DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
This image is not a part of any challenge.
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Socorro Peak
Socorro Peak
cgino


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Lemitar, NM
Date: May 30, 2009
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jun 2, 2009

Viewed: 586
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

 This is Socorro Peak, also called M Mountain because of the big white M painted on it in honor of New Mexico Tech which was once known as the School of Mines. You can't see the M from here :-) This was taken a couple miles from my house on a dirt road that leads back to a little nature area. As you can see it is surrounded by farmland.

This is two images stitched together with CS3. I just noticed some compression artifacts around the mountain/skyline border, oops, the image is larger than 800 pixels so is being squashed for this page...

And for those who wondered about the 'M' (roz & utg), here is a different view where you can see it :-)

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 06/07/2009 03:11:06 PM
Lovely setting! Nice patterns throughout it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/06/2009 09:07:54 AM
I'd be outside all the time to soak up all this beauty. Gorgeous shot!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 10:33:12 PM
Composition is good in this because of your POV and the clouds completing the horizontal lines theme. That works nicely with the pan and keeps the flow going from one edge to the other. I like the color contrasts as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 06:53:40 PM
i'm reading your comment and then looking up to find the 'm' .. was going to write that i'v looked and looked but cant see it .. then i read more .. "you can't see the M from here" .. lol LOL ..
its a brilliant shot(s) colleen & i love the scene .. wot an excellent place to live .. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 03:07:30 PM
Very nice pano! I may have to try a few of these myself - hard to give the full impression of some things without them. Very nice the way the gold stands out against the dark green. And a lovely view!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 01:13:03 PM
that cloud formation looks great. wonderful work!! (as usual)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 11:55:19 AM
Beautiful, vast, so open-feeling. Not like the city at all! ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 11:03:53 AM
This is a series of stripes!!!! ME LIKES.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 10:51:49 AM
and this is where you live? are you grizzly adams or something lol.
Beautiful shot well executed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 10:44:13 AM
This has worked really well. The colors are subtle and work to be interesting but not overbearing. Nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 10:40:01 AM
And you know what I did try to find the m before reading on.. lol! Great use of panorama..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 10:18:11 AM
The panorama really works here -- you really have the feeling of the wide-open spaces.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 10:07:19 AM
Oh that is gorgeous. Much greener than the Sandia area :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2009 09:49:18 AM
LOVE the crop (stitch!) Very cool - lovely area.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/15/2025 12:40:30 PM EDT.