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More Panoramics

I have always liked panoramic images; anything with an aspect ratio of 1.6:1 or greater catches my eye for some reason.
This is why I LOVE shooting with my Fuji GX617 camera whose 6x17cm images have an aspect ratio of 2.8:1

We took a drive up the Pacific Coast to Monterey, CA about a week ago and I got to take a few shots.

-Leo

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Horseshoe Bend

An amazing site of one of the most famous twists in the Colorado River. This happens to be in Page Arizona.
I don’t think any photo can do justice to how amazing this looks in person :-)

This particular photo was taken with a 4×5 film camera using a 65mm lens (equivalent to 17mm in 35mm camera terms)

-leon

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Playa Trails movie

Here is the movie version of startrails over the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, enjoy!

-Leo

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Delicate Arch

This is one of my favorite places to photograph and is well worth the steep hike :-)
I had the benefit of beautiful puffy clouds on this occasion and I can’t wait to go back there again soon.

-Leo

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Solar Rainbow

We were camping out at the Alabama Hills in Lone Pine, CA and as the sun was setting my friend Jim noticed an interesting artifact that the sun made behind the hills.
I used a polarizing filter on the lens to help intensify the the effect.

If you happen to know what this phenomenon is called, please do let me know :-)

-leon

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The Fins

Here’s a recent scan I did to test a newly acquired drums scanner I recently picked up on the used market.
The picture itself was taken back in early 2010. The image was made on a Toyo 8×10 field camera with a 210mm lens.

As you can tell from the way I cropped the image that I favor more rectangular aspect ratios for most of my landscape images :-)

Cheers,
Leon

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Star Trail at the Racetrack

I spent a solitary evening camping out at the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley back in December 2010.
I set up a couple of cameras on the playa and let them shoot for several hours.

One camera was a Canon 5D2 Digital SLR with a 15mm fisheye lens. I shot a series of 2.5minutes long exposures that I later combined into a single image.

The second camera was my self-make 4×5 film camera with 65mm fixed lens. The 65mm lens provides a very wide field of view – equivalent to 17mm on 35mm format!

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Racetrack Playa – Death Valley National Park CA

The Racetrack Playa at Death Valley National Park (DVNP) is an amazing place to see. I try to go there every time I’m in Death Valley.

There are two ways to get to the Playa.
One is by taking Saline Valley Road just before getting to Panamint Springs. This involves traversing a moderately difficult off-road trail. The most difficult section is getting over the Lippincott Pass; This requires a high clearance 4WD vehicle and a driver with some experience.
The second way of getting to the Playa is by taking a 27mile long washboard (rough at times) road from the Ubehebe Crater in DNVP. This will lead you past Teak Kettle Junction. The Playa is another 6 miles from Teakettle Junction.

However you get there, I am sure you will enjoy the unfathomable vastness and solitude you will encounter out there.

Have fun,
leon

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