Beautiful and Historic Taos, New Mexico

Sony NEX7 20mm Infrared

 

San Jose de Gracia de las Trampas

built 1760-1776

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

San Jose de Gracia de las Trampas

built 1760-1776

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

We have wanted to visit the Taos area for years however just never found the time until this year.  I remember reading an article by Miles Hecker on The Luminous Landscape titled "On the High Road to Taos" and it has stuck in my memory ever since.  I'd suggest reading the article before venturing out if like us you've never been to the area.

 

Taos Pueblo Graves

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

Taos Pueblo

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

Taos Pueblo

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

Taos lies less that 500 miles from our home and we made it easily in one-day.  Not having been there before and not knowing what to expect we decided on 5-full shooting days; we found that was just barely enough. 

Taos Pueblo

Sony NEX7 20mm Infrared

 

Taos Pueblo Graves

Sony NEX7 20mm Infrared

 

Our trip took us through Santa Fe/Taos New Mexico before turning north to Devils Tower in northwestern Wyoming then through the beautiful Big Horn Mountains on our way into Jackson Hole for a couple days and finally returning to Tucson.  All told 15-days and over 3,800 miles.

San Lorenzo De Picuris

Built cira 1769

Sony NEX7 20mm Infrared

 

As reported earlier we added 2-new cameras to our kit, both Sony NEX7 and brought them along.  One Sony has been left "stock" with the standard 18-55mm lens while the other was converted to shoot infrared along with a Sony 20mm pancake lens.  We had ordered the new Zeiss Touit 12mm and 32mm lenses which we had hoped to have for the trip however sadly there was a shipping delay which made them arrive the week after we left.

 

San Francisco De Asis

Built cira 1810

Sony NEX7 20mm Infrared

San Francisco De Asis

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

San Francisco De Asis

Sony NEX7 20mm Infrared
 

There were numerous wildfires while we were in the area, the biggest (as far as we could tell) was in the Pecos Wilderness of the Santa Fe National Park.  While devastating these fires also caused some significant changes to the sky landscape.

 

Smoke from the Pecos Wilderness fire

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

Another view of the Pecos Wilderness fire

Cambo WRS/Phase One IQ160 55mm

 

Having seen the Taos area for the first time we can readily see how it inspired the likes of D.H. Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams.  If you haven't been and wondered if it was worth the trip the answer is YES.

 

Window

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

Gate

Sony NEX7 18-55mm

 

Gate

Sony NEX7 20mm Infrared

 

As you can see the majority of the images were captured with a Sony NEX7.  The images included here have all be processed using a combination of Sony Image Data Converter (for Infrared), Capture One 7 Pro, and of course Adobe Photoshop CC and Nik software.
 

We hope you enjoy the images some of which will be included in our web gallery for sale.  Please stay tuned as we venture into the Devils Tower area.

 

 

 

Sandy & Don