Robert, another interesting take on this location from you. This shares some if not all the elements you had in your other scene from this location, as I recall. I think this composition works extremely well with the diagonal cut from ULHC towards LRHC and as such provides a different look from most sand dune/mountain scape scenes overall. I would say I also noticed you had used a polarizer here with Velvia. I recall doing that years ago and gettting the weirded out skys. I quit that and settled in to use of filters only under totally required applications. Because the amount of sky is so small here it did not impact it too much, other then it being darkened. Nice work again with this wonderful place in DVNP.
Posted by Eric Good on December 18, 2008 at 1:38 AM
I like the way the brighter dunes are sandwiched between the darker elements. That really works well to pull my eye towards the center of the image. It does have a slight CW tilt feel to it... but I know that basin slopes rather dramatically, so it's probably just a perceptive thing. Nice work!
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2 repliesWells in the winter of 2000.
As always your comments and critiques are most welcome.
Canon Elan 35mm
Canon35-105 Lens
Fuji Velvia film
Polarizer