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• Rumi.

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I took this picture some time ago while I was walking across the Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The pathway has a huge metal mesh grille which makes it impossible to shoot but the view of the Brooklyn Bridge with downtown as background is nothing but stunning at sunset. I took this shot through an opening where someone had cut the wire mesh and squeezed my camera through tiny space and took three shots which I later combine to capture the light. I would have preferred to use my ND grads but the opening was simply was not big enough.

When I initially combined to form the HDR I didn’t like the result as I thought the picture was too comical to be real. But I was playing with it last week and tried individually processing the three raw files and then combining them to an HDR image an the result was far more realistic and pleasing. Hope you all enjoy it..

The church of the ghost town Bodie i the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California.

Brooklyn bridge, Manhattan, New York

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• Andrew Wyeth.

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I have always heard the term “chasing light” concerning photographers. If I’d be honest, I have to say I never quite understood the term. If anything, I would think photographers are like the people waiting at the arrivals section of an airport waiting/hoping for the light to arrive. But on a trip to Monument valley in 2014, I finally had a first-hand experience of how the term came to existence.

We planned a thanksgiving holiday trip to Monument valley and managed to get hotel accommodation pretty cheap. So we decided to stay till the last day, wake up super early, and drive straight home. Due to the distance we have had to cover, and this meant starting even before sunrise. We woke up as planned to very overcast and cold conditions. Some time into the drive, suddenly, I noticed the beginnings of a fantastic sunrise in my rearview mirror. We did a quick search and decided to head to Grand Canyon National park’s west entrance to take advantage of the incredible colors on display that morning.

The closest viewpoint would be the Navajo point coming from the east, and we decided to head there. Throughout the drive, we had the colors right on our tail. We managed to get to the viewpoint with minutes to spare. The temps were in the -20 range with heavy winds. After parking the car, I ran the short trail to the outlook point. Once I reached my destination, I realized that I forgot my gloves. But once the color show started, none of it mattered to me. It was mesmerizing with fantastic pastel colors to match that of the canyon walls. After about 10 minutes, I lost all feelings on my fingertips and reluctantly decided to leave satisfied, watching one of the best sunrises I have seen in my life. It was my first experience chasing light or being chased by light.

A Panoramic shot taken from the pedestrian bridge in Fort Montgomery.

a wooden house in the middle of a field

green and black vintage car parked beside brown brick building during daytime

brown wooden house on ground