Motif: Southwest

Posted by thapamd on Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:58 pm

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1Ds & 24-70 f2.8 L lens.

Somewhere outside of Las Vegas, NV.

Click below for a larger and better version of the image:

http://www.fototime.com/4A51D3149E3927D/orig.jpg

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by Anders on Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:05 pm

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Mahesh,

I like this VERY much! I'm not sure what the object to the right is (a rock?) but this is a very fine photo! Bold composition. Great sky!

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by thapamd on Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:07 pm

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Anders wrote:Mahesh,

I like this VERY much! I'm not sure what the object to the right is (a rock?) but this is a very fine photo! Bold composition. Great sky!

Anders

Thanks a bunch, Anders. Yes, it is a rock...had very interesting texture (the web post really doesn't do justice to the level of detail visible)...thought it would make a great b&w, especially with that charasmatic sky to serve as foil. Some images just screem to be taken in b&w...I felt that this was one such image.

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by Ken Cravillion on Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:54 pm

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The looming rock is cool. The rocks in the BG on the left help balance the monolith on the right.

The sky is great too. Converted with channel mixer?

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by thapamd on Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:46 pm

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Ken Cravillion wrote:The looming rock is cool. The rocks in the BG on the left help balance the monolith on the right.

The sky is great too. Converted with channel mixer?

Thanks, Ken! Yep...I do all my b&w with channel mixer and layers...awesome tool.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Sep 10, 2003 12:13 am

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I think the large rock is really cool with a lot of detail and texture. I am undecided about where the image stops at the bottom of the frame.

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by Svein-Frode on Wed Sep 10, 2003 5:28 am

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While I don't find the subject all that interesting I think the composition and B&W works great for this scene. The FG rocks are a little dominant, but eventually lead you into the frame.

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by Eric Fredine on Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:13 pm

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I really like the texture in the foreground rock and the prominance you've given it. The sky is also great, as you noted. I just wish the pile of rocks on the lower left were more interesting in some way - I feel they let the rest of the image down a bit.

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by Harvey Edelman on Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:46 am

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