Gallery: LandscapePosted March 13, 2017250 views12 comments
A wide open desert scene from the Death Valley area. It was a very calm, peaceful morning out in the middle of nowhere with just me and the dog. A great morning.
D5500, 18-140mm
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12 comments
Comment posted by John Williams on March 13, 2017 at 2:15 PM
According to unabridged.john-williams.com, the definition of paradise is "out in the middle of nowhere with just me and the dog." ...well done Harley!
Wow, this is austere. It has a simplicity that fits the mood you describe; as much a story as an image.
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on March 13, 2017 at 2:16 PM
Looks perfectly peaceful, my friend. I'm envious of your unrestrained mobility these days. We will certainly be the beneficiary of these images. I'm headin' to Escalante for a couple of days. Dan and Nancy need to get out of the house.
Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on March 13, 2017 at 3:33 PM
A wonderful take here, Harley. There is so much open space around DVNP that just enchances the experience of the drive leading into the area.
The pano treatment is perfect in all respects......very nicely done as always.
btw: looks like your new camera is being pressed into some fine duty overall.......
Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 13, 2017 at 4:36 PM
Sounds like a great time, Harley. This does fit the feelings you mentioned perfectly. I like the pano format here very much.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on March 13, 2017 at 9:27 PM
Wow, that's a lot of Joshua Trees and this helps convey the diversity and size of DV. Very nice pano.
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 13, 2017 at 10:26 PM
Harley: One must view this large to appreciate it fully. Wonderful light and a terrific capture.>=))>
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on March 14, 2017 at 1:18 AM
Harley,
A grand landscape and one that holds beautifully for the panoramic - even on this site! the light streaking across the barren landscape is the main subject for me, but those lengthening clouds really compliment the overall scene. (I do think you could even shave more empty sky off the top and if that's too narrow a view, crop from the left.)
The only small nit/suggestion would be to back off the blue in the middle and darker shadow areas of the bg mountains. Very minor, but especially the deeper shadows left and right.
Now you didn't specify, so I'll have to assume a single frame and not a pano stitch (which doesn't matter here because the results are fabulous!)
Awesome "wide open space" landscape.
Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on March 14, 2017 at 5:20 AM
I would not have expected this view from around Death Valley. The light grazing across the desert and mnt tops is sweet.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on March 14, 2017 at 8:56 AM
A different taken on Death Valley, Harely, and one that nicely conveys the sense of being in the middle of nowhere. I like the contrasting warm/cool colors. I agree with Lon about taking even more off the top empty sky to exaggerate the wide view.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on March 14, 2017 at 2:44 PM
Ahhhh, peace and serenity. Beats the working life. This is a sweet pano and really evokes the 'feel' of the high desert. Agree on cropping a bit off the open sky off the top.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 14, 2017 at 3:04 PM
That new camera and lens are doing it right for you. I like the calmness of this, and the pano crop is perfect. I agree with Lon about the blues in the mountains. The warm desert colors.against the sky work very nicely.
--P
Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 15, 2017 at 11:29 AM
Yes, a great look at "the middle of nowhere". The pano view adds nicely to the sense of great distances.
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Comments
12 commentsWow, this is austere. It has a simplicity that fits the mood you describe; as much a story as an image.
The pano treatment is perfect in all respects......very nicely done as always.
btw: looks like your new camera is being pressed into some fine duty overall.......
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
A grand landscape and one that holds beautifully for the panoramic - even on this site! the light streaking across the barren landscape is the main subject for me, but those lengthening clouds really compliment the overall scene. (I do think you could even shave more empty sky off the top and if that's too narrow a view, crop from the left.)
The only small nit/suggestion would be to back off the blue in the middle and darker shadow areas of the bg mountains. Very minor, but especially the deeper shadows left and right.
Now you didn't specify, so I'll have to assume a single frame and not a pano stitch (which doesn't matter here because the results are fabulous!)
Awesome "wide open space" landscape.
Lon
--P