Brian's Photos

A quick trip to the Great Sand Dunes in Southern Colorado. Small Gallery here: FLICKR

How did I take this photo? Not much to it. Camera settings on my D90: ISO 200, P mode, iTTL flash and a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 – This photo was taken at sunset so there was a bit of light on the right side of the tree already. However the sun was blocked with clouds so I decided to add some flash to enhance the tree. I used a SB-600 with a diffuser to spread the light. my flash is so tall and I was so close this gave the impression my flash was off camera. After all was done, I decided to add some shadow (to darken) and some highlight to bring out colors, etc. I used picasa to do this. What you see here is the final product.

Another visit to the Ghost Ranch in Northern New Mexico yielded this beautiful old tree. More to come soon. Visit my flickr gallery here: FLICKR

Not alot going on lately because its been cold. However Spring is here and I have started to snap a few photos here and there. Here is the latest:

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Well, since there is really nothing to photograph in the cold months of the year, I’ve been busy taking pics of friends and family. See more portraits here: Portrait Gallery and some food pics: Food/Other Gallery

We did a 430 am drive down to the Bosque Del Apache in central New Mexico to photograph the sunrise and the many birds that migrate there. Read more about the Bosque here: http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/bosque/

To see the full gallery and all the pictures click here: BOSQUE GALLERY

Pictured here is a long exposre of the confluence of Buckskin Gulch and Wirepass trail. We did a couple of miles with packs, food, camera equipment, etc  into Buckskin Gulch via The Wirepass trail west of Page Arizona to overnight in the area. The hike was amazing.  This was taken at our campsite at the Buckskin Gulch/Wirepass confluence. You have to obtain a permit to get into the 26 mile canyon. They only allow 20 people a night. We saw no one. We hiked up and down the canyons all day and into the late morning. We finally hit the sack at 1am or so. This is one of the night shots. See the complete BUCKSKIN GULCH gallery HERE.

The Blue Mesa group hiked into the WS National Monument and spend the night. We hiked around the sand dunes until after midnight. I was able to grab some sunset shots, night and sunrise.  See full gallery here:  Flicker White Sands

The Ojito Wilderness is just about and hour away from where I live.  So the Blue Mesa team makes repeated trips out there. Wanna read more about the Ojito? Visit here: http://www.ojito.org. Here’s some pics from our Aug 28th hike. Wonderful night. See more of the Ojito here: My Ojito Gallery

One of the photos from a sunset hike in Paliza Canyon and then into the Goblin Colony. Pretty cool place.  Its about a 3+ mile hike round trip. See more from this hike at my flickr page here: Goblin Hike Gallery

Macro time. Found this little guy in the backyard along with some other insects. See the new additions to my macro gallery here: Macro Gallery at Flickr.