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Turnagain Designs
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Turnagain Designs

by Vance Gese

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 26, 20161,444 views5 comments
This remarkable pattern of lines was found in the tidal flats of Turnagain Arm, an amazing inlet just south of Anchorage, Alaska.  The image was made after sunset one autumn several years ago with a long lens and cropped to a panoramic format to accentuate the linear design.  I may have posted this image years ago but as it is no longer in my gallery, I thought I would post it here as it seemed to fit the theme of this week's challenge.  Any suggestions, comments, thoughts would be appreciated.
4x5, 600mm, Velvia

Larger, detail size image attached.

Thank you.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 26, 2016 at 10:53 PM
This is a very dramatic and beautiful image, Vance!  I love the lines, textures, sunset colors, and the mountains in the bg.
Registered on January 14, 2009, 316 Posts, 2724 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 27, 2016 at 7:04 PM
Beautiful, Vance.  The sunset on the parallel waves produces a remarkable image.

devil
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Gavin on May 28, 2016 at 6:08 PM
I keep coming back to this and every time I am increasingly impressed with its beauty and dramatic colors. It really leaps out from the others on a full page of gallery photos. The largest version is a must see. My only nit: It appears that the horizon is tilted a bit to the left. I think the top (above the black diagonal stripe) would make a great pano. Remarkable image.
Registered on August 14, 2008, 293 Posts, 1250 Comments
Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on May 29, 2016 at 12:23 AM
Ditto what Jim said.  Gorgeous...just tilted ;-)
ML
Registered on December 14, 2010, 122 Posts, 1034 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 31, 2016 at 8:59 PM
Wow, I thought I'd commented on this, Vance.  It's an outstanding compressed view of this sunset, that shows a great series of lines across the foreground, with the wide swaths in the foreground and the tighter lines in the distance.  The ghostly peaks on the horizon are a neat change of pace and add a bit of context.  It's a beauty.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments