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fnaqzna · 01-27-2008, 11:03 PM

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Manic_Skafe · 01-28-2008, 05:21 AM

Great work - the sky in all three shots has this surreal and breathtaking quality to it.

Thanks for sharing.

PonyPotato · 01-28-2008, 05:32 AM

I really love the very "summery" looking sky in contrast with the snow.

I also really like the composition of these shots. You do a great job of choosing what to shoot and where to put it in your frame.

JumpinJesus · 01-28-2008, 05:12 PM

Snow in the desert - even if it is high desert - just doesn't make sense to me.

Nice shots as always, fnaqzna.

im2smrt4u · 01-28-2008, 05:33 PM

Wow! Where did you take those? Awesome pictures!

shesus · 01-28-2008, 05:59 PM

Great composition. I'd never believe snow in the desert, not the usual shots.

fnaqzna · 01-29-2008, 05:25 PM

Thanks everyone. These were taken east of Lake Isabella, near Walker Pass... California.

Edit... here's one more.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/2223086465/" title="Hidden Desert by .: sandman, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2223086465_203e9d0071.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Hidden Desert" /></a>

xepherys · 01-30-2008, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JumpinJesus

Snow in the desert - even if it is high desert - just doesn't make sense to me.

I used to think the same thing. It's a precipitation thing. Did you know that there are areas of the ocean that are classified as desert? Crazy!

Anyways, awesome pics!

intecel · 01-31-2008, 01:27 PM

I'm curious what kind of post-processing you do to those pictures?

fnaqzna · 01-31-2008, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by intecel

I'm curious what kind of post-processing you do to those pictures?

Adjustments to white balance, contrast, luminosity, saturation... the standard tricks.

Gotta say though... a lot of that blue sky is the result of the lens, a Tokina 12-24mm f/4. It makes the sky pop.

Starkizzer · 01-31-2008, 10:05 PM

I miss seeing joshua trees! Since moving to school I don't get to see them much anymore and when I do go home there are so many damn housing tracks popping up that the joshua trees are disappearing.

fnaqzna · 02-02-2008, 06:27 PM

I got out again today... saw a burro. Can't remember the last one I saw in the wild.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/2237416029/" title="Wild Burro by .: sandman, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2237416029_03721727c7.jpg" width="500" height="358" alt="Wild Burro" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/2237391067/" title="Desert Fence by .: sandman, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2237391067_19e1523a40_b.jpg" width="1024" height="678" alt="Desert Fence" /></a>

PonyPotato · 02-02-2008, 07:25 PM

For being a wild burro, that guy's in really good shape. Good weight, good feet. I'm surprised.

I also really like the fence shot. There's no landscape even remotely like that in Ohio, so your photos are really nice to look at.

troit · 02-04-2008, 07:22 AM

I really need to move out of the city...

Your pictures always remind me of a TV show I've begun to watch with some frequency over the past year: http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/3242/ep:1705

01-28-2008, 05:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Manic_Skafe More Than You Expect Location: Queens	Great work - the sky in all three shots has this surreal and breathtaking quality to it. Thanks for sharing. __________________ "Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

01-28-2008, 05:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
PonyPotato Soaring Location: Ohio!	I really love the very "summery" looking sky in contrast with the snow. I also really like the composition of these shots. You do a great job of choosing what to shoot and where to put it in your frame. __________________ "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

01-28-2008, 05:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	Snow in the desert - even if it is high desert - just doesn't make sense to me. Nice shots as always, fnaqzna. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

01-28-2008, 05:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
im2smrt4u Beer Aficionado Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Wow! Where did you take those? Awesome pictures! __________________ Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder

01-28-2008, 05:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
shesus Fancy Location: Chicago	Great composition. I'd never believe snow in the desert, not the usual shots. __________________ Whatever did happen to your soul? I heard you sold it Choose Heaven for the weather and Hell for the company

01-29-2008, 05:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
fnaqzna Meat Popsicle Location: Left Coast	Thanks everyone. These were taken east of Lake Isabella, near Walker Pass... California. Edit... here's one more. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/2223086465/" title="Hidden Desert by .: sandman, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2223086465_203e9d0071.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Hidden Desert" /></a> Last edited by fnaqzna; 01-29-2008 at 05:33 PM..

01-31-2008, 01:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
intecel Psycho	I'm curious what kind of post-processing you do to those pictures?

01-31-2008, 10:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
Starkizzer Hi floor! Make me a samwich. Location: Ontario (in the stray cat complex)	I miss seeing joshua trees! Since moving to school I don't get to see them much anymore and when I do go home there are so many damn housing tracks popping up that the joshua trees are disappearing. __________________ Frivolity, at the edge of a Moral Swamp, hears Hymn-Singing in the Distance and dons the Galoshes of Remorse. ~Edward Gorey

02-02-2008, 06:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
fnaqzna Meat Popsicle Location: Left Coast	I got out again today... saw a burro. Can't remember the last one I saw in the wild. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/2237416029/" title="Wild Burro by .: sandman, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2237416029_03721727c7.jpg" width="500" height="358" alt="Wild Burro" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/2237391067/" title="Desert Fence by .: sandman, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2237391067_19e1523a40_b.jpg" width="1024" height="678" alt="Desert Fence" /></a> Last edited by fnaqzna; 02-04-2008 at 08:04 PM..

02-02-2008, 07:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
PonyPotato Soaring Location: Ohio!	For being a wild burro, that guy's in really good shape. Good weight, good feet. I'm surprised. I also really like the fence shot. There's no landscape even remotely like that in Ohio, so your photos are really nice to look at. __________________ "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

02-04-2008, 07:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	I really need to move out of the city... Your pictures always remind me of a TV show I've begun to watch with some frequency over the past year: http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/3242/ep:1705 __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...