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Favorite Photos | 2019 Edition
Well, another year is nearly in the books - with a lot more trips to amazing places, memories made with old and new friends alike. As the end of the year rolls around, I generally find myself looking ahead to what's coming rather than looking back - so I thought I'd step out of my groove and make a pass through all the photos from the last year, pulling out the ones I really liked for one reason or another.
So let's get started.
My Top 11
It's not easy coming up with my 10 favorite photos, so here are eleven. Turns out, also not easy.
In the clouds.
Parking on this helipad on one of the highest roads in Idaho, the truck was literally up there.
The harsh light and extreme blues make this even more dramatic for me. (Idaho)Soft tranquility.
Snapped at 62mph. (Oregon)"Wow, look where we get to go." All I could think as we drove down this road. (Anza-Borrego)Energy! I like the dirty water as well, which means it must have been my second time through the same puddle. (Hell's Canyon)My first attempt at lightning, so a cool shot with some sentimental value. (IDBDR)Solitude. Mornings in camp always seem to offer some of the most peaceful moments. (Colorado)Joyous moments,
where our guard is completely down are so hard to catch.
Cool that it happened here, holding a lizard. (Canyonlands)A special place. The color of these badlands in the afternoon sun, and their fractal-like patterns make for a place I would return at the snap of a finger. (Death Valley)Into the moonrise. (Alvord Playa)The perfect pose. There are some shots that show off just the right angles; and I happened to find it for the Tacoma here. (Death Valley)We're all so small in the face of it all. I always feel small when we're taking it all in, and Mike standing in front of a run-down mine - itself small in the world - seems to capture that perfectly. (Colorado)
Maybe Just Four More
Those before us.
It was both special and eerie to follow Jessi Combs final tracks. (Alvord Playa)Barren landscape. I wasn't a huge fan of Craters of the Moon, but there's no denying this dramatic view of hiking up a cinder cone. (Craters of the Moon)Spring in the desert. (Anza Borrego)Up we go. A group of Tacomas winding their way up to the top of the highest peak around is one of the coolest things to watch.
I'm lucky I get to do it as much as I do! (Red Cone, Colorado)
Like I Could Somehow Limit Myself to 15!?
There's just no way, really, that I could filter everything down to 15 photos for the year, so here are the other 60 or so that I thought were in the running. No particular order. Link below the photo to the story that contains it. Enjoy!
Some really great photos you picked out. Thanks for sharing them. I'd love to see the Exif data on #8 A special place from Death Valley. A lot of your photos have that feel to them and I'm curious as to what it is that give them that quality. Your subject (almost always the rig in these types of photos) is large-ish in the frame and the background does not appear small either. That is typically achieved with a telephoto lens of some type, but your backgrounds seems to "cover" a lot as well. Then there is also the ever so slightly blurred background, but not blurred so much you lose the details. These are really well done.
turbodbDecember 17, 2019
Thanks Keith.
For that photo, I'm not at liberty to share the location, but it was shot with a Canon 80D, and Canon's 18-135 USM lens (which I think is great).
As far as composition goes - I joke with @mrs.turbodb that the truck is my "Travelocity Roaming Gnome" (if you're familiar with that line of commercials) - basically the thing that is "just there" as I look around for cool things in nature to take photos of. Hahahahaha.
My next post is actually all about my camera setup - and how I shoot - so if you're not already, go ahead and get notified by putting your email in over here: https://adventuretaco.com/subscribe/, and I hope you continue to enjoy the adventures!
KeithDecember 18, 2019
Thanks for the info and no worries on your secret location. lol
I'm already signed up for your notifications and still working though all of your trip reports. I've found it difficult to find people that put the effort into documenting their adventures with well written and well photographed reports.
I look forward to your photography post. I've been a Canon user since the late '90s and I photographed for several car magazines back in the early 2000s, so I know how easy it is for a vehicle to end up in shots! lol
I currently shoot with my old 1D MkII or the 6D that I bought mainly for Milky Way photos. I sold off most of my big white lenses when when I stopped shooting a while back. I did keep my 16-35 L and my 70-200 L and a few other specialty lenses, but I'm lacking something between those ranges. Maybe I'll give the 18-135 USM a closer look.
Thanks again.
Jim BattaginDecember 20, 2019
Oh, yeah! That's living. UJ
turbodbDecember 21, 2019
Tell me about it! We need to go again with pops, that was a great time.
(Hell's Canyon)
Some really great photos you picked out. Thanks for sharing them. I'd love to see the Exif data on #8 A special place from Death Valley. A lot of your photos have that feel to them and I'm curious as to what it is that give them that quality. Your subject (almost always the rig in these types of photos) is large-ish in the frame and the background does not appear small either. That is typically achieved with a telephoto lens of some type, but your backgrounds seems to "cover" a lot as well. Then there is also the ever so slightly blurred background, but not blurred so much you lose the details. These are really well done.
Thanks Keith.
For that photo, I'm not at liberty to share the location, but it was shot with a Canon 80D, and Canon's 18-135 USM lens (which I think is great).
As far as composition goes - I joke with @mrs.turbodb that the truck is my "Travelocity Roaming Gnome" (if you're familiar with that line of commercials) - basically the thing that is "just there" as I look around for cool things in nature to take photos of. Hahahahaha.
My next post is actually all about my camera setup - and how I shoot - so if you're not already, go ahead and get notified by putting your email in over here: https://adventuretaco.com/subscribe/, and I hope you continue to enjoy the adventures!
Thanks for the info and no worries on your secret location. lol
I'm already signed up for your notifications and still working though all of your trip reports. I've found it difficult to find people that put the effort into documenting their adventures with well written and well photographed reports.
I look forward to your photography post. I've been a Canon user since the late '90s and I photographed for several car magazines back in the early 2000s, so I know how easy it is for a vehicle to end up in shots! lol
I currently shoot with my old 1D MkII or the 6D that I bought mainly for Milky Way photos. I sold off most of my big white lenses when when I stopped shooting a while back. I did keep my 16-35 L and my 70-200 L and a few other specialty lenses, but I'm lacking something between those ranges. Maybe I'll give the 18-135 USM a closer look.
Thanks again.
Oh, yeah! That's living. UJ
Tell me about it! We need to go again with pops, that was a great time.