Dalles Mtn Road

This is an old one I dug up and worked a bit. This was shot, maybe in 04, probably the last really, really good wildflower year we've had in quite a while.

Beautiful, Mark.

I love the graphic elements and the almost solid blanket of flowers. Nice shot!

Wow - you really have a knack for creating abstract/landscape hybrids, Mark. This is really amazing! The fence really pulls it together - magnificent!

Tom

I have to give some credit to Rick. When he saw it last night he suggested darkening the valleys and brightening the ridges to make it more 3D. I did and it really helped.

Like this one a lot, mark. Hope your not on fire tonight, was just watching the news. I would assume it's not to close to you as you didn't say anything.

Thanks for your concern, Jerry, Curtis called also. No, we're a half mile up wind of the fire. It seems like it's pretty well contained right now.

This is by far the most original shot from that area ever IMHO. Hats off Mark. Beautiful.

Pretty cool how it looks like the fence divides the flowers from one side to the other. Looks like a lot of yellow and white to the right and more blue and green to the left. Anyone else notice that?

Killer shot Mark, I'm all over it!

Mark this is definitely one of your best. Great eye catching this one.

Hasen`t this been published in a calendar yet!

Ah cool shot, very beautiful. Wierd how the flowers aren't really growing onthe other side of the fence.

Thanks to everyone for commenting.

I've noticed in quite a few areas out there where there are flowers on one side of a fence but not the other. I've wondered if one side was farmed and they sprayed and killed all the flowers. The land is very rocky so that might not be it. I've wondered about the cows. Did they chew up the flowers so throughly over the years that the plants no longer grow there? There aren't really that many cows out there now but I'd suspect in past years there were quite a bit more.

This shot and the other one you posted a while back of the sandstone that looked like a soft blanket folded up have a lot in common in my mind. They remind me that the Earth is really a big ball of liquid surrounded by a very thin blanket of land. These ripples are not much different than the ripples one might see in a pond--they are just on a different timescale. Besides being beautiful to look at, this one makes me think. Usually thought provoking images are not necessarily beautiful images. But you've captured both here.

The simple beauty of these rolling hills and wildflowers is great Mark. And the lines in the comp come together very well too. Very nice image!

YES! That's the ticket. This is GORGEOUS! . I'd even say M&N EP candidate. I'll slap you if you dont post it over there.

Great shot Mark, I could do without the top right dark corner.....other than that its great and the fence does add a nice touch to this!

Dude...very beautiful. Like Mike S. said, this is very much in keeping with some of your previous work. You could hang it next to one of your sandstone pieces for some nice complementary colors. (Just an idea). Thanks for sharing.

the vegetation differential is due to a grazing differential