Three Amigos +1

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 21, 2010288 views13 comments

I am really appreciative of Ian Plant's input to me for checking out Devils Garden. I was expecting to get there by sunrise, but rather foolishly loped along the washboard road that approaches it, so didn't make it there until sometime aroud 6:45am. But still the light was good, and I was lucky to get some pretty favorable cloud conditions. Dont know what these formations are called, but that's my name for them. For this I used a bit of perspective correction in CS4 to correct for some of the convergence, and worked a bit of HDR to bring out the shadows.

Olympus E-3 ZD11-22 @ 11, ISO 100 f4

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13 comments

Comment posted by Ian Plant on May 21, 2010 at 4:03 PM

Hey Bill, really sweet image. I've heard some people call them the "Grumpy Old Men," although I don't know if that is an official name. I'm glad you made it there, albeit perhaps a little late! Better late than never, as the saying goes, and this shot proves it. I think the clouds work really well with the land forms.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on May 21, 2010 at 4:10 PM

What an amazing sight Bill, and the clouds are just right. Really great job.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on May 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM

Amazing rock formation. I'ld be tempted to crop a good portion of the tree and clone out the rest (in order to leave some room between the little guy on the far right and the edge of the frame) as I find my eye being pulled over to the tree....probably due to the green color. Nice light and great clouds!

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on May 21, 2010 at 6:51 PM

Fantastic picture Bill I like how the clouds seem to be smoke rising from the "heads". Stunning shot!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 21, 2010 at 8:24 PM

Wonderful clarity and color Bill. I really like the orange rock against the deep blue sky. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on May 21, 2010 at 9:28 PM

Nice work! I dig it.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 21, 2010 at 9:48 PM

This works well, Bill. Just inside the magic hour, I believe.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on May 21, 2010 at 10:32 PM

Very cool looking place and great job with the tonal range.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 21, 2010 at 10:59 PM

Very neat formations, and a nice comp of them, along with the nice light. My only concern is the sky - the clouds look unnaturally blue IMO.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on May 22, 2010 at 6:43 PM

Nice image of a wonderful formation. Good comp.

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Comment posted by Winnie Ho on May 23, 2010 at 1:21 AM

Certainly eye-catching. Fascinating formation, I like the shadows here. Some slight haloes, most obvious on the medial aspect of the fourth stone.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 23, 2010 at 1:48 AM

Great sky to go with this landscape. Sweet light even if you missed sunrise.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on May 24, 2010 at 4:46 PM

wouldn't change a thing. This is fantastic, Bill!

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