Choices - Mountain Fort Photography by Adam Montoya

Choices

A collection of my favorites over the years.

Life in the Burn Scar
Valles Caldera National Preserve
2014
From Landscape
Branching
Photo of my Cottonwood tree opposite the total lunar eclipse.
Cottonwood night sky stars algodones new mexico 505 pentax 2014
From Landscape
New Mexico Storm
Captured on the way home from Taos.
proc IGP3311
From Landscape
Just a Slice
moon slice gradient
From Landscape
Edgewood New Mexico ist DL Pentax clouds wide blue sky reflector
From Landscape
June Moon With Clouds
Moon clouds June Adam Montoya cnaw Pentax ist DL
From Landscape
HDR Version of Algodones Conservancy Area Mesa.
Mesa Algodones Pentax HDR Qtpfsgui Mantiuk
From Landscape
Sun Setting on Cochiti Lake
Cochiti Lake New Mexico Pentax ist DL June
From Sunsets
Wednesday 21 January 2009
January 21 2009 Sunset Pentax ist DL Adam Montoya Algodones circular polarizer
From Sunsets
Being
Sunset cottonwood IR Hoya r72 Pentax ist DL Adam Montoya March 2009 New Mexico
From Sunsets
April 11th Sunset
April 2009 sunset ist DL Pentax Adam Montoya cnaw New Mexico Sandia Mountain circular polarizer
From Sunsets
Beam of Light

I don't know what caused that vertical beam of light. It was visible to my own eyes. Made for a Stunning Sunset today. I used my Sears 135mm lens for this one. I'm really starting to appreciate the 135mm focal length.
sunset June 2009 20090619 Pentax ist DL Adam Montoya pink sears 135mm
From Sunsets
Early Morning Glow
I know the photo is dark in places. Plus it is not very viewable as a thumbnail, but I think It looks great full size.
Sunrise sun New Mexico Sandias October 2009 Pentax ist DL Adam Montoya
From Sunrises
IMGP2657
From Water
Macro flower fly Pentax October 2009 Adam Montoya Purple Aster flower sky blue
From Flower and plant Closeup/Macros #2
Yellow
yellow flower macro Pentax
From Flower and plant Closeup/Macros #2
Pink
Macro Flower Pentax New Mexico. Diascia integerrima Twinspur
From Flower and plant Closeup/Macros #2
Succulent Dreams #1
succulent ice plant Pentax ist DL Delosperma cooperi
From Flower and plant Closeup/Macros #2
Purple flower
Purple flower weed
From Flower and plant Closeup/Macros #1
New Life
Macro Seedling green Pentax
From Flower and plant Closeup/Macros #1
Macro Pentax September 2008 Adam Montoya flower
From Flower and plant Closeup/Macros #1
Bee honey apricot blossom pollen new mexico
From Creature Macros #2
Ants Marching with Desaturated background 'n gaussian blur - PESO | PDML

I don't know what kind of Ants these are(would love to know). What I used to capture them is this: 28mm Vivitar f2.8 lens (stopped down to f11), about 60mm of cheap eBay extension tube, and a Sigma EF-500 DG Super. The flash was off camera, triggered by some eBay radio triggers and was diffused by some disposable glasses cleaning cloth. The lens was almost scraping the ground. The photo was farther refined in GIMP with imput from members of the PDML mailing list.
Ant 28mm extension tubes macro ist DL Pentax Adam Montoya April 2009 New Mexico desaturated gaussian blur gimp PESO PDML
From Creature Macros #2
Manduca sexta
Macro extension tubes Pentax f1.7 ist DL July 2008 Caterpillar Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta
From Creature Closeup/Macros
It's white, it's fuzzy, and it flys but It's not a white fly.
white grey fly macro 28mm extension tubes Pentax ist DL September 2008 Adam Montoya
From Creature Closeup/Macros
butterfly Macro Pentax ist DL September 2008 Adam Montoya New Mexico
From Creature Closeup/Macros
Earthly Colors the Way Mother Nature Intended
spectrolite macro labradorite feldspar Pentax flash 20090215 ist DL Adam Montoya
From Non Living Closeup/Macros
Mistress of my Enemy Amped Performance Center albuquerque new mexico heavy metal
From Mistress of my Enemy March 2012
Metal Music Amped Performance Center Albuquerque New Mexico Saint Patrick's Day
From March 17 at Amped
Metal Music Amped Performance Center Albuquerque New Mexico Saint Patrick's Day
From March 17 at Amped
illumination
illumination moon handheld 3200
From Uncategorized 2011
Wind water
From Uncategorized 2011
The Invitation
incense smoke sun in camera effects
From Uncategorized 2011
Spinning
Fireworks 2010 July 4th Algodones
From Uncategorized 2010
Shocking Photo
The lightning was getting a little close for comfort here in Algodones. I did think about changing the white balance to get rid of the purple, but I kind of like the color.
Shocking lightning Algodones New Mexico 87001 Adam Montoya PESO
From Uncategorized 2010
2015
From B&W
El Yunque Puerto Rico Rain forest Adam Montoya ist DL Pentax
From B&W
Pentax f1.4 ist DL DOF Adam Montoya March 2009
From Uncategorized 2009
blue yellow sky cottonwood leaves fall 2009 November ist DL Pentax
From Uncategorized 2009
From Uncategorized 2007-09
Jeff's Mustang
Ford Mustang GT Jeff Placitas
From Jeff's Cars
2013-01-10 Sinister
20130110 hand pentax k5 PoTD
From 2013
2013-01-26 Torn nose
In airsoft we have something called a minimum engagement distance(M.E.D. for short). This is a distance where using the gun is deemed safe to all the participants on the field. This player was shot from an airsoft gun which required a 100ft MED. The shot was made from significantly less than that, resulting in a torn nose. Obey the rules and things like this don't happen.
20130126 Torn nose Airsoft POTD Pentax Adam Montoya Alex K Airsoft New Mexico Oak Flats Paintball blood
From 2013
2013-02-18
Screen Cap From Music Video
pentax potd skr final graven kiss adam montoya
From 2013
From 2014 General
Eve of the Birth
moon 2015
From 2015
Angela ist DL Pentax Algodones December 2009
From Angela
El Yunque
Rain Forest Puerto Rico trees
From Puerto Rico

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