Archive for October, 2008

Black Mesa Panoramic

Posted by Adam Schallau on Oct 19 2008 | Churches & Missions, Rio Grande River, Autumn, New Mexico

The setting sun bathes Black Mesa in a warm light. Copyright Adam Schallau, All Rights Reserved.

Black Mesa, New Mexico

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Print Exhibit at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Posted by Adam Schallau on Oct 14 2008 | Great Sand Dunes, Shameless Self Promotion, National Park, Colorado

This image titled “Wind”, captures the movement of airborne sand carried by a fierce wind as it crosses ripples in the dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve. This image will be on display in the Visitor’s Center through May 2009. Copyright Adam Schallau. I recently delivered two prints to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve. The prints are on display in the Visitor’s Center and will be up until the third week in May 2009. I’d like to thank the National Park Service for making this wonderful space available to artists.  I’d also like to thank Park Ranger, Patrick Myers, for his work at the park and for managing the exhibit.

In this image titled “Water”, Medano Creek has come to life with water provided by the spring snowmelt from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. A framed print of this image will be on exhibit in the Visitor’s Center of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve through May 2009. Copyright Adam Schallau.The two images represented here reflect my experiences with the forces of nature that shape the Great Sand Dunes. The first image titled Wind, captures the movement of airborne sand carried by a fierce wind as it crosses ripples in the dunes. In the second image titled Water, Medano Creek has come to life with water provided by the spring snowmelt from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.  Both images were printed in black & white with a little warming, on watercolor paper using pigment ink.

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Panoramics of Autumn in New Mexico

Posted by Adam Schallau on Oct 08 2008 | Autumn, New Mexico

Here are a few more photos of autumn color in northern New Mexico. Both images shown here were captured in the Valle Vidal, or Valley of Life.

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Autumn in the Valle Vidal of New Mexico. In the distance is Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico at an elevation of 13,161 feet above seal level. Copyright Adam Schallau.

 

Golden aspens catch last light of an autumn day in the Valle Vidal of New Mexico. Copyright Adam Schallau.

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Taos Panoramics

Posted by Adam Schallau on Oct 06 2008 | Weather, Rio Grande River, Autumn, New Mexico

Here is a pair of panoramic photos I shot yesterday at sunset from the west rim of the Rio Grande River Gorge near Taos, New Mexico. This was our first storm of the season as it lifted off the Sangre de Cristo Mountains  and cleared out of the area.

Both images were created using a Canon 5D full-frame camera and a 45mm tilt shift lens. Each scene required capturing three exposures as I shifted the lens from left to right, with the final image being assembled with Photoshop. I also used a Singh-Ray 3-stop, hard-step, graduated neutral density filter, hand-held in front of the lens to control the range of contrast represented in both scenes.

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A panoramic view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as viewed from the west rim of the Rio Grande River Gorge near Taos, New Mexico. Copyright Adam Schallau.

 

A panoramic view of the Rio Grande River Gorge and Sangre de Cristo Mountains as viewed from the west rim near Taos, New Mexico. Copyright Adam Schallau.

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