The valley below

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 10, 2014190 views4 comments

Dante's View, Death Valley

Three Raw exposures for DOF, hand blended in PS CC, processed in LR5, TK resize/sharpening for web. Canon T3i, 1/60 s, f/11, ISO 100, EF 24-105 @ 35 mm, CPL

Cloned away a road down in the valley.

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Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Zelinka on July 10, 2014 at 1:58 PM

I like the feeling of depth and the abstract looking upper third, but there is not much going on in the middle third of the photo.

Registered on August 20, 2007, 206 Posts, 998 Comments

Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on July 10, 2014 at 3:52 PM

I completely agree with Mark. I can understand why you took the steps back, as the two purple flowers provide a nice contrast to the rest of the landscape, and a very intriguing foreground. Unfortunately, the result is a very bland midground.

Registered on August 6, 2008, 194 Posts, 1315 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 11, 2014 at 9:04 AM

The empty and not very attractive mid ground which takes up the largest portion of the composition are a deal breaker here. I wonder if getting down to the level of the flowers would have worked compositionally - it would have reduced the amount of that mid ground on view for sure.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 12, 2014 at 12:02 AM

The foreground and background work well, but the midground is distracting. I like the flowers and the slat flats on the valley floor.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments