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el conquistador
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el conquistador

by gary phillips

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 15, 2014228 views10 comments
Hidden in labyrinth of bad lands resides this amazing rock formation. I spent a wonderful evening exploring this little canyon.
5d2, iso 100, 200mm,f/16, 1/6
comments and critiques appreciated.

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 15, 2014 at 4:24 PM
The texture and overlapping ridges in the foreground are great. The set of rocks upper left are a fine focal point. To me, the darkness in the clouds at the top seems too much. It may be real, but I'd dodge that a bit.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on January 15, 2014 at 4:45 PM
Excellent textures and compositon
Registered on July 25, 2011, 77 Posts, 172 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 15, 2014 at 6:52 PM
Gary, I like this comp a lot too, and the lines and textures are wonderful. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on January 15, 2014 at 8:09 PM
An interesting looking formation, Gary. One of the outstanding things about Utah is the amazing formations everywhere in the southern area. I'm not familiar with this site so I'm not too sure where this is exactly, but it shares a lot of the features with many of the photographic hot spots in the state......nicely seen and captured. :cool:
Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment posted by Daniel Finchum on January 16, 2014 at 12:16 AM
Love teh textures and layers in this one Gary. The darker rock formation in the bg look almost like some pagan warrior face. Pretty Cool.
Registered on September 8, 2013, 43 Posts, 222 Comments
Comment posted by Jon Daining on January 16, 2014 at 2:39 AM
Gary, I like the textures. I agree with Mark that the clouds appear a bit dark, but if you lighten them I'm afraid the photo will have a lot of grey. Perhaps you could darken the shadows in the foreground. Like Danial, I see a face in the middle dark rock spire!
Registered on February 25, 2012, 25 Posts, 191 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Reid on January 16, 2014 at 8:09 AM
Nice tones, textures and comp Gary and the face in the rock is very cool. Maybe some processing to pull the face out more. Just a thought. Very nice job on this.
Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 16, 2014 at 10:30 AM
The "face" perceived in the rocks makes this much more than just a landscape image of the textures and lines. Very cool!
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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 16, 2014 at 2:08 PM
Very nice tones, detail and comp Gary. Beautiful work.
John
Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments
Comment posted by John Williams on January 16, 2014 at 3:02 PM
Other than taking the lightest point to a pure white, this is just perfect. Nice lines here Gary.
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments