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A Few Clouds
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A Few Clouds

by Harley Goldman

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 25, 20179,067 views9 comments
Death Valley last week. 

D810, 70-200mm

Merry Christmas, everybody!!!!!

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on December 25, 2017 at 4:33 PM
The tones in the dune are wonderful, and have great texture. I like the alternating layers of light and dark. The clouds top everything off. Nicely done, sir!
--P
Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Igor Doncov on December 25, 2017 at 9:07 PM
The texture in the dune looks wonderful. The clouds are a good idea but they're not ideally shaped. If you fill in those two faint rows of clouds it seems to be better. Don't know how you feel about this PS feature. I personally like the lowest dark layer. 
Registered on November 22, 2014, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Pullen on December 26, 2017 at 10:38 AM
Nice scene with great tones, well done.   Ron
Registered on December 18, 2005, 74 Posts, 1413 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 26, 2017 at 12:32 PM
Harley, the textures in the dunes look great and you've got a fine spotlight effect with the clouds and the center parts of the dunes nicely bright.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on December 26, 2017 at 2:14 PM
I think this is a stark beauty, Harley.  Reminds me of Jack Curran’s single cloud images.  I love the slumping sand on the face of the first dune and the sweet light on the dunes.  It would make a fine print.
Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on December 27, 2017 at 11:46 AM
My kind of image, Harley, by which I mean that I like it a lot. Simple and evocative. 
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on December 27, 2017 at 6:04 PM
Wonderful take here, Harley. With the broken clouds over the peak it reminded me of smoke signals coming off that point. The B&W was perfect selection for this scene too.
Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on December 27, 2017 at 8:44 PM
Beautiful dune image.  The very bright clouds throw me a little, but it shows of the desolation of the area.  Simple and stark.
Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 28, 2017 at 12:55 PM
Harley,

I love the sky and cloud treatment/processing here.  Sky just dark enough and clouds just white enough.  The light on the dune and the long shadow complete an excellent composition.  No nits or suggestions.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments