Two First Places
Grosvenor’s Arch Trails Larry Pollock
Melted Pam Arbogast
This image was taken at a used car lot on Highway 99 in Phoenix, Oregon, after the destruction from the Almeda fire. When I saw the cars, I wasn’t even sure if it had been a car lot or a junk yard, as the vehicles were melted and crumpled from the intense heat of the fire. While adjusting the tone curve in Lightroom, I accidentally stretched the curve in a way that distorted the colors. I liked the way it looked, so rather than undoing my mistake, I went with it, and added further edits. Shot with a Canon 7D, 70-200 lens at 110, f9.5, 1/180 sec, ISO 125.
