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03/20/2008 12:54:54 PM |
| This is a stunning photo. The contrast between the rocks and the sky is phenominal. The texture of the rocks really shines. Just a brilliant capture. |
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09/16/2007 10:03:24 PM |
| This would be a better choice for your business card...it has a real WOW factor |
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06/24/2007 02:39:45 AM |
Now this is so dam good, everthing one sees in this is great.
Excellent lines, strong color, re contrast between the sky and the earth.
This just stands alone, and very pleased it did so well for you..... |
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05/12/2007 09:54:32 PM |
| The color play here is simply charming and hypnotic. Congratulations on your top 20 finish. |
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05/08/2007 11:55:27 PM |
| I just LOVE the red on blue of this photo, not only the "wave" action in the rock itself, but the way the rock lines up against the sky. Great shot! |
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05/08/2007 07:43:21 PM |
Thanks Melanie and the Critique Club for the comments. To answer your question, yes, that's exactly what I did. The camera was upside down on the end of my monopod with the timer set to 5 seconds so that I could "compose" the shot based on where the lens seemed to be aimed. I did this while exiing The Wave because the rest of the GTG were leaving to get the passes to the others in the GTG. I didn't have much time to take a large number of shot like I normally do, but at least a couple came out pretty good without the need to crop the shot. A level horizon didn't even matter here either which made this even easier than others that I have done.
I first started doing this low perspective type of shots from my kayak with the Sony F707 which had a swivel body so that I could see the LCD screen. When I decided to go DSLR, I had to accept that I would no longer have an LCD to compose with and knew that I would just have to "wing it". I have gotten better at it with practice, but really I just take a lot of shots and keep varying the aim of the lens and the horizontal tilt of the of the camera body. I've thought about getting the right angle viewfinder attachments that I've seen advertised or even an 8 inch level or two.
As far as the colors in the shot go, especially the sky, they are actually more saturated than I like because of that blue and gold polarizer that I was using. I decided to go with it because others in the GTG were somewhat impressed after giving it a try. I tried it again out there after not having used it for more than a year because of the exaggerated effect. But, after I hiked out through the desert to The Wave, I was actually too lazy to change to a normal polarizer even though I knew that I should. Couple that with the limitations of post processing on my laptop without Photoshop and that's why the colors are a bit off.
Considering everything, I am very happy with my entry's placement in this challenge. Thank you, and all other commenters for taking the time on my image. |
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05/08/2007 06:29:19 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
My first impression? Simply WOW!
After reading your comments... does that mean that you didn't even compose this shot, but that it was just luck that the shutter happened to click at that 5 second interval and this is what it captured? If that's the results you can achieve with that method, perhaps I better stop looking through the viewfinder, and start randomly clicking! (And after looking at your profile and your highest scoring shot, it seems you weren't looking through the viewfinder THERE either!)
The composition is lovely with the lines that draw you in. I don't want to see more of any one part, or less of another. The colors are wonderful, though as one commenter noted, the blue sky is almost too flat. But what can you do when there is nothing in the sky to bring out? I find that one spot right where the blue goes the lowest to be a bit difficult to focus on, since the contrast of the colors is so bold. But really, such a minor nitpick.
You did a fabulous job on this one... and the voters all agreed! Only 18 votes under a 6, and 13th place out of 572. Impressive.
Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions! |
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05/07/2007 10:30:56 PM |
| wonderful punchy sky and a great perspective... |
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05/06/2007 05:05:07 PM |
| Beautiful lines, colors and contrast. |
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05/06/2007 02:08:22 PM |
| Superb!! i love the lines, I love the colours. Perfect 10 |
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05/05/2007 11:02:24 PM |
| Great composition, stunning colours. This image really leaps off the screen. 9. |
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05/04/2007 06:28:18 PM |
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05/03/2007 09:08:58 PM |
| One of the great landscape photo ops of the world. I suspect your polarizer was as much responsible for the deep blue sky as post processing. Nicely composed. |
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05/03/2007 01:28:34 PM |
| Excellent! The feeling of movement really comes over. The colours are a dream. |
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05/02/2007 08:43:07 PM |
| Gotta love this. Excellent leading lines here. Though the colors are somewhat oversatured for my taste. |
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05/02/2007 01:30:03 AM |
| I love this place.... I'm not sure I like the rocks quite so red tho. |
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05/01/2007 10:52:22 PM |
| Love the difference in colors, really a beautiful view and geat compositon. Nice work. |
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05/01/2007 10:04:55 PM |
| I like the composition and intensity of the orange/red colors. However, for me the sky seems to lack an atmospheric quality to it. Not sure if that's because it was saturated or not but it looks more like it's a generic background replacement than the real thing. |
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05/01/2007 08:01:45 PM |
| Beautiful colors. Interesting perspective, the lines are great. |
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05/01/2007 04:15:48 PM |
| This is beautiful! The contrast between the red and blue are great! |
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05/01/2007 03:32:41 PM |
| Sure wish we could have made this one. Very nice shot. There aren't many places in the world that you can get a shot like this. The perfectly focused lines work well to pull my eye into the frame. Even beyond a perfect place for shooting, you composed this one nicely as well. Was it worth the 3 miles through the desert? |
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