Rick Lamison Photography

Mesa Arch View, Canyonland National Park

2015-02-19T21:25:00.000-05:00

When taking this picture I was looking for a different view from this Iconic site. I liked the color contrast between the rocks in the foreground and the formations in the distance. Canyonlands is a very diverse park, with a different type of formation everywhere you turn. The park seems to have it all with canyons, arches, hoodoos, native american ruins, and big sky.

Park Avenue, Arches National Park, Utah

2015-02-19T21:04:00.000-05:00

This was my favorite view in Arches National Park. The arches are beautiful, but Park Avenue formation just amazed me. We got there in time for sunset the first day, and the second day we had a terrible storm, which chased us out before we could really see to much of the park. Traveling on a tight schedule can lead to disappointment if mother nature does not cooperate.

Bryce Canyon, Utah

2015-02-19T20:54:00.000-05:00

Bryce Canyon is a very beautiful and unique park. There are amazing views at every turn and the park is set up very well to give access to most of the canyon by road and short walks. There are many trails through out the park to give you different perspectives. The rock formations are know as Hoodoos and they were formed by water and ice.

Yellowstone National Park

2015-02-17T22:48:00.000-05:00

I fell in love with the colors at Yellowstone National Park, from the turquoise pools to the yellow and orange hot springs. Shortly before arriving at the park my camera took a spill snapping off my wide angle lens, fortunately the camera survived, the lens did not. During this trip to the park I was forced to use my long lens causing me to view the park a little differently that I would have with a wide angle lens.

Yellowstone National Park, Orange Spring Mound

2015-02-17T22:44:00.000-05:00

This spring in Yellowstone really caught my eye, the colors, the contrast, and the trees the fell prey to the toxic minerals. The weather was beautiful this particular day, the light was great. I was surprised at the small number of people at many of the pull offs. I hope to publish a few more images of the park in the near future.

Chapel of the Transfiguration Episcopal, Grand Tetons, Wyoming

2015-02-17T22:21:00.000-05:00

I loved this small church with the Grand Tetons in the background. The church is very quaint on the inside and has a large picture window behind the alter with an amazing view of the mountains. The church still holds services and I would like to have attended.

Grand Tetons and Jackson Lake

2015-02-17T22:05:00.000-05:00

This is a view I could never tier of, the majesty of the mountains and the color of the water was amazing. To my disappointment I left us only one day to travel through this amazing place, I could have worn out the shutter on my camera in this park. There were a thousand places I wanted to set up my tripod, but no time to do it, I will be back.

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park

2015-02-17T21:41:00.000-05:00

This Image is the typical view from this spot, I didn't want to be the only one not to put my tripod in the same spot as many famous photographers have. I can see why this angle is so popular, the way the arch frames the beautiful rock formations in the distance. I would like to be here at all different times of the day to capture the light that falls on this spot in the morning and at sunset. This particular day the light was very flat, so I tried to bring out the details and shadows a bit, in HDR.

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado

2014-06-01T21:30:00.000-04:00

This wonderful place is southwest of Colorado Springs and well worth the trip. It has huge sand dunes with mountains in the back ground. There is a creek you must cross, part of the year, to walk the dunes. The creek is Little Medano Creek and it develops small waves part of the year when there is enough flow. The waves are caused by water passing over the sand, it is a unique phenomena.

Babcock State Park, West Virginia

2014-06-01T21:29:00.000-04:00

I only had a half hour to see this park and got very lucky that the light was this good. It had been raining the entire trip from Pittsburgh and only stopped a few minutes before I arrived. This image was made with 3 shots in HDR post processing. I tried to use a lighter hand while working with the photo, as HDR can look to surreal. I hope to return to the park and spend more time, there are many possibilities here I would like to pursue.

Garden Of The Gods, Colorado Springs

2014-06-01T21:24:00.000-04:00

This place amazed me because of the color of the rocks, it varies from red, orange, pink, and gray. If in Colorado Springs it is a nice stop. The park is accessible by road with easy pull offs.

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

2014-06-01T21:23:00.000-04:00

This park is huge area of land and I regretfully only allowed for one day to visit on this trip. We had overcast weather, so the scenic shots were very limited. To me, this shot was the most intriguing image of the visit to this park. Might try to get back here on a future trip to Colorado.

Pittsburgh from the PNC Park

2013-04-02T12:23:00.000-04:00

This is an image I captured of Pittsburgh from Heinz Field . I was happy with the image and have printed it several times, but decided I wanted something more dramatic. I used the original RAW file and increased the contrast further than I would for a normal print. Then the image was then moved Photoshop, with the help of a couple filters and a little tweaking I achieved the effect I was looking for.

Lily at the Beach

2012-11-21T12:23:00.001-05:00

This is a Lily I found while walking near Virginia Beach, I liked the muted colors of this particular flower.

The Tea Shop, Renaissance Faire, Mount Hope Winery

2012-11-21T12:16:00.000-05:00

I found this small tea shop at the faire and thought it was a cool building. The Renaissance Faire is a nice place to visit, if your in central Pennsylvania. They have shows, shopping, and plenty to eat and drink. A must is, a turkey leg and a glass of Mead.

2012-11-20T12:17:00.000-05:00

Well for not being a flower guy, I seem to post them a lot. This was an image I liked as a straight photo, but I felt like getting the creative juices going in CS5. This is a combination of a couple filters, a bit of extra saturation, and luck. The end result seems to me to be more of a graphic design than a photo, but I think I will print it 16x24 and see if it's art or a mistake

Snow Falling at Tioga Pass, Yosemite Park

2012-09-22T22:02:00.000-04:00

This image was taken on Tioga Pass, north of Yosemite Park. The snow was falling, but I loved the view, so I tried a slow shutter speed to hide the snow. The single photo was adjusted in Photomatix and a slight adjustment in Photoshop.

Ruby Beach sea logs, Washington

2012-09-14T21:51:00.000-04:00

This was some big drift wood, many of the beaches on the northwest had huge piles of very large logs that have washed up as drift wood. Some beaches even warned to beware of sea logs. From a photographers point of view they were amazing, but I would be a little weary of them if I were in the water. This is a single image processed in Photomatix. I wanted to add a little mid tone contrast to the logs and it worked very well in this situation.

Hurricane Ridge,Olympic National Park

2012-09-07T12:22:00.000-04:00

Though impossible to see in this image, it was in the 30's with very high wind and sleet. This gave me an opportunity to use a trick I read about for protecting your camera. You use one of those cheap shower caps, that are in some hotel bathrooms. Take it and put it over the back of your camera and use a gum band to secure it to the front of the lens, you can still see in the view finder and work the controls. It was surprising how many people asked me where I got it.

Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park

2012-08-28T22:17:00.000-04:00

While hiking in the Hoh Rainforest I came to a spot where the sun was breaking through the canopy and lighting this small bunch of Ferns. The light lasted only a few minutes, just long enough to set up my tripod and get the shot. The image was a little to dark in the surrounding trees, so in Adobe Camera Raw I brought out the shadows slightly which lessened the contrast a bit.

Ruby Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

2012-08-26T11:24:00.002-04:00

This image of Ruby Beach was taken on an very overcast day. I was pleasantly surprised by the color of the image, my white balance was on Auto at the time. If on the Olympic Peninsula, on the west coast, this spot is well worth the visit. I had an itinerary for this trip and could not spend near the time this beach deserved.

Lake Arthur, Moraine State Park, PA

2012-08-22T21:37:00.000-04:00

This was a very cold, but beautiful morning at Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park. This image is a HDR photo made with 3 separate exposures. I do realize this is a little heavy handed, but I do like the effect on certain images. After merging the images in Photomatix, it required very little work.

The Sunflower

2012-08-19T18:10:00.000-04:00

My neighbor plants many varieties of sunflowers, and let me photograph a few of them. This one was directly into the sun , which washed out the sky to pure white. I had to do very little work to this image, just a bit of saturation in CS5 to bring the flower's colors back to how I saw them when it was shot. Thanks to Mike and Sarah for letting me take this photo.

Madison Falls, Olympic National Park

2012-08-18T23:16:00.000-04:00

This was the second waterfalls we found in the Olympic National Park, and my favorite. I loved how the water took several paths down the side of the cliff. This park is the greenest place I've ever been, very beautiful, I could spend weeks hiking around this place looking for more spots like this.

Ruby Beach with the help of HDR Processing

2012-08-18T22:14:00.000-04:00

Most of the time I prefer to shoot RAW files and bring out the detail with the sliders in Adobe Camera Raw. I was shooting into the overcast sun, the contrast was way to great for the camera or ARC to repair. With this in mind, I decided to take 3 exposures and try the HDR on this scene. I like the effect, but it seemed to soften the image a bit.