Thanks! Yeah, it was originally brighter, I darkened it up a bit! I think I might switch it back to be a little brighter again though. Thank you for the feedback.
I used to live just down the road from where you took this shot. As a side note: This area was frequently used as a backdrop for "Western" TV and movies. The 50's saw extensive use of the Alabama Hills.
I googled far enough to know this is in California and not Alabama (which, as far as I know, had nothing looking remotely like these) but not far enough to know how it came to be called "Alabama Hills."
"The Alabama Hills were named for the CSS Alabama, a Confederate warship deployed during the American Civil War. When news of the ship's exploits reached prospectors in California sympathetic to the Confederates, they named many mining claims after the ship, and the name came to be applied to the entire range. When the Alabama was finally sunk off the coast of Normandy by the USS Kearsarge in 1864, prospectors sympathetic to the Union named a mining district, a mountain pass, a mountain peak, and a town after the Kearsarge."
Love the shot. Love the crop. Is there any way to lighten the hills in the foreground?
Thanks! Yeah, it was originally brighter, I darkened it up a bit! I think I might switch it back to be a little brighter again though. Thank you for the feedback.
I used to live just down the road from where you took this shot. As a side note: This area was frequently used as a backdrop for "Western" TV and movies. The 50's saw extensive use of the Alabama Hills.
I googled far enough to know this is in California and not Alabama (which, as far as I know, had nothing looking remotely like these) but not far enough to know how it came to be called "Alabama Hills."
"The Alabama Hills were named for the CSS Alabama, a Confederate warship deployed during the American Civil War. When news of the ship's exploits reached prospectors in California sympathetic to the Confederates, they named many mining claims after the ship, and the name came to be applied to the entire range. When the Alabama was finally sunk off the coast of Normandy by the USS Kearsarge in 1864, prospectors sympathetic to the Union named a mining district, a mountain pass, a mountain peak, and a town after the Kearsarge."
- Wikipedia
Thanks. I figured there had to be an explanation other than a severe mapping error.