Ernst Tinaj at BBNP

[Jon Buffington]

To follow up on my post in the B&W forum, here are some color images of Ernst Tinaj at Big Bend National Park. Not the easiest place to get to...one must have a 4 wheel drive vehicle or at least one with high ground clearance to travel along the old Ore Road and then a short hike of a spur road. A very beautiful and magical spot. I am not sure what composition I prefer so I will post several.

Looking up the slot canyon

Looking down the slot canyon

and very interesting rock formations/layering. Colors were outstanding in the stone!

 

[AlanLichty]

I really liked the textures in the B&W version - until I saw the color version in the second image here. I could probably spend a whole day shooting in the area of these images. Those are some really neat layers and colors to play with.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Jon,

You have some really cool shots here. I agree the B&W looked really cool, until I saw #1... Boy, the colors in it, along with the textures and the water. #1 is a shot I could see in National Geographic! All of them are interesting you posted, I think I would go for the last one as my next favorite because I do like seeing that whole wall of texture along with those various pools of water.

 

[Guy Schmickle]

Great collection...that first one really grabbed me.

 

[Jon Buffington]

I really liked the textures in the B&W version - until I saw the color version in the second image here. I could probably spend a whole day shooting in the area of these images. Those are some really neat layers and colors to play with.

I could have too! Unfortunately (or fortunately) as this was a vacation and my wife was with me, I had to limit myself and it was on to the next destination

Hey Jon,

You have some really cool shots here. I agree the B&W looked really cool, until I saw #1... Boy, the colors in it, along with the textures and the water. #1 is a shot I could see in National Geographic! All of them are interesting you posted, I think I would go for the last one as my next favorite because I do like seeing that whole wall of texture along with those various pools of water.

Thank you Jim! I just realized yesterday I had not uploaded any images from this trip to my website except a select few and shared only those few. So many more...I happy to share with you all and thank you for the positive feedback

Great collection...that first one really grabbed me.

Thank you Guy! I am partial to it as well.

 

[Ben Egbert]

1, 3,& 2 in that order and all of them are knock outs.

 

[Jon Buffington]

Thank you kindly, Ben

 

[Douglas Sherman]

To follow up on my post in the B&W forum, here are some color images of Ernst Tinaj at Big Bend National Park. Not the easiest place to get to...one must have a 4 wheel drive vehicle or at least one with high ground clearance to travel along the old Ore Road and then a short hike of a spur road. A very beautiful and magical spot. I am not sure what composition I prefer so I will post several.

Looking up the slot canyon

Looking down the slot canyon

and very interesting rock formations/layering. Colors were outstanding in the stone!

You had me when you said rocks. Absolutely beautiful, Jon. What kind of ore did they mine in this area?

 

[Kyle Jones]

I never would have guessed those were from big bend. Beautiful! My vote is for number two - I just like the way the lines on the sides draw the eye into the center.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

A very nice set. Absolutely love the colors and the textures. One could spend a lot of time capturing a variety of images.

 

[Jon Buffington]

You had me when you said rocks. Absolutely beautiful, Jon. What kind of ore did they mine in this area?

Cinnabar ore was what was mined commonly in the area, for making quicksilver (mercury). Though this was not the common route as the Mariscal mine road is now the old River Road which goes through the desert towards Terlingua (River Road is a 4wheel drive road now, pretty rough and about 70 miles long). One Third of all quicksilver in the US was mined there. The old Ore Road goes basically to the Rio Grande and on the other side is the old Mexican town of Boquillas (there is a border crossing there. I use the word crossing loosely. It is legal, but no bridge. You ride in a row boat, price last time I went was $5 for a round trip). On the cliffs above Boquillas are abandoned mines. Since cinnabar was the common ore mined in the area, I am sure that is what was mined in Mexico as well though our guide in Boquillas said other things were mined as well. Maybe silver.

 

[Jon Buffington]

I never would have guessed those were from big bend. Beautiful! My vote is for number two - I just like the way the lines on the sides draw the eye into the center.

Thank you Kyle! BBNP is very diverse, going from lush vegetation along the Rio Grande, to sparse desert and slot canyons, to high dessert landscapes to Alpine Forests in the Chisos Mountains.

 

[Jon Buffington]

A very nice set. Absolutely love the colors and the textures. One could spend a lot of time capturing a variety of images.

Thank you Jameel. Yes, one could spend quite some time there. It is gorgeous with so many different photographic options and compositions available.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Wow, a wild and totally foreign (to me being from the SE) environment, but so beautiful. I like all the colors and textures and you've captured them well. Be happy with the rough road, it keeps the "windshield tourists" at bay .