Spring in the Desert

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 21, 2010103 views5 comments

I took this picture because I liked all the wonderful color of the desert. I had my camera on aperture priority, and I forgot to change the aperture from F5.6 to something more like F16, but I still like the photo.

Nikon D90
F5.6
1/800
ISO200
No tripod

Comments are appreciated.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 21, 2010 at 10:28 PM

The colors still come through in the 5.6 version. I like how the rather blank sky is filled ocotillo branches.

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Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on April 22, 2010 at 1:14 AM

I can definitely see why the colours of the desert drew you in. Tis a shame about the aperture and blurred foreground, but cest la vie.

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on April 22, 2010 at 8:24 AM

Great array of blooms and colors here, and I like the arrangement of the ocotillos around the distant hill. If it's close enough to your home, I'd say it's worth a couple of return visits to find it in softer/warmer light.

Guy

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on April 22, 2010 at 1:31 PM

If my eye is not deceiving me I see a problem that plagues me, too. Could be my monitor, too.
That of blue (or red) fringing against the sky with limbs and twigs.
Yours could be natural but mine, I fear, are real. In NX2 the "aberation" adjustment does not do much.
the fisch

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Comment posted by Aaron Burdick on April 22, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Wow! That is the craziest ocotillo bloom I've ever seen! Beautiful colors!

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