Beautiful Badlands

Gary,

My first thought was this looks like a Guy Tal image.... this is a compliment. Excellent capture and presentation of the Utah Badlands. Sure looks like a place with any number of possibilities - you've nailed this one. No nits from me.

Lon

Very nice indeed Gary, beautifully seen and presented. Excellent work.
John

Love the comp with the lazy S-curve of flowers winding up through the frame to the butte Gary.
Techs looks right on the money & I agree "Way better large"!

Beautiful, Gary. Wonderful comp, colors and mood. I might consider a slight CCW rotation? But that might just be me, being a little unbalanced. Really nice image and feel for the place.

Gary, This is excellent! I really enjoy looking at the large version!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

An excellent tone throughout this scene, Gary. This area around Hanksville is a real treat to visit and photograph. I do like the low perspective on this scene and find it works very well here. I do think I would throw the grid on this as it feels right tipped just a bit, but hard to tell without checking.......

Love this image Gary. Needs to be viewed large to be appreciated fully. The trickle up the frame is divine.

The large version looks great Gary with nice detail and wonderful colors and tones especially in the back round. Really nice.

very nice sinuous path of flowers

Really nice image Gary. A composition with a little more exposed on top might give it even more depth but not knowing what's up there? I agree it seems tipped very slightly until I look at the line of strata at the top of the frame and it looks dead level so I think if you turned it at all it would throw that off and look odd. Very cool shot.....I like it a lot.

Super nice. What a great, and creative, composition. Good DOF raises this image a few notches.

I agree on a bit of CCW rotation, but waht a nice scene and comp you captured.......

oh boy, what a cool shot. the fg sure looks nice, but the giant rock formations lurking in the back really make this shot for me... slightly menacing, but at the same time making me want to go there and explore

Like Lon, I thought it has a Tal-esque quality to it - and yes that is a great compliment. I love the leading line of the flowers how it takes you deep into the scene and the color contrast with the gray earth is wonderful. A really great image.

The trail of flowers leads my eye nicely into the scene and provides a nice contrast to the otherwise stark environment.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Particularly the the Guy Tal references are very flattering. It is through Guys photographs and writings that I came to really appreciate what these badlands have to offer. I am a huge fan of Guy's work and philosophy. As far as the CCW goes, I tried it both ways . The striation line in the BG cliffs are essentially level and any adjustment looks a little off. Anyway, thanks again.

This is really gorgeous, Gary, with the bluish hills and yellow flowers that lead the eye up to some special layered rock. Minimalist and simple--- completely perfect!

A beautiful story you have here Gary!

Gosh a big difference from thumbnail to normal size and an even bigger transformation when you see the full size image. Very nice shot and love the meandering path of flowers.

That's an almost esoteric comp, almost guaranteed to not be picked up by a swell of popularity at some of the larger photo posting sites, but I love it. The subtleties are magnificent here. I get and agree with what the others said about Guy's work, and totally agree about the larger version. I'd love to see a huge print.

Very nice find Gary. Must see larger version to appreicate

This is awesome Gary. Excellent work. Love the color contrast and all the details throughout the image.

Very nice comp and interesting detail.

Nicely shown, Gary. I'm currently in Utah and have photographed similar formations, but none with such nice flora. Well done.

I love this Gary. Great elements and composition; large version is a treat.

Beautiful !!

I like the stream of yellow blooms meandering across the floor.

Don't know if I can deal with a color shot from you, Gary. That's a lovely zig-zag of flowers leading back to some fascinating shape, that I'd love to explore. This is a neat combination of warm and harsh.

Stunning picture, Gary!

Love it! This has a feeling of quiet beauty that is hard to achieve. Would love to see this printed.

A little late in commenting, Gary, but wanted to say that this is exquisite. The lead in of the flowers, and the graceful forms and lines in background really make this outstanding.

Congratulations on the WP honor in this gallery last week, Gary. A wonderful take on this vast area. ..........

Always enjoy your photos from this area, Gary. I've been BY here several times during mid day usually, not good for photo time. Still like the visual feast when driving through......

See what happens when you use color. Congrats on a well deserved WP.

I gotta say, this seems like a visit to Jurassic Park to view massive dinosaurs or dragons at rest. Cropped nicely it grabs the topo-transition to emphasize almost a wall.. I wonder what are the geologic origins. I love it. Congrats on WP!

Gary: One must view the larger version to get any proper sense of how good this is. Marvelous comp and capture. Congrats on the WP. >=))>

Congrats Gary. I love this.

pat