Wildflower Bloom

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 22, 2010504 views22 comments

Morning light over the Painted Hills of central Oregon. Of the dozen or so times I've visited the area this was the first time a timed it right for the wildflower bloom. Thanks for looking! Comments welcome.

Nikon FM2
17-35
3 stop soft grad
Velvia 50

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Rick Lundh on May 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Beautiful image of the PHs... I really like the flowers in the fg, and the blue skies. They compliment eachother nicely.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 22, 2010 at 4:52 PM

This is really nice. First image I can recall seeing from here with profuse wildflowers. The sky is glorious. I think I'd try to tone down the light on the hills.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 22, 2010 at 5:20 PM

Vibrant scene Tyson. Lovin' the yellows and blues!

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 22, 2010 at 7:27 PM

No suggestions Tyson. Beautiful wildflower shot.

Pat

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 22, 2010 at 10:04 PM

Very nice. You really nailed the light here. Go FM2!

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Comment posted by William Vrolyk on May 22, 2010 at 11:07 PM

Beautiful, Tyson. I like how the wildflowers stream towards the golden peak.

Will
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on May 23, 2010 at 12:13 AM

Beautiful light and composition. Really unique image of these hills with the wildflowers. Really nice.

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Comment posted by Winnie Ho on May 23, 2010 at 12:46 AM

Sweet light and contrasting colours. The half cut off flower on the right catches my eye a little.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 23, 2010 at 1:24 AM

Way to go Tyson!!!

I do think the sky at 1/3 of the frame (cropped down a bit) might also fly!

Mark

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on May 23, 2010 at 9:54 AM

Lovely, Tyson. I've been to the Painted Hills several times, but I've
never witnessed light like this; nor have I ever seen such a beautiful
wildflower bloom. You have great colors here with yellow, golden
orange in the midground, and the varying colors of blue in the sky
really makes this work. Well done.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM

Great colors and wonderful light. You captured this well, Tyson. A pleasure to look at.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 23, 2010 at 11:31 AM

You sure timed it right. Really pretty image. I might go along with Scott on toning down the hills a little, but looks great as presented.

It is rare to see someone shooting 35mm film. Long live film.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on May 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM

Nothing to critique here. Well done.

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Comment posted by Tyson Fisher on May 23, 2010 at 3:06 PM

Thank you everyone for your comments! Harley, Scott, I'll have to take a look at the original slide again....I probably could tone down the hill a little, but not too much. The original is very nicely exposed and has some good color. Thanks Mark for the crop suggestion. I played with a crop to the top and right but finally settled on leaving it exactly how I shot it...I decided I couldn't do without those beautiful clouds and intense blue sky.

Cheers!

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on May 23, 2010 at 4:03 PM

Superb light here, Tyson! The clouds complete a beautiful arrangement of elements.

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Comment posted by Benjamin Glatt on May 23, 2010 at 4:14 PM

The dark blue sky on top pulls my eye too much, drawing my attention away from where it should be--those awesome flowers and beautiful painted hill. Lovely colors and comp, perhaps a bit too yellow/green, introducing a little red in curves might be nice to warm it up a touch.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on May 23, 2010 at 4:47 PM

Awesome Tyson. Those wild flowers are beautiful, and this shot with film nonetheless. Very wicked.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on May 24, 2010 at 1:07 AM

Nice colors, my only suggestion would be to crop a little bit of the FG (the rocks just below the flowers) they are just a tad bit uninteresting..

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on May 24, 2010 at 2:39 AM

Fortunate timing on a variety of fronts. I like the balance of colors through the photo, and I like the textures in the earth below the flowers.

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Comment posted by John Williams on May 24, 2010 at 10:06 AM

I love it Tyson. As noted, the blue/yellow contrast is great. I too like the idea of a bit tighter crop, but that's a nit on a great photo.

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Comment posted by Helio Cristovao on May 25, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Great light and colors. For my taste, I would crop some of the lower portion in the image - to the 1st wildflowers - guess it would improve this magnificent shot.

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on May 25, 2010 at 2:23 PM

The light on the hills is striking, really gives the eye a clear subject even with the complimentary wildflowers and clouds!

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