Dunes, snow

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 3, 2015109 views8 comments

Taken at Great Sand Dunes National Park, January 1 2015.

D7100 with Tokina 11-16 f2.8 at 16mm
ISO 400, f16 at 1/320

Some curve adjustments and boosted clarity & presence; darkened snow patch in shadow on left; cleaned some sensor spots in Photoshop.

Thanks so much for all the great feedback on my other shot! Would love to hear your thoughts on this one. I waited all day for the light to be right. It was snowing in the morning, sun came out in the afternoon but was behind clouds until about 45 minutes before sunset -- perfect timing!

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Bill Dark on January 3, 2015 at 1:41 PM

Love the rich, vivid color in this, Moishe. The tonal range creates an interesting mood, and I like how the trough patterns in the snow are repeated on a much larger scale in the distance. So glad the sun was cooperative for you...impressive work!

I'm probably missing something here, but was there some reason you set your ISO so high for this? Just curious...

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 3, 2015 at 6:54 PM

You captured some wonderful patterns in the snow and I like the implied motion with that sweeping dune as it draws me into the scene. My only suggestion would be to reduce the cyan a bit in the sky. Nicely done, Moishe.

Ed

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 3, 2015 at 8:22 PM

I really like the simple composition with the gentle curves, Moishe, and you caught the light just right! My only suggestion would be to tone down a bit the snow in the foreground, so as to help focus attention on the curving dune.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 4, 2015 at 3:29 AM

I like the tritone design of this. Nice geometrical composition.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 4, 2015 at 12:57 PM

This looks good. There's so much to like here, the big sweeping curve of the snow and sand, all the detailed structure in both of those and the clean sky, making for a largely tricolored image.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on January 4, 2015 at 8:35 PM

Hi Moishe,

The composition works for me with the diagonal of the snow and how it leads me .Also, I get to enjoy the textures and patterns of the snow and sand in the this ride. I agree with Ed about experimenting with the cyan in the sky, it just looks a tad bit strong to my eye.

Very nice work

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 5, 2015 at 10:18 PM

Real nice shapes, lines, colors and textures. It comes together very well. I would also agree about the cyan in the sky, but not a biggie.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on February 5, 2015 at 3:56 PM

Stunning get of colors and textures. Maybe a little more light on the darkest shadow ofo rock on the left?

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