Repo of Algodones #8

I just love sand patterns and can't get enough of them.  I think this works without the shadow line top left.  To me it looks sorta like an afterthought.  I think either it needs more canvas there or I would crop it.  Nice work from these dunes.

I agree with Gary on this one. I like the abstract design with three distinct sections. Very unique and interesting. I just wish there was less of the lower section and more of that section in the ULC. Of course, I recognize that may not have been possible. I am just giving you my reaction to the image. I'd keep it as is rather than cropping out the ULC section, however.

Thanks for the honest appraisal. There was a big line of shrubs and then some dips that didn't really add to a good composition at the top end of the frame.  Here is a redo with a wider, pano crop and the two lowest shrubs cloned/healed out.  It's not as cosmically textured, in my mind, but perhaps it is an improvement.  I can do better with the clone job if this is otherwise a good  fix for the tiny ULC triangle.

Nice shadows with the two sections of ripples and contrast between the ripple spacings in the two.  Maybe crop horizontally or vertically to rid the dark line and triangle in the upper left, as it really grabs the eye.

Pretty cool juxtaposed patterns.
I would also try a version with the upper LHC diagonal cropped off.

Thanks everyone.  Here is a version with the dark diagonal cropped out.  It feels like it's missing something to me, and the moire is more pronounced.  Reactions welcome as always.
ML

Very nice overall, the pattern works great as always. I like how the frame is divided into three by those two diagonal lines where the pattern change. However, I think the uppermost sliver is a bit too small and the separating edge (shadow) too dark to exploit the full potential of this type of composition. So, if you have something where your frame is moved a bit up and left, I would be interested in seeing it.

[PS: Noticed after typing the above that you already provided that version. Works better for me.]

Thanks, Basil. I'll keep working on a more nuanced clone job to achieve that.  There were a ton of shrubs above, so my framing in camera was designed to limit that, but I did take a few with the scrub because I thought I might want to clone them out.