God’s Hand

An early autumn morning begins the next epoch, nearly 2 years later.
New Mexico's summer had been unusually rainy. We were to have autumn in a calmer mode.
Yet, filmy, first tendrils of an incoming storm riveted my eye! Knowing the clouds might not last very long, I scrambled among Hoodoos, seeking precarious foothold, camera angle, and dramatic expression.
Indeed, I only had time for a few precious images with such a delicate central cloud beckoning upward in an evocative, alluring manner.

I've been shooting the Bisti now for several years. I've learned you return for light changes, mood changes, and superbly enhanced drama. I've learned to return often to hone my photographic skills. I've learned not to carry a point-and-shoot in one hand, but to carry a heavy pack with camera, lenses, batteries, food, GPS, etc., safely stored, always at the ready! In ways, shootin' the Bisti has become a digital pilgrimage, a land in which I try out new, additional photographic learning skills!
Bisti Hoodoos, water carved images from the Creator's hands, by themselves, can be rather spectacular. But, when you can combine them with startling clouds, delicate sunrise or sunset, or surreal Moonrise, they become stunning backdrops.

As fast as the clouds were moving, I scrambled just to find a hand-held position. Click, one image in the bag. Quick examination; in my haste, the shutter speed was wrong ~ the image was blurred. Hurry! Click, and this fantastic image literally sprang onto the flash card.
In that literal instant between shutter-clack and green-light card flash, I knew the name for this image
"God's Hand...!"

The new photo gallery BistiArt.smugmug.com, has a facility where viewers can click on a Green Thumbs UP to show their individual approval for an image, placing it in the Most Popular Photo category. For the past 30 days, God's Hand has received high marks, typically being in the top number chosen.
So I thought, "Let's submit God's hand to a camera club digital image judging contest!"

On Thursday, January 18, 2007, God's Hand received a judge's vote for 2nd Place in the digital image contest!

But, that's not all!
During development of BistiArt, an interested bystander decided to add it to her collection of black-and-white prints.
So, it would seem the public likes it whether in dramatic color or startling black-and-white!

And, on another road...
Robert Frost's paraphrased immortal lines
I took the road less traveled,
And that
...has made all the difference!"
I'm now leading sponsored tours for photographers into the Bisti Badlands. Check out the Bisti Tours section at BistiArt.smugmug.com.

So, come to the Bist and 'make all the difference!'

©2004-2007, Images and Text, Chopawamsic LLC, All Rights Reserved

God’s Hand

An early autumn morning begins the next epoch, nearly 2 years later.
New Mexico's summer had been unusually rainy. We were to have autumn in a calmer mode.
Yet, filmy, first tendrils of an incoming storm riveted my eye! Knowing the clouds might not last very long, I scrambled among Hoodoos, seeking precarious foothold, camera angle, and dramatic expression.
Indeed, I only had time for a few precious images with such a delicate central cloud beckoning upward in an evocative, alluring manner.

I've been shooting the Bisti now for several years. I've learned you return for light changes, mood changes, and superbly enhanced drama. I've learned to return often to hone my photographic skills. I've learned not to carry a point-and-shoot in one hand, but to carry a heavy pack with camera, lenses, batteries, food, GPS, etc., safely stored, always at the ready! In ways, shootin' the Bisti has become a digital pilgrimage, a land in which I try out new, additional photographic learning skills!
Bisti Hoodoos, water carved images from the Creator's hands, by themselves, can be rather spectacular. But, when you can combine them with startling clouds, delicate sunrise or sunset, or surreal Moonrise, they become stunning backdrops.

As fast as the clouds were moving, I scrambled just to find a hand-held position. Click, one image in the bag. Quick examination; in my haste, the shutter speed was wrong ~ the image was blurred. Hurry! Click, and this fantastic image literally sprang onto the flash card.
In that literal instant between shutter-clack and green-light card flash, I knew the name for this image
"God's Hand...!"

The new photo gallery BistiArt.smugmug.com, has a facility where viewers can click on a Green Thumbs UP to show their individual approval for an image, placing it in the Most Popular Photo category. For the past 30 days, God's Hand has received high marks, typically being in the top number chosen.
So I thought, "Let's submit God's hand to a camera club digital image judging contest!"

On Thursday, January 18, 2007, God's Hand received a judge's vote for 2nd Place in the digital image contest!

But, that's not all!
During development of BistiArt, an interested bystander decided to add it to her collection of black-and-white prints.
So, it would seem the public likes it whether in dramatic color or startling black-and-white!

And, on another road...
Robert Frost's paraphrased immortal lines
I took the road less traveled,
And that
...has made all the difference!"
I'm now leading sponsored tours for photographers into the Bisti Badlands. Check out the Bisti Tours section at BistiArt.smugmug.com.

So, come to the Bist and 'make all the difference!'

©2004-2007, Images and Text, Chopawamsic LLC, All Rights Reserved