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Photo posted by gary phillips in the Landscape gallery on 11/10/17 at 12:59 am EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 11/10/17 at 09:44 am EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
Gary, this is really nice. I love the transition from low grasslands to foothills to jagged cliffs. Your b&w processing is spot on, as usual.
Also, thanks for teaching me a new term in the title. I had to look that one up.
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 11/10/17 at 09:56 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
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Awesome image. The larger version is a must see.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 11/10/17 at 12:29 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Gary,
I swear, I could be easily convinced that you reside on a different planet. Seriously, it's amazing you are able to come up with these images. No fog,no big deal, let's present a stunning geologic feature and title it, "Fata Morgana." (I too had to google that one.)
Ribbing aside, this is outstanding Gary. Clearly your mastery of the b&w processing tops this off.
It's a rare occasion where one might be able to offer a suggestion for one of your images. I could see a small crop off the top and cropping off the very bottom to remove the immediate foreground (that is a little soft anyway.) This leaves a narrower presentation that really shows off the progression of time starting with sharp, jagged ridges, all the way to the bottom to the smooth, rolling little mounds. But no matter, your presentation as is - spectacular.
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 Harley Goldman on 11/10/17 at 12:39 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Lon hasn't even met you and he thinks you might be from another planet. That man has keen insights into people!!
Beautiful image! The processing looks great and what a great landscape. I played with a scroll crop and I might be inclined to crop the bottom up to the sand. Without the bottom ridge, my focus glides into the image and to the back hills with much more ease. That said, it is a beauty as presented. Good to see you back (and with a host of lame excuses!).
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on 11/10/17 at 2:31 pm EST
Registered on 02/17/04, 236 Posts, 1197 Comments
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Gary, this is a very fascinating image that keeps me looking for further details. Excellent work and concept.
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 11/10/17 at 9:56 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
Beyond fascinating...
Where you find these is your secret, but a truly bizarre landscape. The mineral lines (I assume) seem like static on the TV screen to me..
Like it a lot.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 11/11/17 at 09:37 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
I am always in awe of your B&W images and this is no exception, Gary. Your processing is flawless and those striations in the rock are the star here for me. I could see this with a small crop of the darker sand at the bottom but this works beautifully either way. Excellent image.
Ed
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 11/11/17 at 3:19 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Wow, this is exceptional, Gary. This is one incredible landscape. The layering and those repeating vertical ridges, and horizontal "stripes" give this a very strong abstract quality. Processing looks good to me. Outstanding work.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 11/13/17 at 10:51 am EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Love this one, Gary. 
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
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Comment posted by Anil Rao on 11/13/17 at 1:18 pm EST
Registered on 11/15/03, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments
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Bold and mysterious. An absolute delight to see.
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Anil Rao
Santa Clara, California
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 11/13/17 at 7:15 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Fantastic b&w work Gary! and that is not a surprise... . Excellent as is and so cool to look at. I do like Lon's crop thoughts on this as well. Beautiful b&w photography.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 11/14/17 at 7:04 pm EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
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Gary, this has an interesting contrast between the upper face with sharp edges with dark deep contrast, and the bottom with a softer lighter windblown sand fogginess.
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