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This scene was captured early April 2016 while a storm was rolling over the Sierra Nevada. We were headed to Mono Lake, and decided to head up a canyon nearby. The atmospherics in the canyon were great, and the rain had let up enough to where many low lying clouds were moving through the area, providing for some great photo ops. This is one exposure, a quick snap, no tripod. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY www.mikeclasenphotography.com
This scene was captured March of 2016 during one of the few photography outings I had been able to pull off that year. Beyond ancient toppled tufa-mushrooms, a full moon illuminates lenticular cloud formations, while thorns dance with the wind. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY www.mikeclasenphotography.com
While this image displays signs of sunset and seasonal transition, it also signifies a point in time where my growth as a photographer started to take off, and I began to take my photography seriously and educate myself with the visual art of photography as a whole. This image was captured in autumn of 2011, shortly after I started to dive into using manual mode on my DSLR at the time, which was a Canon Rebel T2i. I did not know anything about post processing really, or the camera settings required for shooting in various scenarios to obtain some of the end results I desired. I did not know what 75% of the controls and settings on the DSLR camera actually did. I have not processed this image until now, and have some more images to sort through from 2011.... This scene was captured in the Eastern Sierra Nevada foothills above Bishop California. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY www.mikeclasenphotography.com
