Autumn on the slopes and sunset on the peaks bring their colors to the dry, empty ranges of central Nevada. The view is from the crest of the Monitor Range looking east to Morey Peak and the Hot Creek Range.
(Please click through to the larger version – this one suffers at blog size!)
Born in New Mexico, raised in Wyoming and Montana, the mountain west has always been my home. I come from mountaineering families on both sides: my maternal grandfather was a pioneering climber in the Sierra Nevada, while my father guided in the Tetons and climbed in China and Nepal. Both my parents guided for Outward Bound. I ran my first river at nine months old, and have been hiking and backpacking longer than I can remember. My other major influence has been my step-father, Stephen Bodio, a nature writer, falconer and traveler, and as fine a family member as I could hope to have.
I studied black and white photography in high school, under an excellent teacher, but failed to apply myself. After high school, I began guiding for ARTA River Trips, and my interest in photography gradually rekindled as I endeavored to share with friends and family my work in the finest landscapes of the American West. Meanwhile, I studied classical literature, philosophy and history of mathematics at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I am currently living with my wife and son in the Palouse region of eastern Washington.
Photographically, I travel light and prefer to shoot off pavement and explore unknown locations. My favorite landscapes include the unknown expanses and little-visited mountains of rural New Mexico, the canyons of Dinosaur National Monument, and the vast wilderness of Central Idaho.
Contact: frishmanphoto@gmail.com
Crest, Cliff & Canyon
That was well worth the extra click, Jackson. What an amazing landscape. Did you have to do much to it to get the depth of clarity? Has it been ‘Bagshaw-ed’ at all?
Thanks Andrew! Yes, I tend to use some luminosity masking for subtle dodge/burn and local contrast (Kuyper-ed I suppose, rather than Bagshaw-ed – I love Sean Bagshaw’s photography, but can’t really do videos on our satellite internet). Before I started using Lightroom, I used to do a lot more luminosity mask work, but now I find I can get things pretty close in LR and just put on some finishing touches in PS.
I have Tony’s actions but like you most of my work is done in LR or perhaps NIK. I rarely go over to PS nowadays.
That “little” splash of color adds such an interesting dynamic to the image, Jackson. It almost seems incongruous surrounded by all the earthtones.