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Jim Collier > This was taken just off of Hwy 136 in California, which borders Owens Lake. Owens Lake is nestled between the Sierra Nevadas to the west, and Nelson Range to the east. It was supposedly sucked dry by the water demands of Los Angeles. I can say it was mostly dry.I am not superstitious, but this place, nestled in between two converging minor desert highways--had something strange and disorienting going on. Maybe it's because it is directly between Mt. Whitney--with the highest elevation in the lower 48 states, and Death Valley--the lowest elevation, which are only 76 miles apart.Or...maybe it's just that I had been driving for 16 hours straight without a break except for hiking up a 2400 ft. mountain in Death Valley. Anyway, this is a really neat area with lots of diverse things to see and do within a small radius, and lodging in Lone Pine just to the north.Approximate coordinates: lat 36.529307, long -117.912438. This shot is facing approximately N/NW, with a full moon. The exposure was short enough that the stars didn't blur much, but long enough that the blowing clouds did.
Jim Collier > 2007-04-01; McPhail Elementary photo
Jim Collier > This is one of my early infrared test shots with an unmodified camera--meaning a tripod, high ISO, long exposure, in-camera noise reduction, and lots of guesswork and luck on focus and exposure (which are all unnecessary with a modified camera).But there's something about this shot that I really like, even when compared to my more technically "sophisticated" shots with a modded camera, and in spite of the fact that it's one of (if not the) most common views in the history of Golden Gate Bridge photography.I "should" also dislike this shot because the bridge looks unbalanced and precariously unsupported with this choice of framing, as if it's about to fall into the bay. Yet probably millions of people have taken this shot from the same location and with nearly identical framing. And I still like this particular one.
Jim Collier > Clouds in infrared.
Jim Collier > Yet another somewhere else over the midwest.
Jim Collier > Somewhere else over the midwest.
Jim Collier > Evening clouds. Currently (as of 4/22/2007 at least), I use this shot as the basis for my page header.
Jim Collier > The island again, with clouds, in infrared.
Jim Collier > North of Clifdell in Wenatchee National Forest, on NF-1708.

This was taken just off of Hwy 136 in California, which borders Owens Lake. Owens Lake is nestled between the Sierra Nevadas to the west, and Nelson Range to the east. It was supposedly sucked dry by the water demands of Los Angeles. I can say it was mostly dry.

I am not superstitious, but this place, nestled in between two converging minor desert highways--had something strange and disorienting going on. Maybe it's because it is directly between Mt. Whitney--with the highest elevation in the lower 48 states, and Death Valley--the lowest elevation, which are only 76 miles apart.

Or...maybe it's just that I had been driving for 16 hours straight without a break except for hiking up a 2400 ft. mountain in Death Valley. Anyway, this is a really neat area with lots of diverse things to see and do within a small radius, and lodging in Lone Pine just to the north.

Approximate coordinates: lat 36.529307, long -117.912438. This shot is facing approximately N/NW, with a full moon. The exposure was short enough that the stars didn't blur much, but long enough that the blowing clouds did.

Jim Collier > This was taken just off of Hwy 136 in California, which borders Owens Lake. Owens Lake is nestled between the Sierra Nevadas to the west, and Nelson Range to the east. It was supposedly sucked dry by the water demands of Los Angeles. I can say it was mostly dry.I am not superstitious, but this place, nestled in between two converging minor desert highways--had something strange and disorienting going on. Maybe it's because it is directly between Mt. Whitney--with the highest elevation in the lower 48 states, and Death Valley--the lowest elevation, which are only 76 miles apart.Or...maybe it's just that I had been driving for 16 hours straight without a break except for hiking up a 2400 ft. mountain in Death Valley. Anyway, this is a really neat area with lots of diverse things to see and do within a small radius, and lodging in Lone Pine just to the north.Approximate coordinates: lat 36.529307, long -117.912438. This shot is facing approximately N/NW, with a full moon. The exposure was short enough that the stars didn't blur much, but long enough that the blowing clouds did.

This was taken just off of Hwy 136 in California, which borders Owens Lake. Owens Lake is nestled between the Sierra Nevadas to the west, and Nelson Range to the east. It was supposedly sucked dry by the water demands of Los Angeles. I can say it was mostly dry.

I am not superstitious, but this place, nestled in between two converging minor desert highways--had something strange and disorienting going on. Maybe it's because it is directly between Mt. Whitney--with the highest elevation in the lower 48 states, and Death Valley--the lowest elevation, which are only 76 miles apart.

Or...maybe it's just that I had been driving for 16 hours straight without a break except for hiking up a 2400 ft. mountain in Death Valley. Anyway, this is a really neat area with lots of diverse things to see and do within a small radius, and lodging in Lone Pine just to the north.

Approximate coordinates: lat 36.529307, long -117.912438. This shot is facing approximately N/NW, with a full moon. The exposure was short enough that the stars didn't blur much, but long enough that the blowing clouds did.

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