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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 10/12/17 at 2:13 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
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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 Dave Dillemuth on 10/12/17 at 4:15 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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This is stunning, Lon. The ground cover is just exceptional in both color and textures and sets off those burnt sages beautifully. I think your processing looks great. A minor nit but I wish the branch tip of the sage to the left was not merged with the edge of the frame. Maybe some creative cloning would work.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 10/12/17 at 6:45 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Lon, This is just super cool looking. Great contrast with the snags and that wonderful ground cover, and I like the color in this very much. I think I see this as a fine looking metal print. A small thing but I agree with Dave about the branches reaching into the left edge. Does not actually bother me but might be a bit better with some careful cloning. I like it!!
Hope your trip goes great.
Nick Bristol
lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on 10/12/17 at 7:37 pm EST
Registered on 01/17/04, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Hi Lon,
I like the diagonal presentation of the 2 largest of the sage plants. It sets the scene and leads the eye back into the image. No nits and well done........................Jim
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Comment posted by Ry Birge on 10/12/17 at 11:12 pm EST
Registered on 09/23/17, 118 Posts, 278 Comments
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Lon, I love this picture. Great composition and color. While I like the picture as is I would like to see the trees contrasting a little bit more with the surrounding, possibly lighten? Keep up the good work! Ry
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 10/13/17 at 01:19 am EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Beautiful, Lon. I think this is my favorite of the bones images. It's such a surreal situation, well worth spending prime shooting light. The grass color just blows my mind. I love it. Hope you have a great shoot on the East side.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 10/13/17 at 2:24 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
I went back and checked your other version and as much as I enjoyed that one I like this one even more, Lon. The reds of the brush contrast beautifully with the burnt sage and I particularly like the diagonal flow of the two FG sage. I hope your trip goes well and you bring back plenty of images for us to enjoy. My only suggestion is the already mentioned merge of the limb on the left edge. Great work on this.
Ed
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 10/13/17 at 10:07 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I have always liked your images of this subject. These trees have so much character. This time I had a moment where the large tree morphed into a spider - and I'm not arachnophobic. Aside from the trees themselves, color seems to be important here. You've chosen something between red and cinnamon and I think that works well here. Pure red is just too in your face strong. Actually cinnamon may just be red with a lower tone value?
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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 Harley Goldman on 10/15/17 at 10:04 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful Lon. I definitely like this one more. I like the cloning suggestion and I would clone out the black bit at the top of and to the left of the main skeleton. Sweet stuff.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on 10/15/17 at 4:56 pm EST
Registered on 08/23/10, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
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I just like everything about this image. The composition, the light, the colors, it all works. I can see it really big on a wall some where.
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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 Lon Overacker on 10/17/17 at 11:04 am EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. I'm pleasantly surprised this one is preferred by many over the other ones. And that's great! I was unsure about it a little bit because of the light.
I agree about the branches merging on the left edge. I'll definitely fix that if I ever decide to print.
Igor re: Color. Yeah, this is a case where one could make the color any hue they wanted. I think this is more saturated than what it is in real life. Interesting I just drove through the area this weekend and while there was still some of the ground cover, it wasn't as prolific. It's certainly reddish, but I think flatter. Hue is tough for me to recall though when processing.
thanks everyone! I'm already working on my images from this trip! Have lots to share!
Lon
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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 Rudy Ruberti on 10/17/17 at 12:16 pm EST
Registered on 10/28/08, 179 Posts, 1875 Comments
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This is really nice and some great colors. I knew pretty much where this was from the thumbnail and drove by here the other day.
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Rudy Ruberti
Simi Valley, CA |
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