Addendum: Here is another image of the same scene I made after finishing the video, I just can't help myself with the views and a camera.
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| A partially desaturated view of the Chiricahua Mountains taken with a tablet camera. |
A view from the Painted Pony Resort outside of Rodeo, New Mexico's most western town.
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Wednesday
Photo Compilation - The Many Faces of the Chiricahua Mountains
Over the past 8 years during my tenure in the San Simon Valley, first with the Sky Gypsies then as estate manager for the Painted Pony Resort, I have been taking pictures. The incredible landscape here is inspiring and just begs to be photographed. I'm not alone in this view as evidenced by the Facebook photography group Cochise County and its Wonders which showcases imagery from southeastern Arizona. One of my projects has been to collect photographs of the Portal Peak and the Chiricahua Mountains from the same vantage point over time. The eastern flank of the Chiricahua Mountains predominates the view from everywhere in the valley so I began collecting images of this familiar view, mostly from the same location out in the valley looking west toward the mountains. So every morning starts with the camera in hand and a sunrise check of the Chiricahua Mountains and the day ends with another check of the sunset. I quickly noticed that every time I looked at the view there was something new to see, a new rock formation or shadow I had never seen quite that way. I have also noticed the scene changes by the hour, the day, and the season. With the colors changing at sunrise and sunset, light and shadow patterns constantly in flux through out the day, and with storms that come during the winter rains and summer monsoons I find something new each time I look. I have put these together into a video format as a way of showing casing the same scene that residents and visitors alike see on a daily basis. Created for the Friends of Cave Creek Canyon the video may also be found on their Facebook page.
Addendum: Here is another image of the same scene I made after finishing the video, I just can't help myself with the views and a camera.
Addendum: Here is another image of the same scene I made after finishing the video, I just can't help myself with the views and a camera.
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clever idea. I'll go watch it soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat. It struck me as another way to use many of the images of Portal Peak and the Chiricahua Mountains I have sitting on my hard drive collecting dust.
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos! I especially love it when the clouds are lower than the mountain peaks!
DeleteI have to watch again with the music when Willis is up and about.
Thank you Pat. The view always sucks me in and I end up with another photograph of the mountains, so I thought it was time to put them together into one format. I took another one just the other day, I always something new each time I look.
ReplyDeleteFun music too. Great job! I really like 35/36 second mark with cloud formation and 2:45 and 2:55 two beautiful sunsets.
DeleteThank you Pat, I'm glad you liked it. I spend a lot of time looking for musical accompaniment that seems to add to the visual presentation and is also under a creative commons license so I don't break copyright laws and the little symphony piece fit well. A couple of flaws crept in during rendering, so some work is required but I'm generally pleased with the results.
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