This is great, abstract and different. I haven't seen the hills photographed in these type of conditions, and this presentation seems to make the best of the conditions.
Posted by Tom Guffey on January 14, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Mark,
Great looking abstract! Just how cold was it over there!!
Posted by Marc Adamus on January 14, 2007 at 1:04 PM
Mark, this is just so darn weird I like it! A complete abstract in every sense. Really fascinating.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on January 14, 2007 at 1:04 PM
I dig this! I think cropping off the bottom showing the ground makes it an even cooler slightly more abstract shot. But cool color and snow mix.
Posted by Marc Adamus on January 14, 2007 at 1:07 PM
I agree with John also, and might also crop the top for an alternative pano abstract across the middle.
Posted by Erik Lundh on January 14, 2007 at 2:25 PM
Mark,
I'm diggin it. definaty a cool abstract.l
Posted by Bill Stormont on January 14, 2007 at 3:59 PM
Mark,
Excellent as composed...did you happen to shoot from The Viewpoint also? Wondering how extensive the snowfall was on the hills.
Posted by Mark Hudon on January 14, 2007 at 4:10 PM
Steve,
We didn't spend any time shooting from the Viewpoint. The Hills were in the shade and had a lot of snow on them. This is a shot I took from the road. In hindsight, we should have shot more of that side but we were tired and cold and had a few hours driving home ahead of us.
This is the main hill.
Posted by Rick Lundh on January 14, 2007 at 4:21 PM
Mark, This looks like the frayed edge of a butterflys wing. You can almost see the scales.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on January 15, 2007 at 11:38 AM
wow - that's wild! I like the first one. I have one similar without the snow... very good comp!
Posted by eric lee on January 16, 2007 at 12:56 PM
What everyone else said. I now subscribe to the expression---"I'm all over it." Print the top one, LARGE, and enclose in a big frame.
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on January 16, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Mark - you sure have presented some nice winter shots of the Painted Hills. I like the abstract nature of these. The last shot, above, would make a nice abstract high-key image if you crop down from top and up from bottom to get just the hill and then increase the contrast a bit more.
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Mark Hudon,
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Great looking abstract! Just how cold was it over there!!
I'm diggin it. definaty a cool abstract.l
Excellent as composed...did you happen to shoot from The Viewpoint also? Wondering how extensive the snowfall was on the hills.
We didn't spend any time shooting from the Viewpoint. The Hills were in the shade and had a lot of snow on them. This is a shot I took from the road. In hindsight, we should have shot more of that side but we were tired and cold and had a few hours driving home ahead of us.
This is the main hill.