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Photo posted by gary phillips in the Landscape gallery on 09/04/16 at 10:37 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Comment posted by Jake Alletson on 09/04/16 at 11:43 pm EST
Registered on 05/03/16, 12 Posts, 163 Comments
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What a wonderful sky and I like how the cloud has lit the grass tufts as really shows in the large version. The B/W presentation has worked wel for this scene. The rain must have been very welcome.
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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on 09/05/16 at 02:05 am EST
Registered on 03/14/13, 100 Posts, 643 Comments
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I love the dark contrasts here, your recent B&W work has been nothing short of exemplary
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Sairam Sundaresan
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 09/05/16 at 08:54 am EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
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Excellent, Gary. I like the foreground detail to go with the dramatic sky. The detail and overall image is very striking in the larger view.
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 09/05/16 at 09:51 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful, Gary. Lovely glow off the vegetation and a great sky.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 09/05/16 at 10:25 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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You've definitely caught the drama of a major storm front here Gary. The lighting of the sage is great and adds to a fine long sense of depth with the distant mountains. If this was last week, it seems like your monsoon comes later that the AZ monsoon season or is this year unusual?
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on 09/05/16 at 12:16 pm EST
Registered on 01/12/14, 453 Posts, 1625 Comments
Comment last edited by Richard Sandor on 09/05/16 at 12:17 pm EST
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Gary: this is one of the most impressive landscapes I've seen in a long time. I really like the diagonal line the clouds form as well as the contrast between those bright clouds as compared to the softer mid tones of the brush and the darks of the sky. This one deserves a large spot on your wall. Richard
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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on 09/05/16 at 2:59 pm EST
Registered on 03/13/12, 279 Posts, 975 Comments
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The large image is stunning. I can smell the rain.
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on 09/05/16 at 6:42 pm EST
Registered on 08/23/10, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
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Gary, I really like this. The image has great depth. I can feel the air getting heavy and the dampness as the storm approaches. It works really well as a B&W.
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Richard Teller
Scottsbluff, NE
teller-nature-photography.redframe.com |
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The mountains and the seashore scream at you, but the prairie whispers and you have to stop and listen.
Don't shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey |
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 09/05/16 at 7:42 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
This is superb to my mind. The diagonal cloud and the subtle glow on the sage really works. The tonality is perfectly done--print it, Gary!
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
“If you want nice fresh oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse, well, that comes a little cheaper" Author Unknown |
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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on 09/06/16 at 1:23 pm EST
Registered on 12/02/14, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
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This is absolutely marvelous Gary - I can't offer any suggestions - speechless!!
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Alberto Patiño Douce
Athens, GA, USA
Four Billion Years Website
Four Billion Years Blog
We have faith that future generations will know that here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance and intolerance.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, February 12, 1943
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 09/08/16 at 07:17 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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Beautifully constructed, Gary. The clouds just jump out at you and the sagebrush has great luminosity. Even though it's in shadow it does not look flat. The black sky gives this image a lot of drama, which it already has. Nice job.
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"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. |
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 09/08/16 at 5:10 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Very impressive b&w work, Gary. Those clouds are just awesome looking. 
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 09/11/16 at 2:29 pm EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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The very ominous sky and striking contrast produce one moody and wonderful image Gary.
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