Volcanic Autumn by Alex Noriega

Washington’s 14,411-foot Mount Rainier, seen from high above Tipsoo Lake during a foggy autumn sunrise. Yet another image that’s been sitting on my hard drive for 8 or 9 months! I wanted a composition that showcased the fall foliage here, and that displayed Rainier’s dominance of the surrounding landscape in context. I’ve always thought Rainier looked like a raisin in the typical ultra-wide reflection shots from the lake shore below, but she’s a behemoth! Hopefully this image conveys her commanding presence. Private Workshops
Processing Instruction Sorry about the quality, 500px compression is having a field day with all the detail in this file. You can see it uncompressed on my website here. Sad that even Facebook’s compression is less aggressive than 500’s nowadays.

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Beauty is and always will be blue skies and open highway. ― Dave Hickey by Oscar Nilsson

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Z is for Zabriskie by Ted Gore

Zabriskie point. The crown jewel for photographers in Death Valley. When you visit the front desk of the lodge at furnace creek, you are met with a large pano photograph of a line of photographers perched on a hill overlooking Zabriskie point with the caption ‘Photographers Paradise’ below it. It’s a bit comical to me because nothing about that kind of situation is a paradise for me… standing shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of other photogs, shooting the same thing! And if you’ve ever been here to the main lookout, you know… this place is a madhouse every morning with photographers. In fact, the day I took this shot, I counted 50 from where I was strategically positioned, in a location far away from the main lookout. I had made my way out along a side ridge to avoid the crowd, to gain a different vantage, and to have a better angle for the direction of the light. I’ve visited Zabriskie point on several occasions and while the popularity of the place is a bit off putting to me, I still recognize the uniqueness of the landscape, and had always wanted to capture a shot of it that I was happy with. I was really happy to snag this one. The sun light was being filtered by a very thin layer of clouds which gave off a stronger yet still soft light that I thought was better than the typical clear sky soft light, and I was able to capture the shot while a man was making his way through the landscape on a early morning hike. The scale of this place is so easily lost… even when you are standing there in person looking at it. I was actually surprised when I saw him, because the confusing, twisting, alien nature of the land has a way of throwing off all your capabilities of understanding the scale of the place. When I saw him, I was surprised at how small he was! That combined with the criss crossing ripples of mineral rich soil and rock and the perfect soft morning light make for an image I’m proud of. Learn my processing techniques. Sign up for my Email List.

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Pele is Whispering by Tom Kualii

A quick visit with Pele.

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Photographers !!! by Lara Koo

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The Gift by Lizzy Gadd

“Nerves are a gift to you, reminding you that your life is not passing you by. Make friends with the butterflies. Welcome them when they come, revel in them, enjoy them, and if they go away, do whatever it takes to put yourself in a position where they return. Better to have a stomach full of butterflies than to feel like your life is passing you by.” -Rob Bell. Just recently read those words and they’ve been sticking to me like glue this week. If anyone knows me, you know my greatest struggle is overcoming crippling nerves and stomach butterflies every time I put myself in a new situation/meet new people. I try to hide it and not let it stop me, but I’ve always viewed fears as something to conquer up until now… so to embrace them and revel in them is changing my perspective lately. It’s helping me appreciate and be grateful to be alive in every moment. And boy am I grateful to be alive in this moment!

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“Dreaming at Pray Lake” by Mark Metternich

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Post Processing Video Tutorials It is hard for me to imagine that I took this image 12 years ago with the Canon 10D and before people were stitching images together much. I just had someone buy it as a 60 inch Lumanchrome HD Print (Nevada Art Printers) and so re processed it starting from Raw. Makes me miss Glacier National Park! 🙂 BTW, “ULTIMATE LIGHTROOM RAW” is now available on my website. The definitive Lightroom Video Tutorial (a full 7.5 hour course) for nature / landscape photographers, if you are interested… Feel free to follow me on my FACEBOOK
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Whisper of dawn by William Patino

Join my upcoming NZ workshop This sunrise was shot over one of my favourite lakes in New Zealand. I’ve been coming here for years yet this visit last month was the first time I had a stunning light display align with the glassy reflection. Almost too caught up in the moment, I returned home with only a handful of images which really failed to do justice to this moment.

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Canton Tower by Jennifer Bin

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Happy Father’s Day by Adrian C. Murray

Just want to wish everyone here on 500px a very happy father’s day! This is an image of my oldest son, Emerson, and myself. 🙂

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Blue hour by Takashi Yasui

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The Power of Thor by Michael Shainblum

Thors Well after the clearing of a storm, taken after sunset. To learn how to process images like this one, check out some of my tutorials here:
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