City - Nambe Pueblo State - NEW MEXICO Country - United States
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The waterfall at Nambe Pueblo. Interesting story here - we arrived at 6 PM and the park closed at 8 PM. We went up the easy overlook and then I headed out at 7 on the lower trail. You have to wade through ice cold water and I arrived at 7:15. Started shooting, ended at 7:30, but found this better spot. Ended shooting at 7:45 with a 1/4 mile walk back downriver. Wound up running back to the car, numbed my legs, and wiped out on a sandstone face. By the end I was back at the car at 7:55 and able to clear the gate right at 8 PM. The timing was too close, but I'm pleased with the final position and look of the waterfall.
FYI - the Sigma lens can take a beating.
Long, long exposure with multiple shots. The waterfall was in deep shadow and the cliffs in bright setting sunlight. I had to merget two seperate 2 stop shots together to overlap blown highlights in one and complete darkness in the other. After that, PSed the heck out of several zones through masking.
michael, very nice! love the effect of the super long shutter on the water. i really like it when it starts looking more like smoke than water. great job with the merge, btw. i presume it's up on your wall already?
No kidding. I love it here. One of my favorite towns to visit is Madrid. That's wher I took "Forgetten". I would highly recommend going there if you get the chance. (~40-50mi. N of Albuqueque)
EXCELLENT IR shot, Michael!!! VERY glad to see another great shot of New Mexico on UF. So far, this is my favorite IR shot of yours. Very cool that it's in NM. Great work.
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