Thursday, December 30, 2010

THE Trip, Organ Mountains, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Revisited

Copyright 2010, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

Yesterday Man and I drove to the end of Lohman Road here in Las Cruces.  Mission, get closer to the mountain, away from all the power lines, attempt to get a better photo(s).  There seems to always be some haze here, obscuring the mountains, just a little.  The end of the road is still a good 10 miles from the mountains.  It does not look that far viewed with the human eye, but, when you photo the mountains you need a lot of zoom and the haze makes itself known.  There were some great clouds yesterday to add a bit of interest.

Note:  I have edited these, sharpened a tad, auto correct, maybe a little contrast.  No color enhancements.  A bit of cropping, but you can still see power lines in the panoramic/wide shot (not taken with panoramic tool on the Sony).  I was able to crop them out of the close up (zoomed 20 times).  Remember that trick of clicking on the photo to see in a larger format, click your back button to return to Reflections. 



I hope you enjoyed viewing these as much as I enjoyed taking them.  Today, if we drove out to the end of Lohman, I am sure the view would be totally different, clouded by a dust storm.



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5 comments:

Anne Percival Kruszka said...

Gorgeous photos.

Dorene from Ohio said...

What lovely photos!! It is very gray here in Ohio...

Ron and Thelma said...

Have a Happy New Year. We will be around Dallas for the new year and then to Donna Tx

Michelle Goodrum said...

Beautiful pictures. I particularly like the clouds in the first picture.

Éire Historian said...

Again Absolutely Beautiful. Thanks for taking such wonderful photos Carol. (Now, where shall I hang them?) Cheers, and Happy New Year to you and your Man! Jennifer