Start of a new journey exploring the Kelso Dunes.

Journey to the Dunes

Duane Tkatch May 25, 2020

We peaked the summit right when sunset was starting and really showed off the beauty of the preserve. Personally I’ve always preferred a nice woodland area but this sunset showed me how beautiful the desert can be.

A astro panoramic landscape image of Mt Whitney at the Sierra Nevadas.

Something New for Once- Astro Panoramic

Duane Tkatch March 30, 2017

In my last post, I shared a few images from my spring camping trip and talked about recharging myself. This is another photo from that trip and completely something new to me.

One of the several panoramic images I took during my trip to the Lone Pine campgrounds at the base of the mountain.

Spring Get A Way- Getting Off The Grid to Recharge

Duane Tkatch March 9, 2017

We all get burnt out and need a recharge sometime. How do you do you recharge yourself? Come see how I recharged myself.

Sometimes You Just Have to Stop

Duane Tkatch November 3, 2016

When life gets busy we miss out on the little things, sometimes you just have to take a moment to just stop, take a breath, and enjoy all the little things in life.

Sunset 3, the final light before descending from the peak to escape the wind kicking up the sand. Bringing the end to such a beautiful sunset. Something that was well needed, enjoy the little things

Sunset 2, about 10 minutes after the previous photo. As the light quickly fadded the colors changed some deepened and some became more pastel. The foreground started to fade as it was being overshadowed by the fading light in the distance. Setting up

Sunset 1 from the dunes. We got a late start on the hike but made it to the top at the perfect time. We got to watch a beautiful sunset light up the seemly endless desert we were surrounded by. The beauty of this sunset just continued to get more bea

Every new adventure starts by taking the first step. In this case, the first steps were the easiest. Took a trip to the Kelso dunes in the Mojave national preserve yesterday, this time with the goal of hiking up the dunes rather then just shooting th

One of the images from my test shoot the other day. Very pleased with the result from this natural light shoot of my new mountain bike. Can't wait to take this on some adventures to capture some amazing landscape photos.

Everytime I see the Milky-way I want to take a panoramic image of it. Here is my third and my best Milky-way panoramic image (so far).

It was another great night under the stars last night. This is my first ever attempt at a compositing the milky-way in with a twilight shot. It's far from the best, but I can say I'm excited to get better at this as I shoot the milky-way more, I will

A shot of my friend @cody_sessions warming up before sparing this past Sunday @combatathletics.us

A quick shot of @luis12a94 between rounds of sparing yesterday at @combatathletics.us. Always a fun time observing and photographing martial artists.
Thanks to @cody_sessions for the invite, hope to shoot with you guys again soon.

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