Dune Flow-Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 23, 2016154 views9 comments

Image taken right before sunset at Mesquite Dunes in DV earlier this month. Comments/suggestions appreciated. Thanks

5D II, 70-200 f/4L @ 200, polarizer

ISO 100, f/11, 1/13 sec

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on January 23, 2016 at 9:39 PM

Nice, expansive top down view of the Mesquite Dunes, Dave. The image looks very bright and the shadows pretty strong to have been taken "right after sunset," especially the desert playa at the top which looks like its in bright sunlight. Did you mean after sunrise. wink

Anyway, I like the light on the dunes. I am not fond of the top of the image, but I can't see a better crop.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on January 23, 2016 at 11:03 PM

Scott, thanks for pointing out. Should read right "before" sunset. Need to stop multi-tasking...

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 23, 2016 at 11:31 PM

I like the soft contrast and color - maybe I would have included a bit more of the flat background?

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on January 24, 2016 at 11:56 AM

As Scott highlighted I was not happy with the bright playa in the background either. I thought about cropping in out entirely but did not want to cut the top off the back dunes. I went back and reprocessed reducing the exposure and white point in the background.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on January 24, 2016 at 12:09 PM

I have a soft spot for dunes and I enjoyed this place during my visit some years ago. I liked the more contrasty rendition of the original post, but I agree on the toned down upper part.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on January 24, 2016 at 12:34 PM

My thoughts about the two versions are exactly the same as Dietrich's. I love the original post, but the background is too much in your face. So the background of the repo combined more or less with the dunes from the original would be really sweet. The forms and shapes in those dunes are gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 24, 2016 at 2:28 PM

Hi Dave

Agree with the others. love the marvelous detail , form. l and color in the first version. but with less foreground like in the second version

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on January 24, 2016 at 6:40 PM

I have looked at both of these a few times. The repost looks very flat, so perhaps you could burn down the playa in the background just a bit. Another option would be to experiment with different crops down from the top to completely eliminate play and the bushes.

The dune is the original post look very nice--the light and textures come across very well.

--P

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 25, 2016 at 12:39 PM

Dave,

The play of light and shadow as well as hues and tones in the dunes are wonderful.

I had the same reaction as you and others about the top. I also agree that I don't see a crop to be happy with. I like what you did reprocessing for the top area, but in doing so you lost the contasts in the dunes. Whatever you did for the top, just mask it out and leave the bottom untouched.

Lon

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