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Photo posted by Stuart Williams in the Landscape gallery on 08/21/12 at 05:42 am EST
Registered on 12/07/07, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments
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Stuart Williams
Lilongwe, Malawi
"one's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" - henry miller |
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 08/21/12 at 09:25 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Wonderfully simple! It feels like a vision or a dreamscape. I like the hint of horizon in the distance. This is great as presented but I might also consider cropping 1/2 to 2/3 rds of the sky above it.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 08/21/12 at 11:02 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Wonderful dreamy simplicity to this. I like it a lot. I would concur that a top crop would work nicely, but also works as presented. Very cool image!
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on 08/21/12 at 11:16 am EST
Registered on 01/24/11, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
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Nice tonal range and excellent compositional elements. Lovely image
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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on 08/21/12 at 1:57 pm EST
Registered on 01/26/07, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments
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I always like the "purity" in your images, and in this one, this is particularly pronounced. A very "essential" composition.
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Dietrich ("Didl") Gloger, Linz-Vienna, Austria.
Wista DX, 4x5", Provia and Velvia.
Canon EOS 5D,
EF 24-105mm; EF 70-200mm IS; TS-E 45mm;
www.dietrichgloger.at |
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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on 08/21/12 at 2:21 pm EST
Registered on 06/19/09, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments
Great!!!!!
I dont like that the horizon line disappears. I wish it held faint detail there. But great nonetheless.
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Mark Metternich leads Photo Workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest, the epic SW, Patagonia, Glacier National Park, the Canadian Rockies... He is also a Digital Imaging Specialist who produces over 7 popular Post Processing Instructional Videos.
*PHOTOSHOP VIDEO TUTORIALS AND 2016 WORKSHOPS: HERE.
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 08/21/12 at 5:53 pm EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Very ethereal with beautiful simplicity. Placement of all the elements and tonal range is splendid Stuart. I also like the vanishing horizon.
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Comment posted by Ant on 08/21/12 at 6:37 pm EST
Registered on 04/13/09, 27 Posts, 474 Comments
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Splendid. Very simple, yet extremely powerful image. I like the way the two rocks in the foreground and in the middle are cut, while the rock with the tree is all there. In my opinion these choices produce a very dynamical picture. One of the best I have seen lately....
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 08/21/12 at 7:59 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
A wonderful capture, Stuart. I like how the two side rocks guide our line of sight and contain it toward the main subject the rear rock and tree. One of those really hard to find simplistic scenes that really holds a very high interest level...... 
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 08/22/12 at 02:02 am EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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Very zen. I really like this.
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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on 08/22/12 at 02:39 am EST
Registered on 12/07/07, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments
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thanks to all. hope that this had given you a zen moment in your busy lives ... mark, i suppose i could have made more of the horizon but, personally, i kinda liked the suggestion of it and the fact it faded to obscurity to the right! thanks again.
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Stuart Williams
Lilongwe, Malawi
"one's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" - henry miller |
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Comment posted by Anil Rao on 08/22/12 at 02:59 am EST
Registered on 11/15/03, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments
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A fascinating image, Stuart. I just love how you have placed the three rocks within the frame to make for such a powerful composition. The barely visible horizon is a wonderful touch.
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Anil Rao
Santa Clara, California
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Comment posted by Michael Westerbeck on 08/22/12 at 03:30 am EST
Registered on 03/21/12, 32 Posts, 111 Comments
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Quite stunning. The line at horizon? is prominent though. Other wise, simple and very well composed. Love the BW
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Michael Westerbeck
Lynnwood, Washington
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Comment posted by David Edwards on 08/22/12 at 04:30 am EST
Registered on 12/06/08, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments
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A classically beautiful b&w comp Stuart. Excellent placement of the rocks in the frame and the smooth negative space is perfectly balanced. I agree that the disappearing horizon on the right is a shame, but a beautiful shot it is none the less.
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David Edwards
Radiant Sky Photo
Brisbane, Australia |
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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on 08/24/12 at 11:18 pm EST
Registered on 01/05/08, 590 Posts, 1261 Comments
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Danny Laureys
Beaverton,Oregon |
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"Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price." Ansel Adams |
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