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Archive for May 2020

Gold Butte Peak: Southern Nevada’s untraveled view

Posted on May 28, 2020, 5:44 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Among photographers, Gold Butte National Monument is renowned for its surreal Little Finland area, but it is only an area of about one square mile. With its huge 468 square miles, the monument has much more to offer, and a good way to appreciate its vastness is to hike to a mountain top. For a […]
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White Sands Dusk: Film versus Digital

Posted on May 22, 2020, 6:05 pm, by QT Luong, under Esthetics.
My only goal for the afternoon of December 20, 2019, was to make one photograph that I had been working towards since I arrived at White Sands National Monument, two days before: the ocean of white dunes colored by soft light of dusk, on the evening it would redesignated the 62th national park. It would […]
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Pisgah: how to photograph a cave with a single light

Posted on May 14, 2020, 11:53 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations, Techniques.
Caves open for tours geared towards the general public, such as those found in national parks, generally have paved paths and beautifully installed lights. What sometimes makes them difficult to photograph are restrictions like the prohibition of tripods. Outside of those caves, there is a whole world of undeveloped caves that offer a wild and […]
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Is the Sonoran the most diverse of the North American Deserts?

Posted on May 7, 2020, 9:20 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Part 5 of 5: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 When reading descriptions of the Sonoran Desert National Monument, you come across a lot of statements that the national monument is the most biologically diverse of the North American deserts for instance, from the BLM that manages the national monument, although what […]
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