Elevated

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 17, 2011432 views27 comments

I just returned from a fantastic trip to the Southwest. I met up with Michael Greene for 4 days and had a great time in the Page area. Also spent some time in Escalante and VoF. Quite a few images to share, especially as I'm getting the new images ready for print.

Thanks for helping me in the process!

First up is a detail of a large boulder in Valley of Fire State Park, an amazing playground of sandstone.

Comments

27 comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on April 17, 2011 at 4:09 AM

Wonderful, Justin. The rocks details are amazing and the change in color creates an intense palette here.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on April 17, 2011 at 5:46 AM

Fabulous colours Justin, I love the elephant which appears to me to be using his trunk to stick a bun in his mouth!!!.

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Comment posted by Neil Paskin on April 17, 2011 at 6:09 AM

Very nice shot Justin. Love the warm palette of colours, warm reds through to cool reds (do cool reds exist

). I Like Ian's vision, I see it too.

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Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on April 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM

Amazing tones and details!

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Comment posted by Ed Cordes on April 17, 2011 at 7:02 AM

Wonderful detail. Looks like ghosts hanging in the rock.

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on April 17, 2011 at 7:12 AM

Beautiful patterns and color gradient. I didn't see the elephant until I read Ian's comment; now it's almost obvious. Amazing what people can see in an abstract photograph.

Guy

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on April 17, 2011 at 7:38 AM

extraordinary colours. i'd be tempted to lighten the lower half a little.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 17, 2011 at 8:09 AM

What a wonderful variety of colors, textures, and shapes! Amazing image - quite beautiful.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on April 17, 2011 at 8:26 AM

This is wonderful, Justin, the textures and colors are keeping my attention for a long time! Perfect exposure and processing.

Peter

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 17, 2011 at 9:25 AM

This is beautiful, Justin. The colors, shapes, light and detail are just wonderful. Really nice work! Sounds like a good trip meeting up with Michael, and it looks like you guys came back with great stuff.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 17, 2011 at 9:34 AM

The color and detail are superb Justin. Love the layers.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 17, 2011 at 9:43 AM

Great color and patterns!!

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on April 17, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Very nice! Great tones and I love the kind of melted quality the sandstone has in this comp.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on April 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM

Justin, what a catch. I mean, the place has so many photo opps. I love climbing on the formations there, it's like being spiderman! The way you have framed the shapes in the rock is so fascinating. The gradation of color change is even better.
Nice.

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Comment posted by Koveh Tavakkol on April 17, 2011 at 10:57 AM

Beautiful light transitions and details here Justin. Can't wait to see what else you got.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 17, 2011 at 12:32 PM

My kind of picture, Justin. The tones, and shape, and textures here are just wonderful.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on April 17, 2011 at 2:11 PM

Awesome abstract here. I like the transition from warm to cool tones as well as the contrasting color layers. There a lot of interesting shapes and contours. It's kind of like looking at a 3-D topo map. Well seen, composed and captured!!

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Comment posted by Tyson Fisher on April 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM

Beautiful abstract Justin! I like all the different lines and colors. It's hard to get a sense of scale but maybe that's what I like about it.

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on April 17, 2011 at 3:29 PM

VoF is a crazy place, but I have not seen too many good shots from there. This one definitely works - I am unsure abt the bottom, but the rest of it is wonderful

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 17, 2011 at 8:53 PM

I see an elephant in there. Amazing array of colors and textures. Looks like you hit the jackpot.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on April 18, 2011 at 1:08 AM

Isnt that place just awesome? Soooo many opportunities...cant believe it isnt shot more, but with images like this...you are going to draw more people there! Great find and great processing!

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on April 18, 2011 at 7:51 AM

Wonderful color gradation and some cool sandstone texturing. I don't think you need this much foreground here as it distracts from the more abstract nature of the scene. It's great to see something original from this area!

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on April 18, 2011 at 2:08 PM

This has all the qualities of a great abstract . . . color, texture, variety, and subtle drama. Very nice shot!

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 19, 2011 at 7:50 AM

This just looks wonderful Justin, the transition in colour gorgeous. Looking forward to seeing the others.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on April 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM

Awesome shot Justin, the color transitions and textures are amazing!

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on April 19, 2011 at 11:08 AM

Interesting patterns and color gamut you have seen. From my perspective, I would consider lightening the bottom gradient and cropping just above the brighter rock bottom center.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on April 21, 2011 at 12:58 AM

Incredible colors and clarity Justin. Amazing work my friend and very original!

Michael

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