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Gallery: LandscapePosted December 11, 2012277 views11 comments

This should finish off the images from this trip. I really appreciate all the comments. This is a beautiful and challenging place to photograph. I chose this one because of the light, lines, and shapes, but I hope it's not too chaotic. I liked how the last light caught the tops of the ridges in the center left leading to the hoodoo on the right. The sky didn't cooperate at this moment though.

Thanks for looking at this series.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on December 11, 2012 at 10:52 AM

Strong comp for my tastes Russel and I like the light a lot. I also like the balance between the cool and warm elements in the scene. Beautiful image.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 11, 2012 at 10:58 AM

Beautiful! Some really nice light and color in this wonderful looking scene Russ. I like your composition a lot and that background light and sky really help set this off. This is such an interesting place. Very nice...

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM

Love the soft pastel colors in this one. Nice light also. You could probably emphasize the light on the far hills a bit more by cropping out nearly all of the sky. Pretty as is, though.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on December 11, 2012 at 11:47 AM

Great feeling of isolation in this image, Russ. The sky is just fine, too.

Registered on February 17, 2004, 236 Posts, 1197 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on December 11, 2012 at 12:07 PM

Beautiful Russ, excellent color and comp, love the sky, definitely a pretty scene.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 11, 2012 at 12:12 PM

Still a very pretty scene with very nice light. I also like the sweeping comp. I enjoyed your series on your take on this place.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on December 11, 2012 at 12:22 PM

Nice sense of depth, especially in the large version Russ!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 11, 2012 at 9:53 PM

Russell,

Beautiful! Very much like your previous image in terms of cool>warm combination and transitions. This is a beautifully composed landscape as well giving the viewer context to location, yet also an intimate view for detail and texture. Beautifully seen and crafted.

Small suggestion. Take a sat layer and reduce the magenta in the clouds - making sure you mask out the landscape so you don't alter any color/sat there.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Pelton on December 11, 2012 at 10:11 PM

Really nice, Russ. I like the many shapes and subtle colors and the composition you chose.

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on December 11, 2012 at 10:36 PM

That colorful and eroded landscape looks like a great place to explore. Nice colors and the comp works well, too.

Registered on October 28, 2008, 179 Posts, 1875 Comments

Comment posted by Russell Colletta on December 11, 2012 at 11:12 PM

Thanks Lon. Here's a RP with sat reduced in the sky. This is processed in Lightroom - haven't upgraded to CS 6 yet. So I used a ND filter to remove that really ugly cast in the sky. That tool has some serious limitation and still didn't get it to where I would prefer it. Thanks again, it's been a hoot to post this series.

Registered on October 31, 2009, 114 Posts, 1008 Comments