Bookcliffs

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 10, 2010335 views21 comments

I have been fascinated by these bookcliffs by Grand Junction, Colorado for years. I finally had the opportunity to photograph them one evening last weekend. I recently found out (thanks, Bret) that these are the longest continuous escarpment in the world. They run for over 20 miles.

Comments and critiques always welcome, and thank you for looking,

Morris

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on October 10, 2010 at 4:58 PM

Pretty fascinating landscape Morris. You know if you crop the sky out this will be over the top fantastic.
The warm soft light really enhances the scene. A cool place and glad you found it.
Great job Bud

Thanks for sharing

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on October 10, 2010 at 5:03 PM

I like the color contrasts and the spacing of the horizontal lines here...of course the soft lighting paints the desert nicely. Well seen Morris!!

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on October 10, 2010 at 6:20 PM

I don't know how much the processing had a part to play in it, but this has the appearance of a pastel drawing I really like it.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on October 10, 2010 at 6:28 PM

Man, this is gorgrous! Just beautiful soft golden light to show off the colors. I agree, crop it!

Chris

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 10, 2010 at 6:55 PM

This is stunningly beautiful Morris! Great light and I love the more subtle color variations. Great shot.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on October 10, 2010 at 7:20 PM

+1 to what Anthony said. This is fantastic, but it'd be even better without the sky IMO. And if you do that, then I might play with a slightly bluer white balance, which would bring out the subtle and warm light even more (because the shadows would be a little bluer). The soft light is just perfect!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on October 10, 2010 at 7:50 PM

This is awesome, Morris. The subtle, warm light accentuating the landforms, the superb colors, all of it just incredible. The suggestions of cropping the sky sound good to me to really focus on the phenomenal pattern and textures. Either cropping the sky or perhaps darkening the sky; something so it doesn't compete with the beauty of the rest of the image. Fantastic image.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 10, 2010 at 8:37 PM

I love these too every time I drive past. You had some excellent light. Doesn't look like it's full sun as the shadows are quite soft.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 10, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Wonderful color and lines Morris. Beautiful, warm light Excellent capture.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on October 10, 2010 at 9:39 PM

Wow! Love the light and detail. Perfect comp, nicely done. Driven by there a few times but it never looked this good.

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Comment posted by Håkon Iversen on October 11, 2010 at 7:55 AM

I love it. It is both dramatic and serene at the same time. At first glance it looks really calm, but when you start to really look at it you can see all the details and that little "mountain" in the middle. Really strong picture IMHO. Great work.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on October 11, 2010 at 11:23 AM

Wonderful detail Morris - very nice.

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Comment posted by Adrian Klein on October 11, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Simply marvelous light on this cliff side! I am on the fence if I would remove the sky or not. Either way works for me. It would provide slightly more focus on the wonderful light.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on October 11, 2010 at 12:57 PM

Great colors, texture & light.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on October 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Beautiful Image Morris, I like the crop idea.

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on October 11, 2010 at 5:34 PM

Hey Morris,
I know them well and you did a great job witth the light and comp! Not that easy in that location!
PS just read about the sky crop......I agree it takes it over the top!!!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 11, 2010 at 6:53 PM

See, brilliant minds think alike!

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Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on October 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM

Stunning Morris, great light and amazing details. In my opinion the sky only needs to be darkened a bit. I wouldn't crop it because I think it gives a great sense of scale and place.

Paolo

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Comment posted by dean hebert on October 11, 2010 at 10:49 PM

Eye candy!

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Comment posted by Gabi Lach on October 12, 2010 at 9:32 AM

Beautiful soft light and great plasticity. I love it too. Maybe even more without the sky. Nice work, Morris.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on October 12, 2010 at 3:52 PM

Beautiful image Morris. I do agree that cropping would make it even better. Focusing the viewer on the better parts of the image. I love the warm colors and triangular shapes with this one. Well seen and composed!

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