This is a panoramic shot of Mono Lake, the source of all the water that Los Angeles steals from northern California. For some reason it's peculiarly washed out, which is very cool. I can't explain it, but I know that I like it.
I've been experimenting a lot with panoramic shots, and mostly I like the results. The big problem is that on the blog I'm limited to a width of 700 pixels, which means they look pretty tiny. This one isn't too bad, but I've got a few others that are real problems. They'd look great blown up big and hung on a wall, but not so great on a tiny computer monitor.
(Of course, you can always do a right-click and choose "View Image" if you want to see it larger. I assume something similar works on Macs.)
UPDATE: In the interests of precision, Los Angeles has never gotten water directly from Mono Lake, which is extremely salty. It got water from the streams that feed Mono Lake, thus lowering its water level by dangerous amounts.
"(Of course, you can always do a right-click and choose "View Image" if you want to see it larger. I assume something similar works on Macs.)
Indeed it does! I do it all the time in your shebeen.
Did the Nor Cals get much water from Mono Lake? Down in the Owens Valley? We in Los Angeles may have stolen the Mono Lake water from the residents of Owens Valley, but I doubt that the Nor Cals were the victims. And the Nor Cals have committed their own water crimes, stealing water from the Sacramento River, and destroying Hetch Hetchy Valley.
Yes, you can right click on a photo with your mouse on a Mac, and yes, this photo is gorgeous and is vastly improved looking at it large. And I wouldn't call it washed out, I'd call it high key. Thanks!
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-shoot-high-key-photography#6-pieces-of-equipment-you-need-for-high-key-photography
High key! I like that.
I'm sure you already know this, but chose to frame it the way you did for brevity, but SoCal water doesn't actually come from Mono Lake (it's a saline lake), but some of our water does come from streams that drain into the lake. Enviros and DWP have tussled over the years about how to manage those flows to protect the lake.
Did you know High Plains Drifter was filmed there?
https://www.monolake.org/
https://the-great-silence.blogspot.com/2008/10/high-plains-drifter-location-at-mono.html
I was just going for the joke. And no, I didn't know that High Plains Drifter was filmed there!
It reminds me of favorite watercolor paintings, beautifully done skies & water scenes as any done in oils.
Hey, have you ever looked at the word count of LATimes articles and the size of the cost overruns they're covering?
https://mobile.twitter.com/mateosfo/status/1363984053876125697
Isn't it your blog? Who dictates your column size to you?
In Chrome on the PC, it's "Open image in new tab," and the enlarged picture is spectacular.
This is my favorite photo you have posted for years. As an earlier commented noted is looks like a hyper-realistic painting.