Oregon desert

A few shots from the Oregon's dry side...

Nice shots !! - from a fellow drysider

From an avid Oregon wetside visitor it's very interesting to see this side of things! The last photo has some great color to it

Love the colors, nice shots, especially the first and last.

Good series, love the storm clouds.

Beautiful shots, great simplicity. Nice work of HDR.

Thanks, folks, for commenting!

irishman, all shots are single exposures, no HDR here. Though, I have to admit, I used GND filters in all shots.

Fantastic shots, and of an area few people know or ever see.

It's difficult to imagine deserts in Oregon. I grew up in SoCal, which has a couple deserts here and there.

But I never really thought of Oregon as having them.

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #12399621
Fantastic shots, and of an area few people know or ever see.

It's difficult to imagine deserts in Oregon. I grew up in SoCal, which has a couple deserts here and there.

But I never really thought of Oregon as having them.

Thanks, Mike. It is ironic that actually about two thirds of the Oregon land is dry like this. Only "wet" part of the state is west of Cascades, which is not really much if you take a look at the map... I agree that very few people think of Oregon as a "dry" state though...

I like the second one, very peaceful looking.

Never knew Oregon had desert lol

Nice shots, love the lighting. Didn't know that even Oregon had a desert.

Stunning photos of a very interesting place. Thanks for introducing us to this area in such a glorious fashion! Question: You say you were using a GND on all the photos. Where did you put the line on that last photo without holding back the nice light on the tree? Did you throw some additional light on the tree?

Thanks for comments, Twitch03, nikhilnh, and Randy1213!

Randy, that was a good observation and question about the GND filter in the last shot. First, no, I didn't use any additional light, it was all ambient. But, I had tilted my GND filter holder at about 45 degrees clockwise, just to cover the sky over the hill and the hill itself. So, the filter was about "2 o'clock" with respect to the lens. That's where I was getting most of the highlights and potentially overblown sections. The filter transition was slightly right from the tree, so it worked nicely. The main reason for using a GND filter was to bring out the shadows on the rocks in the foreground. I think they complemented the composition.

et078 wrote in post #12404117
Thanks for comments, Twitch03, nikhilnh, and Randy1213!

Randy, that was a good observation and question about the GND filter in the last shot. First, no, I didn't use any additional light, it was all ambient. But, I had tilted my GND filter holder at about 45 degrees clockwise, just to cover the sky over the hill and the hill itself. So, the filter was about "2 o'clock" with respect to the lens. That's where I was getting most of the highlights and potentially overblown sections. The filter transition was slightly right from the tree, so it worked nicely. The main reason for using a GND filter was to bring out the shadows on the rocks in the foreground. I think they complemented the composition.

Very well done. I totally agree on using a GND to catch those foreground shadows. I've tried various ways of tilting a GND in particular scenes but never seem to get the right scene or tilt to do it well. Obviously, that's what PP and masks are for, but there's just something special about doing it in the camera even if you have to use a filter. Again, nicely done. And thanks for the reply.

Wonderful photos, only one thing wrong...makes me realllly homesick for Oregon.