In the Beginning

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 22, 201191 views9 comments

These small ridges, only inches tall - a prelude of bigger things of what they will become eventually? -- Great Sand Dunes Natl Park

The streaks in the sky are sand blowing as the wind was screaming!

1DS 3
30mm
1/90, ISO 100, f 16
One Exposure
Finished in Silver Efex Pro 2

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on June 22, 2011 at 5:12 PM

Excellent tones M.E.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 22, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Highly suitable for B/W. Nice range of tonality, really helpedby the texture of the sand.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on June 22, 2011 at 8:07 PM

I might crop just a tad at the top and bring down the bright area at left side of the sky a bit but other than that a nicely executed b&w.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 148 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 22, 2011 at 10:37 PM

Wonderful layers and light and the clouds are a really nice focal point.

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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on June 22, 2011 at 11:08 PM

Hi Mitch - It looks like you had a quite successful trip to the sand dunes. The leading lines are excellent, plus I like the repeating curves and the lonely little clouds. I also like the darker processing, as I think it helps add a lot of mood to this image. Beautiful work!

Registered on November 10, 2008, 23 Posts, 393 Comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on June 23, 2011 at 5:06 AM

nice b&w - works well for me. not sure if the blotchiness in the sky is a result of processing or clouds?

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on June 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Mitch,

I like this. It evokes a sense of mystery and awe. I'd favor a slight crop off the top of the sky. Your processing is money. Awesome conversion.

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 23, 2011 at 6:18 PM

Excellent! I like this a lot. Great detail in the sand leading to a greatly framed clouds. Real sweet.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 23, 2011 at 9:33 PM

Mitch,

Can you say texture??? Wow, if the rest of the image wasn't so normal, I'd say the sand was grossly over sharpened.

But wow, this really has some texture in the sand and I think you've done very well with the b&w presentation which I think really enhances, the... did I say texture yet? The only suggestion I have would be to play around with the sky and maybe go for more of a high contast, darker blue look? Not so much to steal the show from the dunes, ripples and texture, but perhaps to introduce a little more visual drama? I'm just thinking out loud here. I think this is very well captured. A perfect set of little clouds too.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments