Crayon Canyons

great layers and great prespective

very nice, i suggest to crop a bit from the top

Hamed

This is great. I might crop down to eliminate that bit sky, and then you'd have solid geology. Nice.

The variety of soft colors and the layered composition make this a wonderful image, Nancy. It is a quiet feast for the eye. Well done !!!! Chet

Fantastic work for me, Nancy. The layers and colors are most interesting and appealing to me.

My only thought would be to crop the sky, that might still enhance the abstract character of this image. Otherwise I enjoy it a lot as is.

Peter

One more to crop the sky, and then print it HUGE! Fantastic color and great layers!

You nailed it Nancy, I agree with the others, slight crop at the top. Beautiful work.
John

I think this is terrific! It's very abstract, which I'm a big fan off. I can see why some would suggest cropping the bit of sky up top, but I like how it pulls just a touch of reality back into the image and there are some very nice textures and colors in the top strip, so I vote to keep it. Well seen!

I'm going to be the odd man out here, and NOT recommend cropping out the sky. For me, that little piece of sky helps define the entire area more clearly in depth, size, and character.

Very nice Nancy! Great layers and really interesting colors. I'm for cropping out the sky too, but it also works well as is!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

This is definitely working for me Nancy, I love it.

Gary.

What an amazing image. It' hard to believe it's a photograph. I love the colors, the textures and the dreamlike quality of the image. Those early mornings certainly paid off. Very nice work.

Nancy Lea,

I agree with the others that this is a great image, I love the natural color and abstract nature of the geology. I also agree about the patch of sky. Just not necessary and pulls the eye, so a little distracting.

I hate to be the lone detractor so far. At least in terms of the light. Ok, so I'm gonna be nitpicky here... but this is "pre-dawn?" To me, this looks almost mid day; no shadows (direct overhead light) and also the patch of sky almost looks mid day and not pre-dawn. Don't get me wrong, I'm still very much enjoying this landscape image, but just doesn't seem to be the light I would expect; even if this was a heavy overcast, I would think the exposure would be a tad darker. Maybe it's the brightness that makes me see it this way? But considering I'm the only one to comment on this, clearly it's not an issue with others.

Lon

Splendid abstract Nancy! The variety of colors and layers are wonderful. I too think a slight crop from the top would emphasize the layers and colors best but that is just my opinion.

Hi Nancy, I think this is a fine image and not to take away anything from it but I do tend to agree with Lon about it feeling more like a midday shot than one taken during the pre-dawn hour. If I had not read your comments I would have just assumed this was taken in the afternoon. I'm on the fence about the patch of sky, in some ways I think it would be better without it, but on the other hand it does help to "ground" the image. Perhaps if there was a bit more of the sky it would help and be less distracting. Hope this helps.

Lots of interesting color and layers here, Nancy. The one suggestion that I would make would be to crop out the bit of blue sky at the top of the frame and go completely abstract with this. This is nicely done!!

EDIT: I guess I'm not the only one who suggested to crop the sky. I promise I wrote my comment before reading others' comments.

This is crazy--i love it!! Definitely lose the sky though.

Nancy ..this is fantastic. Beautifully crafted and the depth is wonderful ..Love this one

Balan Vinod

I think I also like this better without the sky. Amazing to see all those colors running into each other like this!

The soft colors are just amazing. No sky for me either. I just read others comments about the time of day. It's hard for me to tell because of all the layers but agree my first impression was not early morning, but since I was not there I will not make the call. I am wondering if you did something in post processing that changed the color or contrast...either way great image I really like it as presented.

Beautiful understated colors! I was thinking the same thing as the others on the crop, to eliminate the patch of sky. It is a beauty and worth the three trips to get it.

Hi Nancy Love the composition, and the layers of fascinating detail , and pastel colors
Albert Darmo

lose the sky and go mad with TK's box of tricks, that's what i'd say. fabulous.