Alabama Hills is the most scenic pile of rocks that you'd ever want to shoot and I'm not the only one who thinks so. This is a really popular spot for photographers and scenes shot in the area have appeared in over 400 movies and TV series, dating back to the early times in the industry.

I was surprised to see that the first link that popped up on a Google search turned out to link to this image, made by one of the instructors, Bill Wight, for the workshop that I'm currently attending. I made this image last night at sunset, facing Northeast. Bill shot his toward the snow-covered Sierra Nevada to the West.

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Highest peak in the continental US. 14,497 feet above sea level.

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You know - the one where they're shooting at each other. Or maybe that one with Kevin Bacon in it.

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"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; What is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him?" Psalm viii. 3-4

Makes one feel rather insignificant, doesn't it?

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