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I went looking for the Spice

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Posted by James H Egbert on March 13, 2011 at 10:39 PM
I went looking for the Spice
A few More of one of my recent trips to the Great Sand Dunes
Posted by James H Egbert on March 13, 2011 at 10:40 PM
#2
Posted by James H Egbert on March 13, 2011 at 10:41 PM
#3
Posted by James H Egbert on March 13, 2011 at 10:44 PM
#4 The Spice is Good
Posted by James H Egbert on March 13, 2011 at 10:46 PM
#5
Posted by James H Egbert on March 13, 2011 at 10:47 PM
#6
Posted by James H Egbert on March 13, 2011 at 10:48 PM
#7
Posted by Nathan Buck on March 13, 2011 at 11:48 PM
#3 and #7 are my favs of this group James. For #3, I actually like about an inch cropped off the top.

The processing (color and tones) on #1 looks off to me.

Nathan
Posted by Todd Caudle on March 13, 2011 at 11:51 PM
These are outstanding, James! Really good series. Give #3 a PG-13 rating.
Posted by Todd Caudle on March 13, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Oh, and good "Dune" reference. Good thing you didn't run into any of those tapeworms from Hell.
Posted by Jack Garrett on March 14, 2011 at 12:11 AM
Number 3 and 7 for me, nice series.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on March 14, 2011 at 12:38 AM
Aww... I was looking for some cute worm pics. :biggrin:

Nice set. I like the tones in #4.
I'd consider clipping a little off the top of #3 to get rid of the distracting marks in the sand.
Posted by Stan Rose on March 14, 2011 at 9:41 AM
#3 and #7 are AWESOME, James! The others are nice, but the sky in some of the shots seems a bit dark or overpolarized. :wavey:
Posted by Morris McClung on March 14, 2011 at 10:20 AM
I'm with Stan on #3 and #7 as being my faves. All of them make a very nice set of the dunes.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on March 14, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Nice collection. #4 is my favorite but I also like #1. I like the clouds and the sky looks fine to me in both of those (perhaps it's a bit dark on #2 though). I also like the more abstract look of both #3 (I agree with the crop suggestion on the very top) and #7.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on March 14, 2011 at 5:56 PM
7, 3 & 4 in that order for me. The little stick in the LLC of 4 catches my eye, as do the tracks at the top of 3.
Posted by John Mumaw on March 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM
Looks unanimous for #'s 3 & 7 as favorites. Ditto the cropping of the footprints.
Due to the lack of color, you might consider either warming these up a bit or converting them to b&w. I think the aforementioned images in particular would look great with the right b&w conversion.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on March 14, 2011 at 11:03 PM
Well, here's another vote for 3 and 7. Both are wonderful images. I will say though, that I also really like 1 and 4. I find the color contrast between the sky and sand to be really appealing in both those images. And, I like the way you composed #6.