Author Topic: Death Valley  (Read 2956 times)

David Paterson

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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2018, 12:43:00 »
Many thanks, Mongo, Fons and Mike.

I'm not sure that it would be possible to crop the top of #2 without losing too much - the far dunes are essential to the image. Use the clone function of the scanner to eliminate the vegetation?   :D

Having tried various crops since Akira and Simone commented, it's not easy to find a crop that is any better than full-frame. And I have "tidied up" some vegatation; just a little.  8)

Commercial value here ;)

Fons - I wish I knew how!

Beautiful exposures drawing out the colour, textures and shadows in a masterly way. Love the framing and must say the unusual colour of #1 is quite an additional  drawcard for that image . . .
PS- The top/bottom/sides of any repetitive pattern image like these will always cause some dilemma . . .

A very generous comment - I have just scanned a second take of the pre-sunup image; it has a tiny bit more at the top of the frame which just might give me a better crop. We'll see.

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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2018, 16:25:10 »
great work, esp the first one!
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David Paterson

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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2018, 14:28:06 »
Thanks, Frank, I'm glad you like them.

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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2018, 15:35:27 »
Super it’s like being there again;) lighting in the second one spot on!
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2018, 10:41:35 »
Thanks, Erik. Looking at these images really takes me back there too.   :)