Miller's Mountain, Arkansas

 

X marks the spot

 

Christmas EveEve sky

 

The sky is confused

Winter sky returns in the spring

Firebird in the noon-time sky

Another winter sky shot / Fuji X-T1 / 12mm Samyang / HDR

Valley View landscape / sky shot / 1 Leica M9, 15mm x 2 merged / 1 Fuji X-T1, 12mm, lots of Topaz applied

Big Sky This Morning

Sony RX1 / Stormy skies

Another morning sky / Sony RX1

Big sky / Sony A7 / Voigtlander 15mm / F11 / +/- 1 stop x 3 / HDR / Photomatrix / Topaz

What's your sky look like today? / Sony A7 / Voigtlander 15mm

Just down the road from Vail, Colorado / Sony Nex 6 / collapsible kit lens

Sony NEX 6 / 16mm pancake / wide angle / Big Sky Cloud Drama

I've always admired large format photography. Photographers lugged big cameras with tripods and large plates in an attempt capture the vast beauty of nature. Think Ansel at Yosemite. I can and do cheat with digital by shooting a series of images vertically then stitching them together. PS knows to turn them 90 degrees as it makes it a seamless picture. I shoot these all the time and post those I like best here. The sky is a constant source of drama. Changing weather patterns display cloud formations of varying density from shades of white to shades of gray. The sky adds the contrasting blues in the background. The sun lights it all up to heighten contrast. I can't always do the scene justice but I keep trying.

Sky Shots / Leica X1 / Merged

Each day brings new sky shows. Seemingly all unique. The first radiant light leading to a rainbow I've shot. Like a Ferris wheel in the sky. The dark clouds were taken within minutes of the other shots. I couldn't put my hands on anything really wide so I grabbed the 35mm X1 and shot side to side and merged them. The scenes, shot only minutes apart each convey a wildly different message.