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Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 04, 2007, 11:36:50 AM
Just to catch the sunrise...

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/379396307_8a5c8c2f77.jpg) (http://flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/379396307/)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/379374613_8132cde216.jpg) (http://flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/379374613/)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/379374457_f76fb75645.jpg) (http://flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/379374457/)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/379374287_e0443a14f5.jpg) (http://flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/379374287/)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/379374182_ae6d8e3e5c.jpg) (http://flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/379374182/)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/379519189_239d20f785.jpg) (http://flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/379519189/)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: kamilyun on February 04, 2007, 12:02:13 PM
Nice pics.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: moot on February 04, 2007, 12:04:55 PM
Watermark them if you want to; I'd really like them in hires :)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 04, 2007, 12:08:27 PM
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Originally posted by moot
Watermark them if you want to; I'd really like them in hires :)


If you click the image, you can get to the Flickr page... I have 1024x681 images there. If you wanted something even higher res, I can do that too.

They all share the same Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/).
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: moot on February 04, 2007, 12:20:26 PM
They're not going anywhere else than to my collection on my HDD, unaltered.
Would you send me higher resolution copies if I PMed you my email address?
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 04, 2007, 12:45:33 PM
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Originally posted by moot
They're not going anywhere else than to my collection on my HDD, unaltered.
Would you send me higher resolution copies if I PMed you my email address?


It's easier if I just upload higher rez stuff to flickr... have a look now. :)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: lasersailor184 on February 04, 2007, 01:01:10 PM
I miss the night sky.  It's so friggin bright here I can count the stars on two hands.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: rpm on February 04, 2007, 01:08:00 PM
Nice pics Sandy. Where did you take them?
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 04, 2007, 01:11:09 PM
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Originally posted by rpm
Nice pics Sandy. Where did you take them?


http://www.blm.gov/ca/ridgecrest/trona.html

Also... if you click the images, it'll open a flickr page... at the bottom right in the description, you'll find a map link.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Stringer on February 04, 2007, 01:13:26 PM
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I miss the night sky.  It's so friggin bright here I can count the stars on two hands.


At least that saves you the trouble of taking off your shoes....:)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: moot on February 04, 2007, 01:17:04 PM
Thank you!
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Wes14 on February 04, 2007, 01:18:23 PM
nice pics:aok
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Maverick on February 04, 2007, 01:32:53 PM
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I miss the night sky.  It's so friggin bright here I can count the stars on two hands.


I really don't know anyone with stars on their hands..........  :huh
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Curval on February 04, 2007, 01:42:52 PM
Really nice pics.

Very phallic landscape.  ;)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 04, 2007, 01:46:28 PM
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Originally posted by Curval
Really nice pics.

Very phallic landscape.  ;)


In the interest of further derailing my own thread, I have to wonder if this arouses you.

LOL.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Hap on February 04, 2007, 02:00:11 PM
Beautiful Sandy!


hap
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: lazs2 on February 05, 2007, 09:05:26 AM
Those pics make me feel even more crowded in even in my relatively rural community...

Oh well... couple more years and I will be able to take all my ill gotten gains and hide out in the sticks and pretend I am a free man.   well... free may be too strong a term but if I can either pee or shoot off my back porch (preferably both at once) then I will feel free...

lazs
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Nilsen on February 05, 2007, 11:25:23 AM
Very nice Sandy.. thx for sharing :)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sixpence on February 05, 2007, 01:48:23 PM
Wow, found a new site to find cheap pr0n
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 05, 2007, 01:56:09 PM
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Originally posted by lazs2
Those pics make me feel even more crowded in even in my relatively rural community...

Oh well... couple more years and I will be able to take all my ill gotten gains and hide out in the sticks and pretend I am a free man.   well... free may be too strong a term but if I can either pee or shoot off my back porch (preferably both at once) then I will feel free...

lazs


It's not like this was right outside the door. I had to drive 45 minutes to get there. :)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: lazs2 on February 05, 2007, 02:46:34 PM
oh... well then...  nevermind.

lazs
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Airscrew on February 05, 2007, 02:51:10 PM
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Originally posted by lazs2
Those pics make me feel even more crowded in even in my relatively rural community...

Oh well... couple more years and I will be able to take all my ill gotten gains and hide out in the sticks and pretend I am a free man.   well... free may be too strong a term but if I can either pee or shoot off my back porch (preferably both at once) then I will feel free...

lazs

well then I must only be half free,  I can pee off my front porch but because of a county ordance I only shoot my pellet gun...
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 05, 2007, 07:10:34 PM
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Originally posted by lazs2
oh... well then...  nevermind.

lazs


If it helps, I spent 35 of it driving past uninhabited desert. :)
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: DiabloTX on February 05, 2007, 07:14:40 PM
Only way the could be better IMHO is if there was a sprinkling of snow.  Something about snow in the desert.  Really nice pics Sandy.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Ripsnort on February 05, 2007, 07:35:19 PM
Great pics. Did you shoot them in RAW mode? How much post processing, if any, did you do?

There are 10 minutes of good light each day, 5 in the morning, and 5 in the evening, according to some famous photographer for National Geographic...looks like you timed it just right! :aok
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 05, 2007, 08:15:51 PM
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Only way the could be better IMHO is if there was a sprinkling of snow.  Something about snow in the desert.  Really nice pics Sandy.


Thanks Diablo. Snow would have been nice. It would have been warmer.

...but you're right. Snow covered desert is beautiful.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Sandman on February 05, 2007, 08:21:31 PM
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Great pics. Did you shoot them in RAW mode? How much post processing, if any, did you do?

There are 10 minutes of good light each day, 5 in the morning, and 5 in the evening, according to some famous photographer for National Geographic...looks like you timed it just right! :aok


Thanks Rip. I shot them in JPEG. I tried a bit in raw, but I can't really see the difference so I stopped. This was even after a guy I work with (who I consider to be insanely talented) said as much.

Only one image was post-processed, this one:

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/379396307_8a5c8c2f77.jpg)

This is an HDR image. The rest were simply cropped.

As for 10 minutes of good light... I dunno. I started shooting fifteen minutes before sunrise and stopped about fifteen minutes after. I shot the railroad crossing last, about 30 mins after sunrise.

Of course, I'm a gross amateur. What do I know.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: Curval on February 06, 2007, 08:42:02 AM
Message from Nuke follows:

Sandy, he wanted you to know:

"That he is a good photographer, but he may have the wrong idea regarding taking digital photographs in the RAW format.

RAW allows the camera's actual image settings to be manipulated post processing"

Message ends.
Title: Up early on a Sunday...
Post by: lazs2 on February 06, 2007, 08:52:40 AM
sandie... it helps but it isn't the same thing.

lazs