Canon 5D, 17-40 f/4L, Singh-Ray graduated ND filter
Today’s image is was actually created yesterday at sunset. We’ve had a good winter here in Taos with a recent storm dumping a lot of snow on the mountains and in town. The clouds have finally begun to lift and yesterday we finally had some brilliant light on the mountains and although it was very cold (we got down to -11 Fahrenheit overnight) there was a few minutes worth of warm alpenglow on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Adam Schallau is a photographer whose work explores a variety of topics that
include the landscape, culture and people of the American Southwest and Rocky
Mountains. It is with a profound respect for the land, its people and their
history that Adam sets out to recapture the spirit of a place to tell a story
through his photography.
Adam is a recipient of the Luminous Landscape Endowment Award and was an Artist-in-Residence
at Grand Canyon National Park.
I love the drama in this picture. The pinkish orange in the clouds on the far right is just majestic. This is the image that landscape photographs dream of taking. It captures the soul of Taos I know: capable of glorious sunsets, full of drama, at a moments notice, even over the rough planes seen around every corner.