Monthly Archives: August 2011

And the Winner is… Motion Blur!

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

If the winners of the 2011 Portfolio Contest in B&W and Color Magazine (Issue 86, October 2011) are any indication, the way to win a color photography contest is to use motion blur. Blurry trees, blurry people, blurry lights, blurry … Continue reading →

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Night in the Chicken Coop

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

A couple more evening views of DeChambeau Ranch north of Mono Lake. There are no chickens at this ranch any more. But there are plenty of bats in these buildings. And barn owls. . . Tim Messick Photography • Graphics … Continue reading →

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Night at Dechambeau Ranch

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

About a century ago, Dechambeau Ranch was one of the largest ranches in the Mono Basin. It raised cattle, sheep, chickens, alfalfa, and vegetables to be sold in Bodie, Aurora, Lundy, and Lee Vining. The ranch was first settled around … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Big M

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

I’ve been revisiting some of the pictures I took at Big M auto salvage yard on a night-photography workshop last year.  Some of the images that didn’t work so well in color do much better converted to black & white, … Continue reading →

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Leavitt Meadows

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

Sonora Pass has always been one of my favorite ways across the Sierra Nevada: wonderful terrain, spectacular flowers, trails to great lakes and peaks, and a steep-narrow-twisty road that lets you feel close to the place, even from the car. … Continue reading →

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Mount Dana

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

One of my favorite peaks in Yosemite (because I’ve been on top twice and half-way up another 2 or 3 times) is Mount Dana.  It’s the first peak south of Tioga Pass, on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, 13,061 … Continue reading →

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Tioga Road

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

It’s gotta be tough being a paved highway at nearly 10,000 feet in the mountains. Every spring, heavy snow plows come along to dig a path through your blanket of snow. Then more heavy machines with massive steel shovels come … Continue reading →

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Long Exposure Noise Reduction “in Post”

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

Many digital cameras have a very effective built-in feature for removing “hot pixel” noise from long exposures. They shoot another dark frame after the image exposure, just to capture the hot pixels, then they somehow “subtract” the hot pixels from … Continue reading →

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