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Marin County

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Posted by Tony Siciliano on January 4, 2010 at 4:19 PM
Marin County
Took this as a snapshot with my Canon G10 recently. I'm not sure the boulders in the foreground work. What do you think?
Posted by Reno DiTullio on January 4, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Tony, might work better if the boulders didn't merge with the background, nice scene though.
Posted by Debjit Ghosh on January 4, 2010 at 8:26 PM
that's an excellent mood Tony...well composed balanced shot.
Posted by Dan Baumbach on January 4, 2010 at 9:03 PM
I think it works well. Is this on Mt. Tam?

- Dan.
Posted by Tony Siciliano on January 4, 2010 at 9:18 PM
It's in your back yard, Dan. It's taken from Spirit Rock,looking at the hills above Woodacre.
Posted by Roland Burkert on January 4, 2010 at 11:21 PM
Tony,

As I looked at this photo, my eyes kept going back and forth between the boulders, the hills and the sky. I guess I am not sure which is the main subject of the photo. Also, the clouds and horizon look like they are tilted. I found this distracting also. Sorry.
Posted by Craig Myers on January 5, 2010 at 3:01 AM
Tony,

I really tend to look past the boulders to the misty hills, but I think the boulders reinforce a sort of primordial mood in your image and, at the same time, add dimensionality. I like all the intersecting angles of ridgelines and treetops; they don't appear skewed to me.
Posted by Eric Good on January 5, 2010 at 3:19 PM
I can't image this image without those boulders in the fg, or at least something of equal weight and interest. As presented, this has a nice compositional balance to it. Well seen and captured!