Dunescape White Pocket

Posted by Wade Thorson on Thu Jul 14, 2016 7:05 pm

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This is another shot from the White Pocket in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona. Petrified oceanic sediment along with iron oxide, mineral hematite and limonite have created a strange alien like landscape in this remote area.

iPhone SE 4.2mm f2.2 1/15s iso500 Two images median stacked and blended in PS CC to reduce noise, then smoothed the sky out in a duplicate layer with a gaussian blur, and masked.

See it larger here: Dunescape White Pocket

Thanks for looking and any comments!

Wade

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by Gary Briney on Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:21 am

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Beautifully composed -- love those swirls. Thanks for including the tech details!

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by Martin 095 on Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:23 am

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Hi Wade,

Love the textures, especially since this was made with an iPhone! If I had a nit, it would be the sky – not your fault of course, but I don't think the solid blue adds to the image. I have a whole library of shots that I would love if the sky wasn't a solid blue mass. I might be tempted to crop the sky … and given that I believe the texture is key to this image, I bet this would look amazing if you converted it to B&W. Just my two cents – thanks for sharing.

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Martin
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by John Labrenz on Sat Jul 16, 2016 7:36 pm