Mono

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Cookie Head says:

Nice!!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

d_v_b says:

Hey, wait a second! You used a polarizer on this!

Be that as it may, this is gorgeous. Great timing, getting that gull in the shot.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Kiki FL says:

The color depth is quite nice in this lovely shot.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

flocke1981 says:

great work muzzlehatch
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

A.Alwosaibie says:

Awesome shot!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

I used the polarizer the whole trip if shooting in the day. The sky was so boring the whole time.

But I'm still sceptical about CP's with wide angle lenses. It just makes the scene look a litte too fancy.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Max_Vernon says:

Lovely shiny water!

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crankykoopa says:

The polarizer does make the scene a little surreal in due to the intensity of the blue sky and reduction of glare in the water. But I don't think the "fanciness" detracts from your image.

What polarizer do you use?

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Muzzlehatch says:

It's a Hoya HMC.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

crankykoopa says:

Thanks for the info, Muzz.

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marctonysmith says:

Mono Lake always looks a little surreal. Those tufas are just too other-wordly. This is a great shot.

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Muzzlehatch says:

@cranky: I'm not a fan. I dropped it and it fell apart. It still falls apart from time to time and requires reassembly. If I were more of a polarizer user I'd get something better. But this is fine considering I bring it out of the bag every 6 months if that.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

~ fernando says:

I need to go there... even though I drove by it. Now I have to wait until next summer.

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Muzzlehatch says:

If you do go, make sure to take a side trip up to Bodie State Park. It's about 30-45 minutes away and well worth the side trip. If you like ghost towns. And you do.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Grant MacDonald says:

brilliant image. Love the blue sky and the landscape is almost surreal! Love it.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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~ fernando says:

I was in downtown LA on Sunday, and lived there, so yes, I like ghost towns. Yeah, thanks... never heard of it... I went to Silver Lake then south to Bristlecone State Park, so missed Mono Lake. Tioga pass is the way to go there (from here), so only while it is open, and not make it through Tahoe. Though tempting.

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The Bugmaster says:

Beautiful colors. It's just too bad you didn't get a more interesting sky.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Muzzlehatch says:

Yeah. Funny, there was still snow on the ground in shady north facing areas from a storm that moved through just before we got there. In landscape shooting, timing is everything.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Muzzlehatch says:

We went to Silver Lake. I made a pano there which I'll post. Beautiful place!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

CrystalCorridors08 says:

This is brilliant!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

°Amanda says:

Wow...spectacular.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

ml_thorsteinson says:

I agree. Spectacular.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Kazooze says:

Outstanding...not too fancy in my opinion! Love Mono Lake...a definite favorite part of California I always want to return to . . . weather possible, of course!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Muzzlehatch says:

It was my first time. :) I got stinky tufa mud all up in my boots.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

natu®e // says:

2¢ on polarizers: I agree that sometimes the effect can be goofy, but other times it can be just right, as when it helps reduce the contrast between sky and ground, or takes the glare off a building's windows. It's also nearly essential if you find yourself shooting in the otherwise unshootable light of mid-day summer sun — at least, it makes things look interesting. It's definitely the one filter I recommend to beginners, though getting them to understand how to use it is another thing.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Azazelle says:

This is perfect with the bird in the sky. I love the water as well. Very beautiful Eric.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

jamesgalpin says:

Ooh, that's delicious. The colour is wonderful.

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Pat-B says:

Stunning!! Well done my friend.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

mechugna says:

And here I was about to say you should go to Mono Lake. My momma was just there...
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

alisonhulot says:

Can you call it a seagull when it's over a lake? I think it's a lake gull. Shame it's not over a bay and then it would be a bagel.
PAC
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Muzzlehatch says:

Mark Twain wrote about the seagulls at Mono Lake in his book Roughing It.

He was as perplexed by the seagulls at Mono Lake as we are.
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

bigcityal says:

I think I read somewhere that mono means one - just thought I'd let you know.
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Lorac's says:

why o why must you pac these images, Eric. Honestly, you make me feel evil and bad when you do that. Must you go out of your way to force me to try and pac this gorgeousness, FEH!! PAC
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