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Wall, Cactus, Window and a Tree

Cactus wall, San Miguel Mexico

I am still in San Miguel, Mexico and we have had a great PODAS workshop.  It’s always fun to lead a workshop like this.  I make new friends and get to photograph with some really great people.  This workshop was different because instead of photographing the big expansive landscapes we were shooting ruins, streets and such.  Totally different but with some fantastic results.  It’s fun to change the game.  This si a shot made at an old silver mine.  This was a fantastic place to visit.  We had a local on this workshop who knew people who knew other people and we were able to go where many people don’t go.  This shot I liked because of the awl, with a giant cactus in from and then how about a tree in the window.  I’ll try to post another image later today.

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Doorways Of San Miguel

Church Doorway, San Miguel, Mexico

Kind of hard to blog when I am running a PODAS Photography workshop. I am leading a group of Phase One users on a PODAS workshop in San Miguel Mexico.  We are having a great time with intensive photography excursions broken up with time for sharing, laughing and enjoying our passion of photography.  Visit the PODAS blog to follow everything that we do on this workshop. I’ll do my best to add entries when I can. Todays image is a doorway of a church outside of San Miguel.

 

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Hanging On

Tree Hanging On, Bryce Canyon

On one of my trips to Bryce Canyon I had one of those magic moment light sunrises.   Snow and this golden light and so much to shoot.  This is one shot. I like the tree with the softer focus of the hillside in the background.  Because this was short with a Phase One camera there is immense detail in the shot.  The roots clinging to the rocky surface and the try trying to defy the elements.  Love it!

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Norwegian Glacial Valley

Glacial Valley, Norway

One of the locations I want to do a PODAS workshop at next year will be Norway.  I was there a few years ago and have tremendously nice images from the trip.  This is one shot near the base of a still active glacier looking down the valley that the glacier once occupied.  The small puddle of water on the rock kind of sets a nice foreground for the distant valley.  If I remember this was shot with a P45+.

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Iceberg So Simple

Iceberg, Antarctica

This has been one of my favorite shots from many years.  Something about the angles, color and the fact that this was an iceberg.  Photographed from a ship in Antarctic I used a long lens to shoot close up sections of the iceberg.  This is blue and smooth because the ocean just keeps splashing on it and the water running off of it smooths it out.  I love the colors and the fact that nature created this and that this iceberg is long gone.

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Hurricane Ridge Weathered Tree

Weathered Tree - Olympic National Park

I keep coming back to Olympic National Park.  Have done a number of trips there and I will be leading a workshop there this fall.  While most people see this ridge called Hurricane Ridge from the parking lot, I decided to see a ridge I saw off in the distance and thus traveled a very rough road out to a farther ridge.  along the way on the top of the ridge were testaments to the battle trees fight to make their stance on this ridge.  There are small hearty evergreens with deep roots and then there are the ones like in this photo that fought the battle and lost.  Now they are at the mercy of the winds and nature and while dead take on a whole new look as natures wears them down.

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Iceland Land Of Such Beauty

Creek and waterfalls, Iceland

In May of this year I am leading another Phase One PODAS workshop to the beautiful country of Iceland.  This is a magnificent country with such beauty it is hard to describe but easy to appreciate.  Even the horses are art.  This shot was done on one of the main roads around Iceland.  here are a lot of spots like this so it is hard to get too far without wanting to jump out of the car and shoot another image.  If you are interested in going me on my workshop you can learn more information HERE.

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Mt. McKinley A Magnificent Sight

Mt. McKinley, Denali National PArk

There a re a few mountain peaks that grab big attention.  Peaks that you can see from far away.  Peaks that you are driving hours to get to you can see and it seems you are not getting any closer.  In Denali National Park there is a peak that hides itself behind clouds much of the time.  A few years ago while visiting one of my sons stationed at Fort Richardson and teaching  workshop I was able to get this shot.  Sunset at Denali.  I have a lot of other images from Denali too.  Grizzlies, a Lynx, mountain goes.  The place is a photographer paradise.

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Iceberg at Sunrise

Iceberg, Antarctica

Well you may have noticed that I have not made posts for several days.  I was quite busy when in Copenhagen setting up all the infrastructure for this years PODAS workshops.  We managed to set up three new workshops as well as take care of a lot of planning and a marketing plan for that will be an excellent workshop series this year.    Todays image was made several hers ago while cruising Antarctica.  The sky for several hours just stayed a purple color as the sun just set below the horizon but it never got dark.  Kind of like a sunset that turns into sunrise in a matter of 90 minutes.  Anyway today was a cold day when I awoke so I though it to be a good iceberg day.