San Luis Lakes from February

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Posted by Sarah Marino on April 9, 2011 at 12:24 PM

Hi All - After being an NPN member for more than two years, I decided that I should probably start participating! I took this photo in February at the San Luis Lakes in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. Because of some bad planning on my part, I did not have enough time to make it to the sand dunes for sunset as I had hoped and I decided to check out the San Luis Lakes area instead. With all the interesting patterns on the ice, I walked away with some images that I like, including this one, and got some photos from a new location.

You can see more here (including some in color): http://photos.sarahfischler.com/p548203074

Suggestions for improvement welcome.

Posted by Kane Engelbert on April 9, 2011 at 2:02 PM

Sarah,

Very nice vertical perspective, and the black & white conversion looks like the right fit. I had a look at your other images from San Luis and I have to say they are all worthy including a few of the color shots. Looks like you've got the vertical/wide perspective down to a science.

Your site has some pretty impressive images, I hope you will keep sharing at NPN.

Kane

Posted by Todd Caudle on April 9, 2011 at 4:12 PM

Very nice, Sarah! If I didn't know better, I'd have thought these were Guy Tal shots from somewhere around GSL.

Posted by Morris McClung on April 9, 2011 at 8:07 PM

Yeah, if you have skills like this, you need to be bringing it more often! Excellent work.

Posted by John Mumaw on April 9, 2011 at 11:11 PM

This is really good! Nice leading line patterns and a striking sky, with the snowcapped peaks providing a perfect balance.
Absolutely love the ponderosa pine images on your site! Lots of great work there, Sarah. Welcome aboard!

Posted by Rene Pirolt on April 9, 2011 at 11:32 PM

Gorgeous shot Sarah. I hope we see some more of your images in the future.

Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on April 10, 2011 at 12:11 AM

Great work on your site Sarah and welcome to posting. B&W processing looks great here, nice leading lines and the sky looks really good. Looking forward to seeing more.

Posted by Bill Pelzmann on April 10, 2011 at 1:06 AM

Your San Luis Lakes set is outstanding!

Please keep them coming.

Posted by Sarah Marino on April 10, 2011 at 3:32 PM

Thanks all for your kind comments and encouragement - much appreciated!

Posted by Stan Rose on April 10, 2011 at 5:16 PM

Ah, one of my favorite spots! Nice Job, Sarah! If you get a chance, be sure to check out the other lakes up the road (when access is permitted)

Posted by Pam Colander on April 10, 2011 at 7:13 PM

Excellent image Sarah and you have an amazing portfolio

Posted by Jeff Hackett on April 10, 2011 at 8:35 PM

Very nice and the ones you linked are damn good as well! Thanks for sharing.

Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 10, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Pleasing compositon for sure. I also like the snow and ice patterns in "Wnter in the Valley"

Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on April 12, 2011 at 4:06 PM

Very nice ...

Posted by Paul Wegemann on April 13, 2011 at 2:17 PM

I really like your vision, Sarah. Very inspiring. You've got some wonderful work on your site.

Posted by Dan Walters on April 17, 2011 at 5:58 PM

BW looks great! Really love those clouds!