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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 09/06/17 at 10:45 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Post last edited by Lon Overacker on 09/06/17 at 10:47 pm EST
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 09/07/17 at 1:45 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
The large version contains some wonderful crisp details, Lon. This looks like a place where you could spend a while and come away with some additional comps. You filled the frame beautifully and I particularly like the placement of the clump grasses in the LRC. Nicely done.
Ed
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 09/07/17 at 2:07 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I always admire your greens. They are the perfect blend of green, yellow, and cyan. This image is a perfect example of that.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 09/07/17 at 2:13 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Pretty little high country meadow scene. Very rich and lush. I can't say that I am seeing any flaw, but I am viewing on a laptop and even with a 15.5" screen, the image is not huge.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 09/08/17 at 12:35 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
I like the arrangement of the elements here, Lon. It definitely gives the feel of a high meadow.
The left top of the boulder on the far left is more grey than the rest of that rock. Also, there is a dried flower near cent left that catches my eye. Both items are minor. I like this a lot.
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 09/08/17 at 12:44 pm EST
Registered on 04/10/05, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
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For such a seemingly simple scene, this is pretty complex. Your composition was well thought out and executed. I just love corn lilies 9wish we had them here!). I think the rocks make it a much stronger image as does the diagonal FG stick. Nice work, Pal.
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Bill Chambers
Gulf Breeze, Florida
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 09/09/17 at 12:03 am EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Beautiful intimate, Lon. Not sure about the flaw, cause I can't find anything major, could be because I've been a road warrior the last few day, and I can barely keep my eyes open. Perhaps the blue in the water of the little trickle by your watermark is a bit out of character. Like you say, not earth shattering, but very, very solid.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 09/09/17 at 11:43 am EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Thanks for the comments and observations folks!
Good call on the UL rock Preston. I see it and know why. I burned down that rock and in doing so lost some color. I'm wondering now and think if one burns with the layer in Luminosity blend mode, if that might mitigate color changes when burning and dodging... hmmm.
So I guess there were at least 2, actually 3 "flaws." Preston caught two of them, but weren't the ones I was thinking. Gary got the closest with noticing the blue in the bit of water lower right. What I was thinking was that the stick in the same area was also a bit too blue. Not a bit deal, but something I'll probably work on.
thanks again!
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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