New on 500px : Twin Candles by alexnoriega by alexnoriega

Looks best on black.

Striking formations rise from the grasslands of South Dakota’s Badlands National Park, catching dramatic sunrise light. This is an image from January 2013, shot on a trip back to the Midwest.

There’s not much to work with here if you want this specific perspective, where these formations take on a stoic twin-peaks shape – so I settled on the leading curve offered by this ridge. Full snow cover or wildflowers would be ideal, but both are rare and fleeting, and I never find myself voluntarily in South Dakota. If I did, it’d be for this place alone.

Anyway, did you guys know the red candle can be used multiple times on the same screen? This makes it ideal for finding burnable bushes that are a secret to everybody. It’s also a formidable weapon against slow-moving foes, such as mummies.
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New on 500px : As Luck Would Have It by alexnoriega by alexnoriega

Looks best on black.

An image from this spring up on the Rowena Crest. Got some nice color on quickly-changing lenticulars around sunset one evening with TEEDGEPEEDGE and aFein. It had initially looked like we were going to get skunked, but we got lucky with a break in the sky at the right time. Maybe it was this horseshoe formation of balsamroot that brought us that luck?

Utilized a perspective blend to achieve this composition. I normally would have liked to have the tree more prominent in the frame, but I felt this cloud formation needed to be showcased without distractions.

Sorry for reposting if you saw this yesterday, decided not to have multiple images up during the shenanigans.
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Check out this workshop Alex Mody and I are offering this September in Olympic National Park (only four spots remaining): http://ift.tt/1nfoq70

I also teach my post-processing workflow online via Skype. If you like the way my images look and would like to learn my techniques, you can find more info here: http://ift.tt/1isThsi

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New on 500px : As the Daylight Ends by PaulStewart1 by PaulStewart1

The landscape category is tough on 500px. I can’t come close to emulating the stunning work on here, however, it still won’t stop me from bringing the beauty of Scotland to you.

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New on 500px : Rockaway Sunrise by cwexplorationphotography by cwexplorationphotography

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Moonset to sunrise over Rockaway beach along Oregon’s gorgeous coastline. I’m excited to make another trip down to this area this summer.

2 landscape photos shot at 16mm, blended for dynamic range
70mm shot for the moon, re-sized

Rockaway Beach, OR

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New on 500px : Morning At Leslie Canyon – Toned by alandersen by alandersen

A sky of Cirrostratus clouds looms over the skeleton of a lone Cottonwood tree in a landscape of eroded hills and dry grasslands outside of Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge near the town of McNeal in Southeastern Arizona.

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