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F)ck!ng A!
Fantastic pics.
What are you shooting with, besides the drone?
Nikon Z6iii and a selection of lenses from 14mm to 600mm depending on the scene. Drone rarely comes out, the interesting areas where you can fly in North America are restricted mostly to AZ and southern UT.
 
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I was curious what drone you use? Amazing pictures
Older DJI AIr 2S. I am lusting after the Mavic 3 Pro and its second tele lens, but given how restricted drone use is in North America in scenic areas (rightfully so, I might add) I can't justify dropping 3k.
 
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Do you carry the Mystery Ranch daypack ? :sneaky:
Nope, that is only for summer use, too small to take with photo gear on any trail that takes me more than a mile or two from the vehicle. Some of the trails in Canada had 3000ft+ elevation gain over a few miles, with exposed ridges that are windy as hell.
 

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A good eye for scenes and color like this he could get away with using a potato and still blow us away.
That's exactly true. Sometime people on trails will ask me to take their pictures with the comment "you seem like you know what you are doing with that camera" and I tell them "the only thing a spendy camera proves is that I have disposable income". I have cell phone equivalents of most of these shots that look nearly exactly the same at the size posted on the website. And there are photographers out there that will blow me away with their cell phone shots any time of day.

If you want to see truly mind-blowing landscape photography try these guys
https://www.marcadamus.com/gallery/new-work/
https://www.alexandredeschaumes.com/ (loads slowly but worth the wait)
https://www.karolnienartowicz.com/
 

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These pictures are magnificent! You should be working for National Geographic.
 

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That's exactly true. ...there are photographers out there that will blow me away with their cell phone shots any time of day.
Yep...as a fellow photographer (not full time), I'm the same way. It isn't the camera that matters, it's the 20 years of refining my vision and processes. Much respect as you've obviously done the same!
 

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Great images. Creative eye. You surprised me with the variety of the locations. e.g. snow covered mountains to island lol. I was thinking they were all from the same trip.

As a hobbyist photographer I always tell folks that if you can make a call with your camera then you need a better camera. Phone cameras are amazingly capable but to sell or display them as art they are lacking. Even my drone photos show noise when enlarged.

This makes sense though, the image sensor is so much larger on DSLRs.

Well done. I hope you print and frame some of those for your walls.
 

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I know many are not fans of Cyber Orange, but in the context of this picture it was the perfect color.

Not my Bronco. Was in Canada 2 weeks ago doing some photography with the fall color, was very lucky to have timed it perfectly and have excellent weather for the entire duration of my stay. I was parked on the side of a road doing some drone photography when I saw this Cyber Orange Bronco heading my way. Grabbed the camera quickly and did as best as I could to capture the scene.

P.S. This has been perhaps THE most productive photography trip I have ever had. Still not done processing all the images but if anyone is interested, take a peek at the last 30-ish images here - just keep hitting the right arrow.

https://bboyanov.com/gallery/index.php?/category/past-year#&gid=1&pid=1

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Wow, that is a very majestic photo, definitely the best colour ever, and a 2dr to boot!
I might be slightly biased...
 

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Great images. Creative eye. You surprised me with the variety of the locations. e.g. snow covered mountains to island lol. I was thinking they were all from the same trip.

As a hobbyist photographer I always tell folks that if you can make a call with your camera then you need a better camera. Phone cameras are amazingly capable but to sell or display them as art they are lacking. Even my drone photos show noise when enlarged.

This makes sense though, the image sensor is so much larger on DSLRs.

Well done. I hope you print and frame some of those for your walls.
Only the first 30 or so images from the link are from this trip. The rest are just images from the past year. If you hit ESc to exit full screen mode you should be able to go to other folders that have inhales going back to 2006 or so.

I am of a different opinion when it comes to cell phone cameras. With good light they make completely serviceable "serious" cameras
 

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Man, you get around! Incredible shots… :handsinair:
 

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Only the first 30 or so images from the link are from this trip. The rest are just images from the past year. If you hit ESc to exit full screen mode you should be able to go to other folders that have inhales going back to 2006 or so.

I am of a different opinion when it comes to cell phone cameras. With good light they make completely serviceable "serious" cameras
I agree to a point, some are surprisingly good "with good light." They are nice because they're always with us.

Honestly, my conscience would never let me sell a photo taken from a phone, however I would gift the image away if I got a captured a good one.

When I was making money from photography it was mostly sports photography, many times night games. Compact digital cameras and phones were useless for that.

Imagine showing up to shoot a wedding with a phone....:crackup:

I went back and looked at some of your other images. Really nice work.
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