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Photo posted by Igor Doncov in the Landscape gallery on 04/21/18 at 12:07 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Post last edited by Igor Doncov on 04/26/18 at 07:14 am EST
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 04/21/18 at 12:45 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
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Igor: Well seen, composed and captured. I really like the pastel color palette and the finer details in the larger version. Most excellent.>=))>
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Bill Fach
Soli Deo Gloria
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Houston, Texas
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on 04/21/18 at 5:03 pm EST
Registered on 07/21/04, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
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Igor, I really like the subject and how you framed it. Your color treatment in post works nicely with a harmonious mix of warm and cool. I love abstract images like this, because often one can have it framed, and then rotate it to suit before hanging it one the wall. Good story behind it, too. Looks like you used a wide angle, but you don't mention it. Excellent work.
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"They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins..."
Walt Whitman
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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on 04/21/18 at 8:51 pm EST
Registered on 02/19/08, 94 Posts, 738 Comments
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Yes, well spotted Igor. Love the shapes and colours in this.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on 04/21/18 at 10:06 pm EST
Registered on 07/24/06, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
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Looks like a poorly made jigsaw puzzle. Good abstract. I've never seen a playa lake, only read about them. Interesting. Is the stuff under the dried mud usually mucky?
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Phil Hodgkins
Savannah, Georgia
NPN # 1998
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“The task is...not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees.”
― Erwin Schrödinger
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 04/21/18 at 10:28 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I have never seen it after the rains. I noticed that one end of the flat was much wetter than the others. This dry lake is right next to the Steen Mountains so I imagine that some water drains off to the lake. In fact you can get stuck on that side. I found the mud where it transits from dry to wet to be most interesting photographically. As you can see there is a lot to chose from
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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on 04/21/18 at 10:40 pm EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
Well seen. Maybe slightly too much blue/cyan for my personal pref but works well here. Fun with mud :)
aF
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 04/22/18 at 09:53 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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This is a fine looking abstract, Igor. The reflected blues set off the gold/browns very nicely and the pattern is well balanced.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 04/22/18 at 2:00 pm EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
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Igor, I like the play of the blues with the rust colors in your intimate scene. Offered suggestions would be to shift the cyan/red color balance towards the reds, and add just a little contrast.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 04/22/18 at 2:37 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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Another version with less cyan based upon some suggestions. Much of this is based upon taste. You may like this more.
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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 Brian Schrayer on 04/22/18 at 3:46 pm EST
Registered on 05/28/04, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments
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Personally I think that the cyan works for this image. The lines in the image work well with the framing of the composition.
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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 Jim Zablotny on 04/22/18 at 9:11 pm EST
Registered on 01/17/04, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
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I like your original version the best as the cyans pick up the yellows in the dried mud. Well done.................Jim
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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on 04/24/18 at 12:35 am EST
Registered on 11/11/11, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
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Nicely seen and captured puzzle you found, Igor. I like the cyan version better myself. Great textures, lines, and colors. It's fun to imagine all kinds of shapes within it.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 04/24/18 at 08:53 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Great patterns and color. I prefer the original post. The cyan works well for me here (says the cyan Nazi).
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 04/24/18 at 1:55 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
This is really cool looking. Pretty amazing what dry mud can produce including the colors. I like the original best!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Anil Rao on 04/25/18 at 2:39 pm EST
Registered on 11/15/03, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments
A very beautiful and compelling design ... a fascinating study of patterns and texture in nature. It is interesting to note that the cracks in the mud are of varying thickness. The color palette is nice and yet subdued.
Very nice work on this one Igor.
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Anil Rao
Santa Clara, California
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