Bryce is one of those small gems of a location. It’s not a large area but it is rich in photographic possibilities. I have come to like Bryce in the November – December time farm with snow if one is so lucky to get snow. I also like shooting with long lenses and capturing only part of the landscape. Best of all s to take a small hime and explore the valley and shoot from different angles. Get off the tourist lookout areas.
On my trip this past summer to Svalbard I was amazed at a lot of things. The wildlife always had my attention, but the ice and incredible landscapes had my focus. All during the trip I saw huge glaciers, wide open ice packs, and like in the image an amazing amount of melt off running off these glacier at an amazing large volume. This image I find to be stunning as there is so much depth and detail.
On the recent Antarctica Trip we were the first boat of the season to cruise through the Lemaire channel. Tis in one of the most gorgeous places you can visit. We did it at sunrise. This image is a 9 image stitch made into a pano from a moving ship handheld. It shows one shore line as well as both opening of the channel. Made with a Nikon d800e it enlarges to be a spectacular image.
Iceland is an amazing place to photograph. On my last trip to Iceland in March of 2013 I did a lot of large landscape images and much of it was black and white and stitched images making large panos. These were made with a Phase One IQ180 so I had 80 megapixel images to work with. The detail is amazing in these images. I call the images immersive imaging. What this means at least in my way of thinking is that when I make big print they draw a viewer in. Many times I hang these large 4×9 foot images and watch as someone starts looking at it from 10 feet away. Then something catches their eye and the next thing you know they are a foot away from the images discovering detail like they haven’t seen before in a photograph.
As you may know I am fond of rust and decay. Each time I visit Antarctica I seem to always find good rust shots. Usually at old whaling sites or research bases. This is a side of a rusty tank shot at a Polish Antarctica Research Station.
A week ago I was deep into the Antarctic region. We drove our ship the Polar Explorer up onto an ice shelf, lowered the gangway and walked across the frozen bay to visit Port Lockroy. It was just the beginning of an amazing day.
Last week I was in Antarctica. It was very early in the summer season and I was seeing major blizzards and lots of snow and ice. Also, it was mating season for Penguins and there was a lot of it going on. I loved this shot. Penguin Love.
Wow…what an incredible two weeks. I am back from the Antarctica expedition. It was great to see Antarctica so early in the summer season. Beaches that I have landed on before were snow-covered with six feet of snow right up to the waters edge. There is so much to share about this trip. I am preparing a long article that will appear here and on Luminous-Landscape so stay tuned. Meanwhile enjoy the first image with more to come.
I made my first trip the Dolomites, Italy this year and I will certainly be back. This is a pano image of Alpe Di Diusi. You will be overwhelmed if you visit this location especially when the sun sets and rises. Quite a place.
One thing I loved about Scotland is the castles. They were everywhere. Seems back in the olden days you had to make sure you could defend your home from nasty neighbors. This castle sits on an island and can only e reached by boat at high tide. Otherwise it is just mud at low tide. There was a small road that became visible at low tide leading to the castle. We lucked out though as we photographed here twice and spectacular sunsets each time. The hard part is keeping detail in the castle while not burning out the sky. I’ll teach you how that is done if you attend one of or LuLa workshops.