Steam Engine - Furnace Creek - Death Valley -

@Stu: I posted the bottle house because of your request. Glad you liked it! And, thanks for all your comments!

@Bronnie: Oh my gosh! Thanks for the complement. I really don't have a whole lot of secrets. I spend a lot of time burning and dodging the nature shots. I think the most important thing a photographer can do is shoot in good light. That usually means early morning or late evening for me. Also, use a tripod. I used the NIK color efex pro 2.o plug-in to photoshop to process the above. Good luck and have fun shoot'in!

@Yvon: Thanks for all your comments Yvon! I really don't have a whole lot of secrets. I spend a lot of time burning and dodging the nature shots. I think the most important thing a photographer can do is shoot in good light. That usually means early morning or late evening for me. Also, use a tripod. I used the NIK color efex pro 2.o plug-in to photoshop to process the above. Good luck and have fun shoot'in!

@dYe: Yea, the steam engine was located in a parking lot. They had a sign describing the steam engine right in front of it, where I wanted to take the picture. So I had to raise my camera above my head and sign and angle it down in order to capture the image. Next, there were all kinds of cars parked in the background that needed to be cloned out. In fact, I had to replace part of the background with the mountains you see in this image. I was amazed that it came out as well as it did. Thanks for your comments!