The Landscape Photography Thread

Thanks guys. It was weird and yet fun at the same time photographing without using a tripod with the Olympus system.
 
Thanks Ski & Cayuse for the kind words!

These sand tufa (TOO-fah) are limestone formed when freshwater springs flow up through Mono Lake's carbonate-rich water. This is my favorite formation - so delicate. Mono Lake is about 35 feet lower than it was when Los Angeles began diverting all the inflow streams, which is why these tufa are no longer underwater. The city is now required to leave minimum flows in those streams.
 
pvstoy said:
We were able to take the Olympus M1X and the 12-100mm lens to Mono Lake California to try it out.

Mono Lake tufa formations after the storm. After Thursday's snowstorm Jan. 17, we got up at 5 a.m. Friday and drove several hours on icy roads (all the way) to see Mono Lake in the snow. The access road is 5 miles in from U.S. Hwy. 395 and it is plowed only part way, so if you go after a bigger storm, you will need skis or snowshoes. Unlike the summer months when it is mobbed, we did not see another person viewing the tufa! Though we were there later in the morning not at early light, it was nice to see snow on the Tufa.

The area has also sand tufa that used to be underwater when the lake was higher, but are now far from the lake shore; the largest ones can be approximately 3 feet tall. For those unfamiliar with the area, the mountains in the background are the Sierra peaks on the northwest edge of Yosemite National Park.

We have been setting up a web page, Only been thinking about it for 9 years!! But here is in the progress stage. https://www.patrickpeveyphotography.com/


Cheers,

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Beautiful photos!
 
On time we were backpacking in the Winds and experienced what was cool. My gal was waken by flashing lights and when she woke up enough she noticed it was lighting off in the distance.

As the storm approached closer the thunder would rumble in the Winds for 30 to 45 seconds. It was quite a show to the eyes and the ears!!

Then the heavens opened and was pretty windy pushing down hard on the tent. Of course you set the tent on a nice shelf, and yes wind would effect it. Duh!

Many times backpacked in the Wind Rivers and those memories are the best and we still talk about it with a smile.....
 
Recent camping/backpack in the Mojave. Truck camp along Kane Springs Wash.


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Chomping at the bit, more than ready to get out of the house and into the truck. Time keeps counting down... Want scenes like this out my back door every day.
 
We took off Friday afternoon for Table Mountain. Parking lot was open, but we parked along the road, with a bit of room.
There were a lot of college kids hiking in groups, and we quickly went on a diagonal, off trail across the table lands. Fields of flowers encircled volcanic rocks, while local bovines rested nearby.








 
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