HudsonHaven
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PKnot
January 24, 2014
Oops! My mistake. I had compressed my browser and I thought the shot was cropped. Great shot, now that I see the entire thing.
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mcampi
December 23, 2015
Why do people have to shot at cars? maybe because they cannot hit a beer can???
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DuffyDoherty
December 23, 2015
It soothes their desire to kill? I don't know. How this car even got out there is a mystery! Thanks for your comments!
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Location
This image was taken in Death Valley National Park, on the backside of the hill where the Eureka Mine entrance is located. It is in a pretty remote area of the park. There are a number of old miner's shanties and an assortment of left behind machinery and living paraphernalia. This old Hudson caTime
This capture was taken about 1PMLighting
The sky was somewhat hazy, (ISO 200 kind of day) so the light was diffused. Not a lot of modeling from the sunlight.Equipment
I shot this with a Nikon D7000 and an 18-200mm VR lens. It was a good walk around combination. I shot it hand held at 1/320, F/16Inspiration
When I am out shooting, it seems my eye "opens" after awhile. I love shooting old, rusty, ruin type stuff, and Death valley had a ton of it. This car was really out in the open, so it could be shot easily from any angle. I decided to include the shanty town off in the distance, to provide some context...Editing
Just normal developing required of a RAW image, lens correction, leveling etc.In my camera bag
These days I go out with my D600 mounted with a 16-35mm F/4 VR and my D810 mounted with a 24-70mm F/2.8G. In my bag I also usually have a 70-200 FG/4 VR and a 50mm F/1.8. I'm usually more interested in shooting things close to me vs zooming in on objects in the distance...I also carry 1-2 SB-700 flashes. On this particular day I was shooting with a D7000.Feedback
They say the secret to great images is "F/8 and be there..." and there's something to that. Getting out there to shoot is the first thing. Take your camera(s) and go somewhere with the intent of shooting as your priority vs go somewhere and have your camera in case you see something... It seems to me that composition is the least understood aspect of making Photographs. It doesn't matter what kind of Photography you are interested in, if the composition is bad, the Photography will be bad, so work on understanding composition. I think taking a class on drawing and composition would help most Photographers improve far more quickly, than buying new equipment would. But that's me...! :)
