Cool night shots, Mountaineer® and Hikin Mike®!
Doug, I'm eager to go to the Eureka Dunes too, and also the Racetrack, I haven't been to either location yet. Your Mono Lake moon shot is superb!
Hey Dave Senac, I always enjoy going through your photos, they are beautiful! Of course I really love Velvia 50 during magic lighting and the extra color and contrast it provides, but I do have a question on your photos which just may be your "preference" or "philosophy", which is cool. You take lots of overnight backpacking trips lugging your gear around to gorgeous places, and your compositions and subject matters are wonderful, but out of your dozens of photographs on your website I don't see any (or very few) "magic lighting" shots... sunrise, sunset, low light, etc. Do you prefer mid-day photos over magic lighting hours? I'm just curious. I virtually spend my early mornings and evenings in the wilderness shooting frantically when the color saturation levels are sweet and then hike during the mid-day sun, taking "documentation" shots of my hike during the day. I do find time to take a cast or three with a fly between clicks, though!
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I actually plan my days around where I'll be for mornings and evenings, but it seems the opposite for you, as most of your images appear during regular daylight hours. There's obvisouly no right or wrong or better or worse, just tastes and preferences, but being a "photographer" you are obviously purposely seeking mid-day lighting? Again, they're beautiful images, just not traditional lighting. Maybe traditions need to be shaken up now and then. Personally I find color saturation has more to do with natural lighting than the film used. Velvia 50 can obviously enhance color, but the vivid colors must be there in the first place to bring the saturation out more fully, which is where sweet lighting comes into play. Congrats on a great portfolio and I hope you sell meeeellions of them!
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