Animal Tracks

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 19, 20142,559 views15 comments

Another from the painted hills.
Some thought I should have cloned out the tracks in the first one.
Here, they are so numerous I thought they added to it.
This is pretty steep terrain, probably deer but I have no idea why they would climb around
on these lifeless hills.

200mm (70-200 vrii), f8, D800, 1/200 handheld.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 19, 2014 at 3:57 PM

Nice patterns and pastels Dan. I like the tracks. No suggestions. Based on this I would love to see this country at some point.

pat

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on July 19, 2014 at 4:23 PM

Dan, I continue to admire these painted hills images. The color is fascinating. The larger version is particularly engaging with the animal tracks. Very cool!

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 19, 2014 at 4:35 PM

For me the animal tracks are secondary to the amazing variety of color here, Dan. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 20, 2014 at 2:10 PM

The colors and erosion patterns here are amazing, Dan. The track add some nice interest to an already great image.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on July 20, 2014 at 2:16 PM

Another beautiful abstract Dan, full of color and detail. No suggestions on my part!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 20, 2014 at 3:49 PM

Dan, I am really enjoying your unique takes on these hills. I might be tempted to pull some of the blue in the upper right corner. The color and shapes here really hold my attention. The large version is excellent. Nicely done!

--P

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 20, 2014 at 5:55 PM

Dan, What an amazing place this must be and I'm enjoying how you capture it. The colors are amazing! I agree the large version looks fantastic!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on July 20, 2014 at 8:29 PM

What an amazing spot. Well done

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 20, 2014 at 9:31 PM

Very cool layering of colors and I like the composition. Maybe a bump in clarity or contrast though to really show off the scale of this

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Comment posted by gary phillips on July 22, 2014 at 1:29 AM

These painted hills are awesome, Dan. To me the tracks provide some scale to this scene. Nice processing, great comp. No nits from me. Very, very, nice.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 22, 2014 at 12:23 PM

I think these track are more part of the image than the previous. Somehow they felt as though they were an overlooked corner of the shot where as these are clearly part of the landscape. Maybe they were looking for photographic compositions

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Comment posted by John Williams on July 22, 2014 at 11:28 PM

The way the flow sweeps to the lower left is engaging Dan. The colors look very rich, but I think they lend to the abstract quality.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 26, 2014 at 3:56 AM

Nice shot man! Always a great place to shoot!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on July 26, 2014 at 6:36 PM

Nice take on the painted hills Dan, would have loved to get down that way while I was in Oregon this year, just didn't have the time...maybe next time!

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Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on July 27, 2014 at 10:22 AM

Dan,

Great image. I am glad that I have checked the larger version, it takes me into the scene and it looks more 3 dimensional. I agree with Preston on the upper right blue color but it is great as it is.

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