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Photo posted by gary phillips in the Landscape gallery on 08/09/16 at 3:20 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Comment posted by Paula LeVay on 08/09/16 at 3:34 pm EST
Registered on 07/29/16, 66 Posts, 270 Comments
A fabulous sky draws your eye toward the strong line of eroding mesa. Love it in B & W.
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Paula Levay
Beach City, Texas
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Comment posted by Ken Smith on 08/09/16 at 4:05 pm EST
Registered on 09/05/08, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments
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The comp, leading lines, lighting and processing in b/w makes the foreground seem to float up to the sky. This is special. Well done!
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 08/09/16 at 4:07 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Wonderful range in tones - the buttes have a silky smoothness to them. Low angle sun on the cliffs shows off the textures. Your processing of the image has brought out a 3-D feel to the sky.Not much to suggest from me on improving - looks great to me.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 08/09/16 at 5:32 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Looks awesome, Gary. Great sky and excellent formations. Nice and dramatic.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 08/09/16 at 8:30 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
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Great processing here, the clouds are a big plus, but whatever you are doing in PP is certainly working....
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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on 08/09/16 at 11:50 pm EST
Registered on 12/14/10, 122 Posts, 1034 Comments
Wow. Fabulous...what more can I say? I agree with Harry on the 3d effect. Beautiful work!
ML
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ML Diggs
Portland OR |
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 08/10/16 at 08:52 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Gary, the left to right eye movement here following both the monuments and those awesome clouds is is wonderful. Because of all the subtle tones in the buttes, I'm wondering how reducing the contrast in the top left of the sky would look. Love the 3D waffle pattern in the clouds.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 08/10/16 at 1:26 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Very nice, Gary. The cloud formations and framing really pull my eye through the frame. Processing looks great.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on 08/10/16 at 11:42 pm EST
Registered on 05/28/04, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments
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I'd say you came back with at least one keeper. Interesting landscape, wonderful texture and great clouds really make this one sing. Great processing as well.
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Brian Schrayer
Nashville, TN
"The mountains sing your glory, hallelujah, the canyons echo sweet amazing grace. My spirit sails the mighty gales are bellowing your name, and I've got nothing to say." Andrew Peterson, "Nothing to Say" |
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Comment posted by Igor Hoveijn on 08/11/16 at 4:30 pm EST
Registered on 11/02/15, 18 Posts, 192 Comments
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Very nice to see how this eroding ridge is accompanied or even counterpointed by the clouds both in direction and in 'crumbling'. Great spectrum of tones. I only would have liked to see a tiny bit more in the llc. But that is very minor, beautiful image.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 08/12/16 at 6:18 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Wonderful b&w image, Gary. Excellent processing too and I'm just totally enjoying the larger view. Nice work!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 08/15/16 at 1:02 pm EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Amazing sky Gary. It really does give the image a 3D appearance. Wonderful tones and textures on the buttes.
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