Photography

Crewleader

(17,005 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2015, 05:34 AM Apr 2015

Photo of the Day

April 10, 2015

The Searcher

Photograph by Carlo Mogavero, National Geographic Your Shot

A lone rider is dwarfed by the immensity of Utah’s Monument Valley. Your Shot member Carlo Mogavero had the benefit of a clear day and an iconic setting but, he writes, his shot was missing a subject. “Suddenly a cowboy started to climb the cliff, and I began to hope that the guy was going to reach the right position,” he writes. “I waited for a while, and luckily the cowboy went [onto] the rock.” For Mogavero, the scene evoked the classic Western films of Sergio Leone and John Ford, once viewed on a black-and-white television.

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Photo of the Day (Original Post) Crewleader Apr 2015 OP

That's a great photo. lovemydog Apr 2015 #1

Great photos are all about being at the right place at the right time, aren't they? mnhtnbb Apr 2015 #2

And taking thousands of 'less than great' photos while working for the great one. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #4

now I'm ready to pack my bags and move there with my pony magical thyme Apr 2015 #3

Or you could grab your swim suit and head to Florida... Lochloosa Apr 2015 #5

How beautiful this is, my dear Crewleader... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2015 #6

I wonder left-of-center2012 Apr 2015 #7

Reminds me of Ansel Adams. Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #8

Superb! Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #9

Good to hear Mrs. Sherman A1 loves westerns too. Hope she's feeling better! Crewleader Apr 2015 #10

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)

1. That's a great photo.

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 06:00 AM

Apr 2015

Thanks for sharing.

Some classic westerns were shot in that area, Utah's Monument Valley. It certainly does evoke them.

mnhtnbb

(33,503 posts)

2. Great photos are all about being at the right place at the right time, aren't they?

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 06:06 AM

Apr 2015

Takes lots of patience, doesn't it?

aikoaiko

(34,214 posts)

4. And taking thousands of 'less than great' photos while working for the great one.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 08:28 AM

Apr 2015

And patience.

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

3. now I'm ready to pack my bags and move there with my pony

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 08:15 AM

Apr 2015

scorpions. rattlesnakes. poisonous stinging desert things everywhere. Hot hot hot. dry dry dry...

phew. I feel a little better now.

Gorgeous photo.

Lochloosa

(16,801 posts)

5. Or you could grab your swim suit and head to Florida...

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:01 AM

Apr 2015

scorpions. rattlesnakes. poisonous stinging swamp things everywhere. Hot hot hot...humidity humidity humidity.

Oh and Alligators!

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,969 posts)

6. How beautiful this is, my dear Crewleader...

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:38 AM

Apr 2015

Thank you, dear girl...

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

7. I wonder

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:10 AM

Apr 2015

What was that cowboy doing there, besides enjoying the view?

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

8. Reminds me of Ansel Adams.

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 12:43 PM

Apr 2015

I do love good black and white photography.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

9. Superb!

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 05:49 PM

Apr 2015

Thanks for Posting. Mrs. Sherman A1 loves old westerns I will have to show her this photo.

Crewleader

(17,005 posts)

10. Good to hear Mrs. Sherman A1 loves westerns too. Hope she's feeling better!

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 12:17 AM

Apr 2015

Thanks everyone for the comments too!

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