After watching the History channel documentary on Death Valley, which I recommend for all, I better understand how these salt flats originate and change.
The ridges are formed by the salt having moisture sucked out of it by the heat from the sun.
This is a bit different processing
from an earlier post in the environmental pj section.
Sony a77
Minolta 20 mm f2.8 prime
Iso 200
f20 @ 1/13 sec
cpl and tripod
camera height 1.5 foot
Comments
8 commentsI like your different take on the salt patterns from DV. So often we see the repeating patterns (octagon type shapes) as the main feature, but I like that you've picked out something a bit less conventional. The extreme near/far composition works, but I would agree with others that the top is a little tight. And rather than seeing the middle/top portion as muddy, I think it just needs a little more contrast, more deeper blacks. Clone in a tad more sky and I think that could make a pretty good improvement.
Lon
What's the frown for? This is a night and day transformation! The vignetting up top might be a little strong, but I absolutely like the idea. Everything else here is an improvement. The ice crystals are bright/whiter emphasizing the foreground much better than before. I like the color better in the salt flats, the midground isn't murkey and the contrast is excellent throughout. The mountains are a much cleaner silhouette too.
So, I think it's a great improvement and thanks for taking the time.
Lon