Lake Union from Gas Works Park

I Guess It’s Ansel Adams Tribute Week

The other day I posted my meh panorama from Guanella Pass. Then yesterday GregT posts his majestic b/w shot of Mt. Bierstadt, taken a few miles up the road. Well, I was standing a few feet away and took a similar shot myself. I think it lacks a certain something, but what the heck. Two different crops…

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Guanella Pass: Panorama Practice

As Rocky Mountain panoramas go, this one is on the meh side. But it was good practice.

Gateway to the Old West: a composition comparison (poll)

I’ve recently been learning more about some of the principles of composition, and in particular am thinking about symmetry and motion through the shot. Last fall I took some pics in and around Taos, and one I took over in Angel Fire has become one of my favorites. But now I’m wondering if a second treatment, which approached the subject from a different perspective, might be better. So what do you think?

Here’s the alternate shot, which I just processed.

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UPDATED: Garden of the Gods

Thanks to the haranguing of GregT, I have reprocessed this to scale back on the HDR even more. New, and hopefully final, version:

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