Road Trippin' Arizona..........(dial-up UN-friendly)

malachite · Aug 17, 2004

Thought I'd do something new and daring this weekend and actually take pictures during the day :wink:

Not really knowing exactly where I was going, I loaded up the truck and decided south seemed like fun. Headed towards Florence to see if the abondoned buildings were still there; there not

so I kept on going.

I wound up on an unmarked dirt road just north of Oracle (now 200+ miles away from home) and found a group of hunters ending their day. They told me where the road went so off I went, in search of a ghost town named Reachery. 60 miles of dirt road later I found my ghost town.

Of course I spent most of my time with the Yashica so Voodoo will have to scan those for me

In the meantime, here's what I got with the 35mm all the way from Southern Nowhere, to Southeastern Nowhere, to pop back out in copper country just south of somewhere. From there I went home because it was now dark.

Don't ask this guy for directions:

Yup, we found nowhere:

Cool stuff on the ground this time of year out there though:

The sun never did decide whether it was coming out. Just teased me all day:

.....and more with the indecisive light:

And then the last of the light:

captain-spanky · Aug 17, 2004

faves are the last one and 3rd from the bottom

Wish i was somewhere near scenery like that....

Peldor · Aug 17, 2004

I like the last one and the one with the sky and... well I like them all

I am going to take a trip out that way in a few months, (going to SanDiago) and will be sure to take LOTS of pics. Got a Olympus C-4000 and a laptop!

terri · Aug 17, 2004

Wow....you had a fun day. I love a road trip like that, camera gear at hand. Can't wait to see the Yashica stuff!

I envy you all that emptiness.

#4 is beautiful - I hope you're happy the sun didn't come out; the clouds are more interesting. Am also smitten with the last one - just beautiful.

Nice group of images!

danalec99 · Aug 17, 2004

Yes, the last one is cool!

Corry · Aug 17, 2004

Love the last one. Course, I always love your pics!

voodoocat · Aug 17, 2004

Great Pics!

Ok, how do I get to where 4 was taken? :shock:

malachite · Aug 17, 2004

terri said:
Am also smitten with the last one - just beautiful.

I just had a print done of that one today and they forgot to hit 'reset' with the quanity. It printed 3 before they hit stop and just gave me a 3 for 1 deal instead of throwing them away. For your use of the word smitten I'll send you the extra one :wink:

core_17 said:
Love the last one. Course, I always love your pics!

Damn, I'll have to send you a print too :wink:

You guys are making me think I'm starting get the hang of this landscape thing. Too bad my scanning skills blow the big one :irked:

voodoocat said:
Ok, how do I get to where 4 was taken?

That one isn't as far as the rest. Only a few miles south of Superior on highway 177. I'll be going back to a few places out there over the next few weekends to see if I can't get better light. Easy, second half the day kinda trip, so be ready..........................

Thank you all for the kind comments.......................

trbo187 · Aug 19, 2004

I love the last shot.

Alison · Aug 19, 2004

Have you decided for your print for the exchange? If not I vote for that last one, I'd have that framed and hanging in under a minute!

Sk8man · Aug 19, 2004

i liked the 3rd and the last most.

Tenerife · Aug 19, 2004

My Fav is the last one - it looks like 2 panoramas...
Regards from tenerife
Klaus

drdan · Aug 19, 2004

I like number 4 the best. The sky is perfect but I think the landscape is a little dark. With that sharp skyline it should be a cinch to isolate the land using the magnetic lasso tool and then curves or levels plus Hue/Saturation to brighten things up slightly.

malachite · Aug 20, 2004

AlisonS said:
Have you decided for your print for the exchange? If not I vote for that last one, I'd have that framed and hanging in under a minute!

What is it with that picture? Aside from the 2 extra prints I gave away for free, I've now SOLD 2 more copies of it and I wasn't even trying

It was fun to shoot, having to run up that hill, trying to beat the sun before it set. Shot on the very first roll of Velvia 100 35mm I've ever tried and through a lens I've only owned for a week. Talk about luck............

BTW, prints are still for sale as I won't be taking that slide in for more prints until Monday :wink:

drdan said:
I like number 4 the best. The sky is perfect but I think the landscape is a little dark. With that sharp skyline it should be a cinch to isolate the land using the magnetic lasso tool and then curves or levels plus Hue/Saturation to brighten things up slightly.

This is prolly my best composition on the whole roll but I couldn't get the light right to save my life. I bracketed all over the place but the sun was just too harsh as it was still midday, overcast or not. The above was scanned from the slide where the clouds aren't blown out but the foreground is just too underexposed to get the detail out of the shadow areas. I have another one, a 1/2 stop more, where the foreground is a lot better but the clouds are blown out for the most part. I was thinking maybe scan both then Photoshop the best of each together. But I suck at PS so you're welcome to try if you want