|
Photo posted by Dave Dillemuth in the Landscape gallery on 02/27/18 at 10:51 am EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
|
|  |
|
Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
|
|
|
Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 02/27/18 at 11:36 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Everything works rather nicely in this scene, Dave. The sweeping curve of the dried up wash draws me into the image toward the hills and that lovely drama laden sky. When opening the large version I was greeted to all those patterns and textures in the dried up mud. Great work on this.
Ed
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 02/27/18 at 12:00 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
|
Wild sky to match the fascinating patterns in the mud. The highlights in the mud give a real 3-D feel. So 92 deg. in the winter there? Is the horizon tilted slighted CCW? I realize that the range is probably angled at you so that may account for that. Dif everything about it.
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Jim Gavin on 02/27/18 at 2:16 pm EST
Registered on 08/14/08, 293 Posts, 1250 Comments
|
My daughter-in-law uses the word "dang" sparingly and only when she really appreciates some thing. Seems like a good time to borrow that word: "Dang" this is one fine image!
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Steve Thompson on 02/27/18 at 2:34 pm EST
Registered on 08/07/14, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments
|
Everything about this image is very cool Dave. Well worth your time!
|
|
|
|  |
|
Steve Thompson
Andalusia, Illinois
"Quad Cities USA" |
|
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Bill Leggett on 02/27/18 at 3:33 pm EST
Registered on 07/21/04, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
That's some wonderful bronze color in the ground, Dave, and the cracked mud is exquisite. Excellent image, indeed 
|
|
|
| |
|
Bill
Mississippi Gulf Coast |
|
|
"They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins..."
Walt Whitman
|
|
|
Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on 02/27/18 at 3:56 pm EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
|
All the fun textures. Very cool. :)
|
|
|
|  |
|
| "You never know how you look through other people's eyes" |
|
|
aFeinberg Gallery
Princeville • Poipu
aFeinPhoto
Facebook
IG
808.634.5804 |
|
|
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 02/27/18 at 6:15 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
|
Great light, color, sky and very 3D image. Excellent! No nits here.
|
|
|
|  |
|
"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
|
|
|
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on 02/27/18 at 9:34 pm EST
Registered on 04/18/07, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
|
So glad I looked at the large version; it's like being there in person. Reminds me of the Viewmaster 3-D images I marveled at as a kid.
|
|
|
|  |
|
Wayne Jones
Upstate New York |
|
|
The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. William Beebe, 1906 |
|
|
Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 02/27/18 at 10:48 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
That mud is off the charts... Looks like reptile plates.
Terrific light.
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Genny K. on 02/28/18 at 8:30 pm EST
Registered on 06/05/06, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments
|
Yeah, viewed in the large image, the mud in the FG is awesome! Like it's the scales on an animal that's very much alive, and getting ready to crawl away. Combine that with the fiery sky. Great image.
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 03/01/18 at 08:49 am EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
|
Dave, this is very well composed. I love the curving wash and how it points into the curve of clouds. Everything is thoughtfully placed. The sky is really beautiful, as is the reflected light on the foreground cracks. The only thing I suggest is to burn down or clone the small bright spot of mud near the right edge up toward the mountains, it pulls my eye a little bit.
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 03/01/18 at 11:46 am EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
|
The semicircle of clouds makes for a nice cap to the scene.
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Stephanie Murphy on 03/01/18 at 5:01 pm EST
Registered on 10/18/17, 24 Posts, 56 Comments
|
Death Valley never disappoints and your striking photo attests to that! It makes me yearn to return!
|
|
|
| |
|
Stephanie Murphy
”Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known” (Reporter Sharon Begley in interview with Carl Sagan) |
|
|
Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 03/01/18 at 5:27 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
|
My favorite aspect of this image is the luminosity of the dry river bed and how it's contained to this area. What's interesting is that because the mud is arched the light seems to be coming from behind the photographer. I guess that's the explanation for the peculiar light that should be coming from behind the mountains.
|
|
|
| |
|
"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. |
|
|
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/01/18 at 6:11 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Wonderful work, Dave. I really enjoy looking at this and it is just so cool looking. The light and colors are wonderful and then that dried up mud is pretty amazing. The way it is curved up and catching the light makes it look even more impressive. Feels like I could reach down and pick up a chunk of it... The mountain range and beautiful clouds make for a perfect backdrop.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Ken Henke on 03/01/18 at 6:38 pm EST
Registered on 02/20/12, 117 Posts, 285 Comments
|
All sorts of elements to enjoy on this image, but the lighting on the mud really gives this image its pop. Well crafted!
|
|
|
|
Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on 03/02/18 at 2:24 pm EST
Registered on 12/14/10, 122 Posts, 1034 Comments
Comment last edited by Marylynne Diggs on 03/02/18 at 2:26 pm EST
Excellent image, Dave. I love the way the cloud and wash track follow a comparable trajectory. The mud cracks are a study of their own (left looks cupped, right domed). I might be inclined to crop a tish of the left to get the arc aiming less toward the center, but I'm just looking for something to offer. Realistically, no suggestions.
ML
|
|
|
|  |
|
ML Diggs
Portland OR |
|
|
Comment posted by Anil Rao on 03/07/18 at 05:13 am EST
Registered on 11/15/03, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments
|
Love the drama portrayed in this photograph. You had some amazing atmospheric conditions and I love how you have chosen a composition to match it perfectly. A really strong image, Dave.
|
|
|
| |
|
Anil Rao
Santa Clara, California
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
