Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona

Had an overnight trip to Tucson for a meeting and ran out to this famous mission that Ansel Adams liked to take pictures of. It was quite dark and I had to use 30 second exposures to get any detail. As I was waiting for these long exposures I figured I'd multi-task and have my "goodnight talk"with Raeghn my wife. While we were talking some stray dogs started barking and cornered me. I softly told Raeghn I had a dog issue, hung up, and started walking slowly backwards towards my rental car about 50 yards away. My heart was going and my mind ran through a large assortemend of endgames. Most of which involved many stitches and a male nurse named Ortega. I made it and headed for home. Not as many shots as I'd hoped for but alive to download the images. Thank heavens for Raeghn's praying me back to the car!







3 comments:

  1. Cool pictures! Glad you weren't eaten!

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  2. I recognize these from Adams' work! You've created some stunning images here, Mel--especially with the streaming stars. I like the color, too--is that a result of white balance adjustment?

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  3. I wish you'd gotten some flash shots of the dogs! I wonder if that would have scared them off or made it worse. That'd turn you into a photo journalist instead of a landscape photographer, right?

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