I made a two week trip out west and shot at a number of US National Park Service areas. This post is some of the photos that I did at Tumacácori National Historical Park located between Tucson, Arizona and Nogales.

As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.

Click on the individual images for EXIF data.

Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park



The Mission



Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park

Originally Posted by Dixie I made a two week trip out west and shot at a number of US National Park Service areas. This post is some of the photos that I did at Tumacácori National Historical Park located between Tucson, Arizona and Nogales. As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome. Click on the individual images for EXIF data. Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park The Mission Inside the Grainery at Tumacácori National Historical Park

Hey Dixie they are beautiful shots
Look at those lovely rich colours, I like them all, but if I could only pick one,
it would be Image Number ONE ....

Thanks for sharing ....... Skippy
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Originally Posted by Skippy Hey Dixie they are beautiful shots Look at those lovely rich colours, I like them all, but if I could only pick one, it would be Image Number ONE .... Thanks for sharing ....... Skippy .

Skippy,

Thank you. That's the one that I like best as well. I've even done a b&w version for a poster of it.

Dixie--
Big fan of the first image. Nice warm tones, great composition. I'm partial to the color version, but BW is nice as well. Nicely done.

Originally Posted by Grizzle6 Dixie-- Big fan of the first image. Nice warm tones, great composition. I'm partial to the color version, but BW is nice as well. Nicely done.

Once again just proves that soft lit images can go either way!

I prefer it in B&W. I am able to enjoy the texture and composition. The color version, as nice as the color is, gives it a more modern feel which distracts from the historic qualities.

I do like the color in your other detail though, especially with that splash of blue in the upper right corner.

Originally Posted by Grizzle6 Dixie-- Big fan of the first image. Nice warm tones, great composition. I'm partial to the color version, but BW is nice as well. Nicely done.

Thanks, Grizzle. I can thank the warm tones on the light reflecting from the opposite orange wall. The grain pottery was totally in the shadows and the sun was coming from behind the wall where the pots were sitting. That means that the light that I was working with came from the sky and the reflected light from the opposite wall. I knew I had a shot even before I put the camera to my eye.

I did learn one thing from the shot. I now have added a small handheld whisk broom to my arsenal of necessary tools. There were a myriad of various footprints in the sand which I had to clone out. It would have been much easier to just go over the sand with a small whisk broom to remove the footprints before pressing the shutter release.

Originally Posted by Marc Muench Once again just proves that soft lit images can go either way! I prefer it in B&W. I am able to enjoy the texture and composition. The color version, as nice as the color is, gives it a more modern feel which distracts from the historic qualities. I do like the color in your other detail though, especially with that splash of blue in the upper right corner.

Marc,

Thanks for the kind comments. I am looking forward to shooting with you and the others during the '07 Shootout at Glacier NP.

I love the B&W. Realy captures the feel of the Southwest.

Used to be that some of the Tohono Ohodham Tribe woman would do traditional cooking behind the mission and you could buy blue corn tortillas and frijoles from them. I hope you got the chance to try some.

Originally Posted by Albert Dickson I love the B&W. Realy captures the feel of the Southwest. Used to be that some of the Tohono Ohodham Tribe woman would do traditional cooking behind the mission and you could buy blue corn tortillas and frijoles from them. I hope you got the chance to try some.

Thanks, Albert. Yes, I did to eat some of the food there, but it was 20 years ago. I didn't see them this trip, but I was there during the middle of the week and it was still early in the year.

Outstanding images. Bravo!! I really loved B&W conversion.

Originally Posted by ShepsMom Outstanding images. Bravo!! I really loved B&W conversion.

Thank you. I appreciate your comments.

I love the first one. It looks great both in color and in b/w.

Originally Posted by DavidS I love the first one. It looks great both in color and in b/w.

Thank you, David. Your comments are appreciated.