Three Hills

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 15, 2010557 views30 comments

Here's a final photo from the Arizona flower patch I wandered into this spring. This photo and Storm Passing are my favorites. Although this photo was well after dawn, the light was rich; the hills behind and to my left were just allowing the sun to peek into the scene.

Thanks for putting up with me posting multiple photos from this area. I took more, but they border on redundant with what I've already posted. I may never stumble into flowers that rich again, but I love the way photography allows you to take your memories home with you.

Nikon D80
Nikon 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 at 24 mm
1/60 sec at f/16 and ISO 100
Three photos blended for DOF and FOV

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on May 15, 2010 at 7:57 PM

Well composed and good light and color. Thanks for sharing, John.

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Comment posted by Joshua Hardin on May 15, 2010 at 8:10 PM

I think you saved the best one of this series for last John. Nicely done!

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Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on May 15, 2010 at 8:27 PM

Beautiful comp and colors, John. I like the cactus in the midground to add another interesting element to this. Well done.

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Comment posted by Wendy Blanchard on May 15, 2010 at 8:37 PM

Great color and comp. Beautiful Image!

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Comment posted by Larry Gloth on May 15, 2010 at 8:58 PM

Beautiful shot. Awesome color and processing. Nice detail all the way through. A well balanced image. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on May 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM

I love the way the lines of color seem to flow right to the cactus.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM

Considering working with a blue sky day this has been taken to its full. Very nice.

Mark

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 16, 2010 at 12:46 AM

I've really loved this series, John. The curves and diagonals here add additional interest to the flowered foreground.

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Comment posted by John Zinn on May 16, 2010 at 2:53 AM

John, this is definitely my favorite of what you've posted so far. I love the sweeping foreground of flowers, the cactus as a nice focal point, and the layer of the hills in the background. Fantastic!!

John

(P.S. Great meeting you in the gorge this spring too!)

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Comment posted by Adrian Klein on May 16, 2010 at 9:50 AM

This is another fine image from your trip down south John. Nothing I can see to change this one. I would be hard pressed to pick the top image from what you have posted thus far (as you probably have the same issue) but this might be it. Really well done.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on May 16, 2010 at 10:36 AM

beautiful photo. Great DOF and color.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM

Another beautiful explosion of color John. I love the richness of the colors in this one the best. Wonderful series.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 16, 2010 at 11:13 AM

Great light and colors and a nice composition. Well done

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM

Really nice light and color, John. I like this comp with the cactus just adding even more interest. Nice dof in this also. This is nice work, and my favorite of the series.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi.

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Comment posted by Robert Shrader on May 16, 2010 at 12:51 PM

Beautiful capture and processing, John!!

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on May 16, 2010 at 1:03 PM

Gravy....(Gravy is the best part....)

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Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on May 16, 2010 at 2:18 PM

Beautiful John! I love the diagonal lines and the rolling hills in the BG and the flowers aren't too bad either

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Comment posted by Bruce King on May 16, 2010 at 2:46 PM

Very nice John. The splash of orange on the slope beyond and to the left of the cactus is a subtle, but appealing element of the scene. As usual your mastery of processing is something I aspire to. The entire series deserves a toast.

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Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on May 16, 2010 at 5:42 PM

Beautiful, I love the colors John.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 16, 2010 at 6:17 PM

Another stunner--i like the cactus too!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 16, 2010 at 7:56 PM

John,

I'm certainly not tired of these and I see a couple of others on your website - Great images! This one is another outstanding capture from your spring travels here. I'm guessing there will be a few folks asking you next year where you found this awesome display of Arizona wildflowers.

And you've captured this scene of yet unopened poppies and made a glorious springtime image. This is awesome!

Lon

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on May 17, 2010 at 7:13 AM

I really like this John, the colours in the wild flowers really bring this to life. I also like the repeating curves in the hills in the distance. Your processing has worked a treat.

Gary.

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Comment posted by David Cobb on May 17, 2010 at 5:48 PM

You sure had a field day from here John, what a wonderful portfolio of images you put together. I love how you framed the cactus against the back hill here, and of course the flowers are beautiful too.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 17, 2010 at 8:47 PM

I see more than three.

Man, you got enough killer shots to do a book just with this trip!

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 18, 2010 at 6:38 AM

The bands of colour are incredible and a brilliant composition to boot. Gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on May 18, 2010 at 1:03 PM

Simple and sweet! What a great, colorful find.

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Comment posted by Jim Goldstein on May 18, 2010 at 4:06 PM

What a sight. The field of flowers are certainly beautiful, but I really like that there is a cactus so well placed in the composition. This certainly stands out for that reason. I'm not sure it was possible, but did you capture this scene with the poppies open or was the light too intense for that?

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on May 18, 2010 at 4:15 PM

Great series John. Wonderful blooms.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 24, 2010 at 10:35 AM

Very nice photo John. The colors and composition are excellent and the cactus really helps identify this as Arizona. Well done.

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Comment posted by Helio Cristovao on May 25, 2010 at 10:40 AM

that´s some wildflower display! Everything´s in place, great job John

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