Mornining at the Factory

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 1, 2014342 views18 comments

Wonderful morning light at Factory Butte outside Hanksville, UT. This butte is just amazing. It is roughly 1200 ft high,with a knife edge on top stretching about a half mile. It is surrounded by crazy badlands. I can see many more trips here in the coming years.

270mm, iso 100, f/16, 1/60s

Comments and critiques appreciated.

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18 comments

Comment posted by John Williams on March 2, 2014 at 12:59 AM

Yep, better large. Love the way the light and lines play in this one Gary! Great range of tones.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on March 2, 2014 at 3:08 AM

Nice use of a long focal length to compose a nice, intimate landscape, and good use of monochrome to emphasize lines and contrast! Well done, Gary!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 2, 2014 at 7:15 AM

Love this - great study in texture and shape and monochrome works well!

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 2, 2014 at 11:24 AM

Well seen and processed. I like it

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on March 2, 2014 at 11:45 AM

Good timing on that wonderful light. Nice imaging, Gary.

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Comment posted by Daniel Finchum on March 2, 2014 at 12:21 PM

Wow, my eyes were sucked into this one for a very long time. Amazing variety of textures, lines, and light. Well done Gary.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 2, 2014 at 12:37 PM

Looks great Gary! Wonderful light and the b&w looks really good to me. The large version works even better!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 2, 2014 at 2:14 PM

Gary, what a great collections of shapes accentuated wonderfully by your use of b&w. Those ridges do like like they would cut.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 2, 2014 at 2:57 PM

Gorgeous light and shadow play here Gary. Wonderful textures visible in the larger view.

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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on March 2, 2014 at 5:13 PM

Gary, this is another great image from your kind of country. You have said you love this kind of country and your photos show it. I plan to be in Utah this Spring and hope to visit some of these areas. I am really enjoying your work. Chet

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on March 2, 2014 at 6:08 PM

I like the way that you have isolated a section of the butte and focused compositionally on the graphic lines and contrast here.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on March 2, 2014 at 8:08 PM

An incredible b/w tapestry of tone and texture. Your use of the long lens to isolate these forms was simply perfect. The large version gives one just a hint of what a large print must look like.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 3, 2014 at 1:08 PM

Very nice, Gary. The textures and light make it feel like an alien place. It does remind me of Gal Tal's work from this area, which is meant as a compliment.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on March 3, 2014 at 10:06 PM

Love the lines, light, and detail here. Can't tell if this is the region where the blue shale is or not, but I would definitely like to get into this type of terrain.

Chris

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on March 4, 2014 at 9:35 AM

Beautiful light and shadow play Gary! Great tones for a B&W conversion as well!

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on March 4, 2014 at 11:04 AM

Wonderful processing Gary and great shapes, tones and details in the large version. Should make a killer large print. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on March 4, 2014 at 6:00 PM

Surreal looking landscape, very nice lighting and comp.
It just makes me want to see more…..

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Comment posted by Tim Mulholland on March 13, 2014 at 4:18 PM

Wow. I like when a page opens and I feel myself "jump" in my seat because an image is so good.

Tim!

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