As some of the old-timers may remember, I used to be a professional landscape photographer in the 1990s and had a business called Photography of the Land. I had a couple of gallery showings but mainly did business selling framed prints to individuals and offices (to help pay for all of the traveling and shooting I would do). Just recently, I found my old PhotoCD where I had my photos copied to and as a gift to FOFC, I would like to share some of my more popular ones (in smaller jpg format):

"Colorado Colors"

This was my best seller. Most people who had been to Colorado in the fall know of the golden aspens but you would surprised at the variety of other colors as well (not as much as New England though) and I think this photo showed that pretty well. This is from the Sneffels Range of the San Juans, where I spent many, many autumns photographing.

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/colors.jpg


"Autumn Storm"

Here is another Colorado autumn photo, this one from my Limited Edition Collection using a large format camera. You can't tell from this small image but it is one of those photos that you can spend endless hours looking at all of the different details.

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/storm.jpg


"Tetons Dawn"

One of my favorite photo experience was getting this shot in the Tetons. I woke up early and saw that the mountains were obscured by low clouds over the river valley. But just as the sun came up, the low clouds settled down in the valley and opened up the peaks.

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/tetonsd.jpg


"Bristlecone Pines"

This is my absolute favorite photo. I camped high in Windy Ridge near Hoosier Pass in Colorado and got this shot in the first dawn light. I love the deep red colors and the details of these ancient trees.

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/brist.jpg


"Tetons Reflection"

Here's another Tetons photo, this time taking down in the river valley at Schwabacher's Landing.

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/tetons.jpg

wow, great shots! thanks for sharing! :)

FM

Those are some amazing photos. Thanks for sharing. Do you still sell any of these types of prints?

Incredible pics, Bucc. Which large format camera did you use, a Leica?

I've been a huge Ansel Adams fan for as long as I can remember, and I love these kinds of pics.

Great stuff, Bucc!

Just a question....did you ever think of selling those pics as puzzles?

Thank you for the kind words. I hope the images shows up ok here.

cartman: I believe it was a Leica 4x5 (both the Autumn Storm and Tetons Reflection were taken with it). I sold it about 10 years ago so I don't quite remember. I do remember, however, the incredible amount of time to set up each shot and with the cost of the sheet film (plus processing), I was nervous about getting each shot right.

Eaglesfan27: I still have all of my slides (whether 35mm and 4x5) but had not done anything with them since I put out my catalog in 1998. I wouldn't even know if one can get prints made (since it's all digital now) or how much they cost. Thanks for asking.

Colorado Colors and Bristlecone Pines are my favorites. Excellent shots. I can see why the first one sold easily, but the second one has a harsh dramatic feel to it. Would make a nice framed picture.

"Tetons Dawn" and "Bristlecone Pines" are the two I like the best. Nice shots.

I like these photos a lot--especially bristlecone pines. Anyway you can link to the larger versions? They look very small at 1600x1200.

Really nice. I can never quite get over the kinds of reflections you can get in these shots.

I like these photos a lot--especially bristlecone pines. Anyway you can link to the larger versions? They look very small at 1600x1200.

I forgot that some would have display resolutions higher than 1024x768. Sorry about that.

Here's a larger size

Edit: probably best to just post a link

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/brist2.jpg

Stunning, Bucc.

i am extremely impressed with the beauty of these photos. these are great pieces of work and i highly admire the calibre of artistic skill needed to capture these images.

Really nice. I can never quite get over the kinds of reflections you can get in these shots.

Speaking of reflections, here's my favorite New England photo. I spend about 2-3 hours getting this shot - waiting for the right combination of light on the trees and relative stillness in the water to get the reflection. Sometimes the water would calm but the sun would be behind the clouds or I would get the light but water would be choppy.

For what it's worth, the Colorado Colors photo and this New England photo were taken about 5 days apart!

"Reflection of Colors"

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/ne.jpg

couldn't you have just used Photoshop, or is that considered taking steroids in the seedy underworld of nature photography?

wow. those are incredible.

Antmeister, this one is for you. From our old stomping grounds of Cardiff.

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/cardiff.jpg

Speaking of reflections, here's my favorite New England photo. I spend about 2-3 hours getting this shot - waiting for the right combination of light on the trees and relative stillness in the water to get the reflection. Sometimes the water would calm but the sun would be behind the clouds or I would get the light but water would be choppy.

For what it's worth, the Colorado Colors photo and this New England photo were taken about 5 days apart!

"Reflection of Colors"

http://home.adelphia.net/~ouray2/images/ne.jpg

Wow, awesome.

Mind if I ask where in New England that was taken?

Shaun

Shaun, that was taken in the White Mountains of Northern New Hampshire near Bethlehem.

Absolutely beautiful pictures.

couldn't you have just used Photoshop, or is that considered taking steroids in the seedy underworld of nature photography?

Photoshop is just another tool to use for pics. Ansel Adams used all sorts of methods to enhance and embellish his prints, and I'm pretty sure he would have had Photoshop in his stable of tools if he were still around today.

Very nice pictures, Bucc. I'm impressed. :)

I wanna be like you when I grow up Bucc... stunning pix!!

Antmeister, this one is for you. From our old stomping grounds of Cardiff.

http://home.adelphia.net/%7Eouray2/images/cardiff.jpg

Damn....great pic. I was 13 at the time you took that pic, so I was going to Jefferson Junior High in good ol' Oceanside. You have some skills sir. Have you ever made one of those coffee table books?

Photoshop is just another tool to use for pics. Ansel Adams used all sorts of methods to enhance and embellish his prints, and I'm pretty sure he would have had Photoshop in his stable of tools if he were still around today.

But I think there is one distinct difference. Embellishing a print to bring out colors or tonal values is just enhancing what is there. Photoshop and digital manipulation can go further in adding things that are not there. Artistic expression gives you the freedom to do whatever you wish (like merging two negatives together or adding in elements to an existing image) but as long as you represent that and be truthful about it, that is cool.

But with digital photography and Photoshop (and the like), it is too easy to "create" a scene. For example, in the Tetons reflection shot, I can fairly easily create the reflection in Photoshop if it wasn't there and then show them here to have people admire the shot I took. I will not do that and you can be assured that the photos above were taken "as is" (with the only manipulation coming from brightening them in order to save it to jpg format so they can be quickly displayed here).

Damn....great pic. I was 13 at the time you took that pic, so I was going to Jefferson Junior High in good ol' Oceanside. You have some skills sir. Have you ever made one of those coffee table books?

No, it's like everything else I have done and still do in life, I never could devote all of my time and resources required to take it to a higher level.

ps. That photo was one of my earliest effort, before I had decent equipment and skills. It was the last photo I took before I left North County for grad school back East and wanted something to remember my years on the beach.

Photoshop is just another tool to use for pics. Ansel Adams used all sorts of methods to enhance and embellish his prints, and I'm pretty sure he would have had Photoshop in his stable of tools if he were still around today.

Yeah, back in his day, Ansel Adams had to use MSPaint.

Edit: BTW... my wife said I had to take you off my blocked list long enough to check out those photos. Nice work, Bucc. :D

No, it's like everything else I have done and still do in life, I never could devote all of my time and resources required to take it to a higher level.

ps. That photo was one of my earliest effort, before I had decent equipment and skills. It was the last photo I took before I left North County for grad school back East and wanted something to remember my years on the beach.

Higher level? I think you are underestimating what you could already do. Some of your early 90's pics would still do well in any time period. And it is probably much easier today to get things done than it was in the past.

There are a number of self-publishing routes, and while it still requires some of your time and effort, it is still easier than it was 10 years ago now that there is print on demand.

Anyways, if you had stepped away from photography for a while, maybe you should get back into it as a hobby again. I would love to see more of the work you put out there. You can make a killing off a number of prints.

Higher level? I think you are underestimating what you could already do. Some of your early 90's pics would still do well in any time period. And it is probably much easier today to get things done than it was in the past.

There are a number of self-publishing routes, and while it still requires some of your time and effort, it is still easier than it was 10 years ago now that there is print on demand.

Anyways, if you had stepped away from photography for a while, maybe you should get back into it as a hobby again. I would love to see more of the work you put out there. You can make a killing off a number of prints.

x2

(not as much as New England though)

Northern Michigan destroys New England in fall.


Great pictures though.

These are stunning pictures, Bucc. "Bristlecone Pines" is my fave without question.

Several of these look vaguely familiar to me -- have they been available online e.g. from Webshots?

Way to make me think of my dream job again...

I REALLY need to start taking pictures again... I had gotten pretty good, I'm sure my talents of faded a bit...

Very impressive, Bucc.

Some of those bristlecone pines grow to be 5000 years old. That's just mind-boggling to look at one and think that it could have been alive before the Great Pyramids were built in Egypt.

Wow, Bucc is actually talented! Who'd have thunk it!

:D

Seriously, those are great shots.

Echoing the above - very nice photos Bucc.

And I never would have thought of a landscape photographer waiting 2-3 hours at one spot for the perfect shot. Kudos.

Excellent shots! Well done.

very very nice

Wow.

Bucc,

Stunning. Just stunning.

Amazing pics Bucc! I really wish I could live in a place with natural beauty of that caliber.

Hell, there's a couple of those I'd buy right now.

Everytime I see something like this I just pause and think, "WTF New Jersey?!?!?"

Wow! Given the demand here i might take the cardiff photo off my wall and put it on ebay.

Nice job bro. your sf photo is why i'm here. and not, for example, in 2 feet of snow.

Beautiful photos Bucc.

Wow! Given the demand here i might take the cardiff photo off my wall and put it on ebay.

Nice job bro. your sf photo is why i'm here. and not, for example, in 2 feet of snow.

I'm glad you still have that photo, with all of your moves and everything. What's the SF photo, the one with Coit and TA? Besides, I'm looking out my window and still only see less than an inch of snow on the ground. But I did hear that all around us got more.

You can make a killing off a number of prints.

No kidding. My wife and I would be ready to buy at least 2 of these right now if they were available.

Amazing work, Bucc

SI

Wow Bucc. Impressive stuff.

Someone here at Front Office with actual talent, who'd have thunk it?

Gorgeous pictures. Thanks, Bucc. :)