Silent Lucidity

What, no moon framed in the arch? Rookie!

But seriously, I love the bold graphic nature of this shot. I've never gotten a shot of Double Arch that I liked, but this is one of the best I've seen.

Love the abstract look! This has a dreamy feel to it,,, for me!
Love the deep blue and your framing of the clouds on the BR is awesome! Nice shapes,too!
Great image, well composed!

This is beautiful, Bret. I love the deep blues in the sky. Are you a Queensryche fan?

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I am a proud Queensryche fan, Guy. They were a far more intelligent and talented group of musicians than the other "metal" bands of the day. I'm sure I'll catch heat for that statement, but I stand by it!

Bret,

This is excellent! I love the "otherworldly" feel to it. I'm sure Guy can send you a moon to paste in there! Its amazing what you can do without duraflame!

So I'm guessing Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd are on your list?

Damn, I'm bummed Guy beat me to the Queensryche reference. I didn't even notice it in my original post. Once upon a time I photographed rock stars instead of rocks, and I'm proud of my pic with a pre-bald Scott Rockenfield backstage at Red Rocks. Rock on!

Been there, never done that, excellent. My best shot from there was when it was snow covered. Excellent concept, well done.

I love the graphic quality of this. The pure black arch with the deep rich blue sky is especially nice. The part I like least are the clouds framed by the lower arch. This in no way detracts from the image, its killer. Just thought I mention it as it adds another perspective on this image. In a nutshell, I would be doing backflips for joy if this were the result of my effort. Well done.

Well done, Bret, those clouds in the lower arch are a real grabber.

This has a wonderful graphic quality that seperates it from the usual arch shots. Very nice indeed. I'm sure I'm showing my age but I've never heard of Queensrych?

- Dan.

This is awesome, Bret. The graphic silhouette of the arch with the backdrop of the blue sky is superb. The white wispy clouds are the icing on the cake.

Superb - this is on another level - just fantastic

Bret: Looking at this at the end of a long day and a long week, it is a breath of fresh air. Simply beautiful and a major meter spike for me. ><>

Thanks for all the compliments, folks!

Guy: Yep, I am a Queensryche fan. They truly were an intelligent and talented band.

Dan: Queensryche was a "metal" band popular in the late 80's/early 90's. "Silent Lucidity" was one of their more popular songs that had a very Pink Floyd feel about it.

Nicely done image, this is right up my alley. Simple shapes, circles arches and color that knock my socks off.

A quiet and graphical image. I love the tone of blue fading in the darkness.

Bret, I didn't have a chance to see this until you received the editor's pick. I really like it! The lines drawn by the darker rocks are polace in an especially pleasing manner, the colors are quite nice and the wisp of clouds windowed by the arch are a special icing on the whole scene. Most of all the photo has a special mood and sense of place. A refreshing and novel perspective on the possibilities of arch shots. I think this is one of your best images I've seen.

Bret - A big congrats on the pick. This is a killer image. Great mood, comp and the gradation in the blue is excellent. I hope you have a spare space on the wall for this one!!!

Gorgeous image Bret.

how did I miss this one?!
congrates!!!

Man, oh man how I love these graphic types of images. This is just wonderful, and I think the gradient in the sky is magnificent. The image is balanced, clean, and wonderful.