This photograph could have been so much better… I went down to La Cuesta, located in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, to photograph the Rio Grande at Sunset using long exposure photography. I waited for the sunset to be at, what I thought was its most colorful point, before taking this shot. A swarm of mosquitoes came by and I decided to pack up and head out. That’s when the most amazing sunset took place. Imagine a bright, red and orange sky on this photo… Oh well, maybe next time.
I like the way you got low and made the rocks have a nice foreground presence along with the milky water.. I like your sky as it is hard to capture La Cuesta’s sky. Of all the times I have been there, I was able to get an interesting sky only once. Most people shoot from above but when I found this location, it is one of my favorite places to photograph minus the rattlers.
I suppose an even more colorful and brilliant sky would have been nice, but this is a fine image, Terry. And…given my recent experience with mosquitoes, I’d say discretion was indeed the better part of wisdom.
Rick Capozza
April 24, 2019
I like the way you got low and made the rocks have a nice foreground presence along with the milky water.. I like your sky as it is hard to capture La Cuesta’s sky. Of all the times I have been there, I was able to get an interesting sky only once. Most people shoot from above but when I found this location, it is one of my favorite places to photograph minus the rattlers.
TK
April 24, 2019
Thanks Rick. It’s by far my best sky in this location.
Steve Gingold
April 24, 2019
I suppose an even more colorful and brilliant sky would have been nice, but this is a fine image, Terry. And…given my recent experience with mosquitoes, I’d say discretion was indeed the better part of wisdom.
TK
April 24, 2019
Thanks Steve. I really enjoy the long exposures near the water.