Last one in this late afternoon Anza Borrego sky series. This is the one where I was lying on my back to take the shot, getting a cactus spine in my backside.
I tend to take series of photos in one place more often now when travelling with our son. We don't get to stop a lot to take photos, so when we do stop we will have a high concentration of photos in one area. That, and this scene warranted several photos and I have a hard time culling them.
For GIMP/Photoshop users and those interested (I used GIMP): A scree duplicate layer was applied on top of the bottom half of the image (gradient masked out of the sky) to brighten the foreground and then a white to black (bottom to top) overlay layer was also added. That gave more contrast to the sky and further brightened the foreground. Sort of my standard edit for shots like this where the sky overpowers the foreground. Some call it DRI, but that can also involve multiple exposures. This was just one exposure. I try not to overdo it, eg. the layers aren't applied at 100%. The fill-in flash did help a lot with this one.
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David Sedlmayer 60 months ago | reply
gorgeous!
-Midnight Sun 59 months ago | reply
Absolutely stunning.
Dreamzanstuff at Zazzle 59 months ago | reply
Wow!
rafaela.cruz 59 months ago | reply
nice shot :)
my way to take pictures 59 months ago | reply
WOW! very nice shot and great sky!
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rashid2005 58 months ago | reply
a very high definition photo i like to download it and put as dekstop background on my pc
luceey 57 months ago | reply
wow! this is so perfect!
Francesco Aletheia 57 months ago | reply
Bellissima!
Misuqui 56 months ago | reply
Beautiful!!
0millencolin0 55 months ago | reply
love the clouds !
Mr.Dojo 53 months ago | reply
Nice shot man!!
Pat's Pics36 51 months ago | reply
Beautiful perspective and the sky is spectacular!
Tafzeel 47 months ago | reply
Nice sky!
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Diego CHn. 42 months ago | reply
Great...
Young photo girl 42 months ago | reply
Wow that awesom!
Katja & Hanspeter Staeblein 41 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pro Natura and landscape, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Vlad_Iftimescu 40 months ago | reply
I would freaking love this as a wallpaper..NICE!
M. Dolly 25 months ago | reply
Inspiring shot, I like the chuparosa in bloom there.