Communication & Cognition » New Mexico http://www.commcognition.com/blog Where Mind Meets Message Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Day 138: Tularosa Basin http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-138-tularosa-basin/ http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-138-tularosa-basin/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:11:22 +0000 Samuel D. Bradley http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=1796 day138There’s not much about New Mexico that I don’t love. But views such as this one looking north/northeast from the east side of the Organ Mountains are preeminent.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm

1/3200 sec, aperture priority, f/5.6, ISO 400, focal length: 55 mm

Photoshop: auto contrast, curves, contrast

Amazing.

Until you drive across it. It never gets shorter, and I cannot count how many times I’ve made this drive.

]]> http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-138-tularosa-basin/feed/ 1 Day 137: Grilling in the Mountains http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-137-grilling-in-the-mountains/ http://www.commcognition.com/blog/day-137-grilling-in-the-mountains/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:03:34 +0000 Samuel D. Bradley http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=1793 day137
I’m back!

Summer teaching interrupted my attempt to get caught up with this Project 365, but now I will redouble my efforts to get caught up this summer.

Here’s a photo of some hot coals at Aguirre Springs campground outside of Las Cruces, N.M.

It has been a family tradition to picnic here with my kids and parents for years.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm

1/400 sec, aperture priority, f/5.0, ISO 400, focal length: 43 mm

Photoshop: auto levels

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Creative cropping may have obscured the fact that I took these storm photos while driving down the highway, but I like the raw quality. The dirty windshield and A-pillar add a sense of realism. Or at least, that’s my story.

Omitted are the photos that also captured my speedometer in the image.

The color in these cumulonimbus clouds was inspiring, but I was in a hurry to get home after a long day on the road. So I snapped and drove. Luckily the wind blew this storm north of Roswell by the time I arrived there two hours later.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm

1/800 sec, aperture priority, f/4.5, ISO 800, focal length: 36 mm

Photoshop: saturation +3

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Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Sigma 300 mm lens (lens made for film EOS)

1/3200 sec, aperture priority, f/4, ISO 800, focal length: 300 mm (not adjusted)

Photoshop: none

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Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm

1/1000 sec, aperture priority, f/4.5, ISO 800, focal length: 35 mm

Photoshop: slight crop

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I also love mountains.

On the drive east from Las Cruces, N.M., on U.S. 70, one travels over San Augustin Pass and descends into the Tularosa Basin. This is a spectacular drive, although it never gets any shorter despite the 75 mph speed limit.

Perhaps the thing I appreciate most about this drive is the layers of mountains. At several points, one can see overlapping layers of mountains, sometimes as many as four.

It fascinates me the way colors change and detail fades over distance.

This evening, I crossed the pass (elevation 5,710 feet) after 6 p.m., and the sun already hung low in the western sky. Shadows loomed large, and the best “layers” shots were all but impossible, as I would have been shooting directly back into the sun.

Never one to leave the mountains empty-handed, I stopped for this shot of the back side of the Organs.

Predictably I love the difference in color and detail between the foreground and background.

Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Sigma 300 mm lens (lens made for film EOS)

1/4000 sec, aperture priority, f/4, ISO 400, focal length: 300 mm (not adjusted)

Photoshop: auto contrast

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Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Tokina 70-210 mm lens (lens made for film EOS)

1/640 sec, aperture priority, f/11, ISO 400, focal length: 107 mm (not adjusted)

Photoshop: auto level, curves

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