This Is Nowhere

[ckcarr]

From a remote campsite overlooking Labyrinth Canyon.
Jeep and sand shovel mandatory.

 

[Ryan10]

Nice color transitions. Something about that tiny spot of white on that river island that keeps my eye there though.

 

[Travis Rhoads]

Looks like a nice place to be...even if getting there wasn't easy.

Question for you...in a scene like this, how do you go about making sure your horizon is level. It might be the RHS land masses that make it feel rotated CCW ever so slightly...so that is why I ask.

 

[ckcarr]

Looks like a nice place to be...even if getting there wasn't easy.

Question for you...in a scene like this, how do you go about making sure your horizon is level. It might be the RHS land masses that make it feel rotated CCW ever so slightly...so that is why I ask.

Well Travis, in general usually when I shoot I am using a Really Right Stuff panning clamp and nodal slide on top of my tripod head with a tilt-shift lens. That's just out of habit. This was the 24mm PC-E. So I try and get the lens completely level based on that gear and it's bubbles before shooting. Of course anything is possible where the tripod shifts a bit in the sand, or I bump it. In this case though I think that is the natural land slope. That's always the problem in the desert... what is level, or should you make it look level when it isn't level. In a way, this is a really aggravating location for compositions and the best thing going on that day was the light. I need to go back some day and try again.

As far as the white stuff by the river, I believe it was a little ice flow.

 

[ckcarr]

This may give a better perspective, and actually now I think I like this better.

 

[Ryan10]

in a scene like this, how do you go about making sure your horizon is level. It might be the RHS land masses that make it feel rotated CCW ever so slightly...so that is why I ask.

Although not directed at me, I use the level in my 6D's liveview to ensure proper level. I assume it is accurate because when I shoot at the beach, the liveview leveler and display grid match the ocean horizon perfectly.

 

[Travis Rhoads]

Well Travis, in general usually when I shoot I am using a Really Right Stuff panning clamp and nodal slide on top of my tripod head with a tilt-shift lens. That's just out of habit. This was the 24mm PC-E. So I try and get the lens completely level based on that gear and it's bubbles before shooting. Of course anything is possible where the tripod shifts a bit in the sand, or I bump it. In this case though I think that is the natural land slope. That's always the problem in the desert... what is level, or should you make it look level when it isn't level. In a way, this is a really aggravating location for compositions and the best thing going on that day was the light. I need to go back some day and try again.

As far as the white stuff by the river, I believe it was a little ice flow.

Thanks for the explanation...follows my practice in the field. the RRS PC coupled with the viewfinder level overlay...but sometimes it still feels off.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Craig,

That looks like a really nice remote location, the quietness out there I am sure is wonderful. I do like that 2nd image a bit more as there is a nice contrast going on with the glow from the sun on the far rocks and the white from the snow on the near side.

Jim

 

[MayD]

So pretty. I like that your 2nd shot better.

 

[BarryHamilton]

Love 'em both! Different moods with the later light in the 2nd one.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Hey Craig, you really find some coll places. I like both of the versions posted here.

 

[ckcarr]

Hey Craig, you really find some coll places. I like both of the versions posted here.

Hi Ben! Thanks for the comment! And welcome to Jim's new forum!!