Glowing Humps

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 17, 2015435 views16 comments

This is from January of this year. It is one of my local haunts called the Camel's Humps. It was an amazing evening with the Humps and surrounding sandstone taking on the colors of the sky.

5d2, 14mm, f/8, iso 100, .6s

I would appreciate your comments and critiques on this.

better large

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 17, 2015 at 11:38 AM

I'd love to critique, but I don't see anything wrong with this image, so you'll have to do with this lousy comment, haha. But joking aside, this is a real beauty, no nits for me!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 17, 2015 at 11:39 AM

Beautiful sky, light and patterns in the foreground. To my eye, the comp is not quite working with the middle split and the middle back rock cut off. You sure did get the light though!! Man!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 17, 2015 at 12:32 PM

A really beautiful photograph. Love the light and the color. Also the pattern in the foreground add a lot to this scene.

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Comment posted by Tom Falley on March 17, 2015 at 12:39 PM

Gary

Great use of the wide angle to create an interesting perspective. The warm on warm works well!

Cheers. Tom

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on March 17, 2015 at 1:31 PM

I like the low wide angle perspective very much, and the colors are marvelous. My one suggestion would be cropping a bit from the bottom, so as to bring the horizon down - I suspect that that may make the low point of view and wide angle even more dramatic.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on March 17, 2015 at 1:42 PM

Technically speaking it's first rate, excellent. But I just don't find it to be a compelling subject. Perhaps if I lived in Utah I could relate to it emotionally better.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on March 17, 2015 at 4:00 PM

Love it, Gary. The atmosphere and formations are to die for. Maybe if you shot from a bit higher position would get more of the hump on the RHS (?)

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Comment posted by Paul Knox on March 17, 2015 at 7:40 PM

I love the soft tones of this photo and the way the photo just draws in your eye. very nice shot

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Comment posted by Jeff Martyka on March 18, 2015 at 2:36 PM

I like the teasing feel of this image. The large and interesting foreground puts me there hiking up this last (hopefully!) rise to see these interesting features and what lays beyond. For me, its an image about the journey not the destination. I like that change of pace a lot.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 19, 2015 at 11:30 PM

The textures and light are very nicely presented here. You've combined the available elements very well.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on March 20, 2015 at 10:03 AM

Would not change a thing........gorgeous take here, Gary.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 20, 2015 at 10:07 AM

Gary, This looks great! I really enjoyed looking at the large version. Beautiful light and color!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on March 20, 2015 at 4:09 PM

Beautiful shot and great light in this Gary. Hope I get to see some areas like this in the future. Great job on this.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on March 22, 2015 at 12:28 PM

Sublime lighting and colour Gary, the glow off the sandstone rock is very attractive indeed.

Gary.

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 22, 2015 at 9:34 PM

Superb mix Gary! I really like that you didn't go crazy with the processing; this sings nicely as is.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 7, 2015 at 7:53 AM

This makes an excellent first impression, great impact Gary!

The "Humps and surrounding sandstone taking on the colors of the sky" describes only a small part of the story. The light & color's awesome, love the diagonal breaks at the horizon. Makes the sky seem to stream away from the rocks, the overall effect more dynamic..

I like the comp with the added FG interest, textures, patterns, and details there.

devil devil

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