Tomorrow is the big day. I finally got my generator (something about companies that sell generators makes them do very strange things) and that's the last piece of the puzzle. The truck's tank is full and the hotel grows impatient for me to vacate the room (which I've kept them from cleaning since I showed up on March 30th). I've got a few things to pick up in the morning and should hit the road around 1 pm. Want to be up in the 4-corners area of New Mexico well before sunset so I can, hopefully, get into position to catch the sun going down. Need to stop by the local Apache police station in Shiprock to get approval to enter the area. I've heard rumors it's frowned upon for non-indian types to be in the area after dark but will get clarification from the local constabulary. Hopefully it's not a big deal but who knows...
Rio Grand River...
After 10 days of running around like a headless chicken I wanted to take a few hours and visit something photogenic before I start wandering. The Rio Grand flows through Albuquerque and there's a nice park where people run and ride their bikes. It's not the most beautiful place but there are many large, old trees near the river which are interesting. I wanted to experiment with my new 16-35 f/4 lens and this was a good a place as any. Wanted to experiment with sunstars and shooting the sun through something obstructive. Wanted to see how the lens handled direct exposure to the sun.
This was the first time I've used Lightroom so it took quite a while getting my photos imported. I wanted a self-evident file structure that helped me find photos based on names, dates and metadata. Because I'm on cycles, the basic file structure shows the cycle number (Cycle #1 for this year) and then a subfolder name that indicates the location or event to help jar my memory. Seems to work but time will tell if I've done the right thing.
Anyway, the RAW images weren't terrible interesting due to the sun's washing out everything. But there was tons of information in the image because of the RAW format. I ran this image through the develop module in LR and really pulled out lots of color. I love the sunstar and the intense blue sky. Not bad for my first photo in this cycle. However, I think it's a bit over processed as I'm concerned about the halo around the tree. Also seeing some artifacts from the JPEG conversion. That's just not knowing LR well enough to get it right. Be patient with me ... I'm still learning. Maybe I'll try to do this over and tone things down next time.
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Afternoon on the Rio Grand - 16mm (1.6 crop), f/22, 1/100 sec, ISO 100
License CC BY-NC 4.0
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