The Pinnacle Desert

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 23, 2011337 views22 comments

I have been away for a while. In the mid of January, my wife and I went to Western Australia - a place I first visited in Australia. We spent two days in a small town called Cervantes 200 KM away from the capital city Perth, which is also a place to visit the unique WA landscape Pinnacles.

In the late afternoon, we drove to the Pinnacle Desert from Cervantes. We saw these interesting clouds over Pinnacles. I only had time to take couple of shots, then the cloud formation was dramatically changed. This was also the first time I took photos in desert.

Please view the larger version. It would be nice to hear your comments on this photo.

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 23, 2011 at 12:52 PM

Well done. Beautiful color and drama.

- Dan

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 23, 2011 at 1:16 PM

You had quiet an interesting sky here. Beautiful light and you have chosen a very interesting perspective and view of those pinnacles. The beautiful warm light and the color are another plus here. Well done. I really like this one

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Comment posted by Bruce King on January 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM

Nice Yan, although the colors a a little over saturated for my taste. The composition is excellent and the lines created by the shadows are interesting. Well done.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 23, 2011 at 4:36 PM

Cool image !!

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on January 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM

Really like the color combination here. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 23, 2011 at 4:55 PM

Nice color, great clouds, and interesting formations. A little oversharpened on my monitor, but a dramatic shot.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 23, 2011 at 5:45 PM

That is weird!

Wishing for softer light like maybe when one of the puffy clouds blocked the sun a bit...

Still a very cool image.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 23, 2011 at 8:53 PM

An otherworldly scene! Color and clarity are great. Love the cloud puffs. And the pinnacles! Very dramatic.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 23, 2011 at 9:24 PM

This is cool. Could see cropping a bit from the less as to put more focus on the pinnacles.

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Comment posted by Yan Zhang on January 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Hi Folks, thanks very much for your very useful coments and suggestions.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 23, 2011 at 10:25 PM

I like this a lot! I would like to see one with softer, diffused light, but do enjoy the brightness here. The golden sand contrasts well with the blue sky. I think the clouds are a nice element too.

Chris

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on January 23, 2011 at 10:53 PM

I really like the way the fragmented clouds complements the fragmented pinnacles. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on January 23, 2011 at 10:54 PM

Cool shot Yan. I've never seen anything like this before. Both the pinnacles and the sky are very interesting.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 23, 2011 at 11:18 PM

Love the color combination here, the blue and gold work very well together.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on January 24, 2011 at 12:12 AM

Cool formations. I could see a crop from the right of about an inch and did you consider a B&W version?

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on January 24, 2011 at 9:30 AM

What a fascinating place. I love the mix of blue and gold.

Guy

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on January 24, 2011 at 4:38 PM

Great subject and composition, Yan. This appears 'overcooked' by my standards - too much saturation and contrast. Modify those, and you have a great image here.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 24, 2011 at 6:18 PM

Gorgeous image! It looks a little over-sharpened to my eye, but minor nit. Beautiful work.

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Comment posted by Barry Ashenhurst on January 25, 2011 at 1:26 AM

From experience I can attest that this is a difficult place to photography so you've done a resonable job, Yan . I do think the contrast it is a bit strong though, and sharpness isn't what it might be. Talk to some of your fellow NPNers. They're very generous in sharing technical knowledge.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 25, 2011 at 1:41 AM

This is an excellent take in this scene Yan. I think it would benefit a bit of crop from the top too.

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Comment posted by Yan Zhang on January 25, 2011 at 2:33 AM

Hi Folks,

Thanks very much for your comments and helpful suggestions. I have tried to reduce the contrast and sharpness, as well as to reduce the saturation of blue and gold colors a bit. Here is the revised version. Not sure if it needs further reduction or not. Comments are welcome as always.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 25, 2011 at 12:10 PM

I like the repost Yan. Love the blue / gold combination.

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