I took some time by myself to go out and photograph some scenery the other day. It was a great chance to try something besides portraits and I was able to photograph one of Fort Irwin's most recognizable landmarks, the Painted Rock.
This image is an HDR composite of 3 exposures over a 3 stop range captured in RAW format. My tripod was positioned as close to the ground as possible (~6-12 inches high) and I was using a polarizer filter on the front of my 24-70mm L series Canon lens at about 24mm wide.
My better shots seemed to be the ones where I was shooting at a very wide focal length and as close to the rocks as possible. I would have liked to get a bit higher to show the mountains in the background a bit better as well. I definitely have a long way to go before I'm good at landscapes, but this sure was fun to do! It's absolutely gorgeous out here.
