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Mongolia 2014 Two horses tethered wait for a rider on the barren steppes of Mongolia. Soon two of the Kazakh men, who were our hosts, would mount and ride for six hours holding their eagles on a perch that rested … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 It’s hard to say which aspect of photography is most important but sharpness has to be a contender for number one. No matter how good your composition or exposure, if it isn’t sharp it is worthless. You can … Continue reading
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Western Mongolia 2014 The sky and mountains gave hints of these fantasy colors and I just went with it, using saturation, curves, levels, clarity and gradient tools. It’s fun.
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Kazakhstan 2016 Our Turkistan guide lived in the village you can see in the background. He, like all the young men in the village, was an avid Kokpar rider. Kokpar is the name of the sport you see in the … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2104 She was a professional model and when someone asked her to sit, she knew to arrange her robes around her. That makes the photo for me. That and her expression.
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Western Mongolia, 2014 I decided to backup some of my photos. Every now and then I get paranoid about losing them. As I copied my Mongolia photos, I panicked when I didn’t recognize some of the shots. Had I never looked … Continue reading
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Eastern Mongolia 2014 This landscape was perfect for black and white because the late evening sun highlighted the middle range of mountains and the lower range of clouds: a nice altering of gray tones. Key to good landscape shots is … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 The hunter appears tense as he decides the perfect moment to remove the hood from his eagle. In order to heighten the drama of the moment, I converted this shot to black and white. I used a dark vignette around … Continue reading
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Mongolia, 2014 I shot with a 32 megapixel camera, the Nikon D 800. The frames per second left a bit to be desired but I could crop my photos and still have plenty of pixels . I won’t be getting any … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 Red and blue together make me happy. Add those faint scratch marks that are a shade of yellow and for me it’s perfect. The doors open to a small temple in a forest in eastern Mongolia. The temple … Continue reading
