Well,
I know I promised to blog more from New Mexico, but I ran into a few snags. Some with the blog and some with the internet connection that I was using. I personally blame the Arctic blast that turned the usually nice climate of New Mexico into a meat locker running at 20 degrees and bring just about everything not weather proofed to a stand still. But that being said I am back in California and sitting behind my high speed internet and getting back in the saddle.
First up on the shot list was Abo, part of the Salinas Missions in Central New Mexico. What was left of the mission is amazing and the size is incredible. This was shot at sunset, with 3 inches of snow on the ground after a storm had dropped 8 inches the week before. Lots of hard light was a pain to deal with lots of HDR shooting and use of split grad ND filters were used. This shot was used a .9 soft split grad ND filter.
This was taken in the town of Hillsboro, NM. The entire town basically shuts down when tourist season is over so the only thing left open was the post office across the street from this cafe that was Established in 1879. Hillsboro is now a ghost town, but was once the hot seat of activity in the county when gold and silver were discovered.
This was is what was left of the original jail when the town was booming. The walls were about 2.5 feet thick and the steps at the bottom of the image lead to the back door of the court house, of which there is not much left as you can see below.
The original courthouse of Hillsboro. Not much else to it but this 2 walls and some old walkways are that is left of this symbol of justice in the old west. Image was shot using a +2, 0, -2 EV HDR method and combined to deal with the vast range of light.
More to come so stay tuned
Captured with 1D Mark IIN 16-35 f2.8 II on Lexar digital media
