Closing In

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 29, 2014629 views6 comments

In southern Utah, we are in the middle of the normal Monsoon season; however, this year is hotter than ever. I've only seen raindrops, so this past week I went looking for weather. I ended up at Sand Hollow which is south of route 9 and very close to Sand Hollow state park. I found glorious skies and beautiful views. It looked as though it was going to pour any moment. Desert scenery reined along with a very well-cared for (and empty) golf course, fantastic views, a glorious sky and layers of rocks that reminded me of the Bee Hives at Valley of Fire in Nevada.

I took several images getting as close to the fantastic rock outcrops as I could.

This particular Image ratio is. 3:2

It was taken with a D700 and a 24-120mm lens. This setting was 30mm at f/8 with ISO of 100. I used manual exposure and spot metering. And the camera was hand held.

Thanks in advance for viewing and leaving your comments and critiques.

Best wishes

Carol

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Michael Cothran on July 30, 2014 at 12:41 AM

Carol, this looks like it could be a really nice image, but there is something funky going on.
You've got green tinted ground (which looks to be in sunlight) with a purple, cloudy sky, along with some purple mountains in the far distance. The image looks like it might be a blend of two files - sky and ground, seeing that the lighting pattern just doesn't seem to match. If you processed it this way for a reason, and/or if it's just my tired old eyes, ignore my post. Otherwise, you might want to revisit your post processing.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 30, 2014 at 10:14 AM

This color scheme is un-natural looking, I will agree..
But I have my alien or 'surreal' landscape shades on for this, so it works for me Carol

Nicely composed frame and I like the brush down in front.
You might consider a B&W version, just a thought.
Beautiful view - Well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on July 30, 2014 at 11:59 AM

Yep, looks like the second tee box at Sand Hollow golf course. It is a very pretty golf course with red sand and rock outcroppings. Have you done some toning to this? I can't ever remember colors like this out there. Love the monsoon skies we have been having, wish some rain would accompany those clouds.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 30, 2014 at 12:53 PM

Carol,

I like the electric alien scape look of this. I'm assuming you were going for a surreal type of presentation. Very interesting and it holds my interest.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 31, 2014 at 7:51 PM

Carol, I am having trouble relating to the the color difference between the land and the sky. You might consider reworking this for better balance.

--P

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Comment posted by Patrick Nixon on August 2, 2014 at 5:07 AM

With respect to other NPNers I must disagree. I think the colors are just fine. Compositionally, there must be some tension in this case created by complimentary colors. Also, nice to see the sand color to the terrain rather than the red-orange many people expect of the Southwest. Good artistic composition always triumphs.

Registered on June 26, 2006, 68 Posts, 154 Comments