Photographing landscapes on alien planets won't happen in my lifetime so I'll continue seeking such places on this lovely planet of ours.
Mono Lake can always be relied upon to satisfy that desire.
During this winter sunset, I couldn't feel my fingers while handling the camera so I fumbled like a sausage fingered gormclops.
In spite of a few technical mistakes, I managed to pull it all together and produce this.
I had to focus stack as I was about twelve inches from the closest tufa pillar and these structures were actually quite tiny at three feet in height.
With this shot in the bag, we began the ten-minute walk back to the car thinking the light was done. I made the tragic mistake of turning around to look.
Sure enough, the light kicked off and the clouds changed shape into something glorious.
There was no chance of making it back to the pillars in time.
It just goes to show that even with years of experience, we all make silly mistakes, over and over again.
Thanks for looking
Gavin Hardcastle
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P.S. This is a re-edit. I decided the first edit was ridiculously saturated so I simply had to revisit and do a more sensible job. Hope you like it.
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