Yazzie and I standing in middle of sand wash in CdMuerto. His clan uncle rolls up in a suburban full of tourists. Leans out the drivers window and says to me: "Nice 5X7"
You could have knocked me over with a turkey feather. I'd have bet 100 bucks cash that nobody would recognize a 5X7 from a movie camera in there.
iphone note from a little shot on the Del Muerto side. I worked it into a vertical.
Forgot about iphone for a while and just worked.
AIR life. The post closes at 5:00. Gate locked by six. I was in the guest hogan and kept hearing the turkey and chickens call. They were still out in the big daytime cage. The wind was up and a good chance of thunderstorms, so I took a piece of bread up and put the turkey in his inside pen and the chickens in theirs. Chickens have adobe nesting niches, (this is Hubbell..). Should have snatched a couple of eggs. Having bacon for dinner. Big lunch with the staff.
At lunch I mentioned being in Verizon dead zone. Maintainence guy suggested climbing to barn roof. I did. One bar. The maintainence guys know.
Tulley Yazzie tomorrow afternoon for Canyon de Chelly. Still gotta load a little film. More details over at http://robertlangham.blogspot.com/
Been shooting filterless, light yellow. Deep red once on a really red piece of wall with black stripes and white salt stains. Now I'm thinking I should have looked through a polarizer when I had trees in a couple of shots: leaves full of reflections.
Like this one. I shot several variations with a light yellow. Should have at least looked through the polarizer.
Trying not to get too excited and let whatever is in front of me unfold. I was having Tulley stop the jeep all the time so I could get out, telling him- "I just need to have my body face this for a minute to see it." I could see it through the window with the camera in my lap, but it's different when you get out, stand up, walk around the jeep and just regard it for a minute. I waved several off, saw several wonderful things that wouldn't go and did see a couple of things I think I might like to print.
Looks like fun Robert! Pull out the green filter, I think you'll like it on the red rocks IMO?
I've got one and shot it before. Certainly in the toolbox. Rock varies colors from light buff to deep red. Can be fairly neutral gray. Plus sometimes its in sun, in shade, in shade with warm bounce light. Lotta factors to juggle and still no guarantees.
Waking up to Ravens talking in the cottonwood over the hogan. Fading moon in the morning sky. Holders all loaded for the day. Gotta get some hot tea and go let the chickens out of the coop and into the pen.
Hope the weather has blown through your area. Here in ABQ this morning, the wind was howling with a little rain over night.
Glad to see you're still using the WF Ektar. Walked into Curt's yesterday for the first time in a couple of years. The place was dead; no feeling of welcome at all.
The cats at Kurts are happier to see you than the staff.
Long day in del Muerto in a jeep station wagon that the guide was warned not to turn off. Good enough company though, and the car never quit.
amy iphone notes not exact, but this is a pretty close guess.
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