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    Dune

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    Re: Dune

    Highly impressive! Love the picture, and great quality.

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    Re: Dune

    Thanks Sky. Got luck on this one. I had it on my hard drive for years before I noticed it btw, goes to show what happens when you take too many digital shots.
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    Re: Dune

    Sweet shoot of sand Dune.. like it it looks some how like stairs on botom part of photo

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    Quote Originally Posted by nemanjad View Post
    Sweet shoot of sand Dune.. like it it looks some how like stairs on botom part of photo
    Thanks Nemanjad. I didn't consciously see the stairs, but now that you say it, I knew there was something like that there.

    Shooting in dunes is fun, but there are a lot of little things that make it hard, like footprints, tire tracks (it's an off-roading area), power lines, etc. So many times you see a good composition but can't shoot it, esp in Yuma! This one was down between two dunes, so it was less disturbed.
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    GB,

    I love the composition on this shot, and the way all the waves in the sand point to the smooth sand apex.

    Might also look superb in high contrast B&W,

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    Re: Dune

    Quote Originally Posted by readingr View Post
    GB,

    I love the composition on this shot, and the way all the waves in the sand point to the smooth sand apex.

    Might also look superb in high contrast B&W,

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    Thanks Roger. The black and white didn't even occur to me, so yes, I will try your idea. I have gotten a number of 'dune' shots over the years, but this one's the most different, I think ... it just looks alien

    Glad to see you're still active here somewhat. Most folks have obviously moved on. I miss the excellent feedback which I think I had taken for granted; you just don't get many useful comments on Facebook

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    Re: Dune

    Here's a black and white version, with another trick or two. It might be too dark,.. not sure


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    GB sorry for the slow response but work has been getting in the way again.

    I think the B&W works terrific and is very moody. However, I think it needs a tad of brightening and some dodging in the top left to bring out the ripples just off the left corner.

    I really like this shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by readingr View Post
    GB sorry for the slow response but work has been getting in the way again.

    I think the B&W works terrific and is very moody. However, I think it needs a tad of brightening and some dodging in the top left to bring out the ripples just off the left corner.

    I really like this shot.

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    Thanks Roger. I hear ya on work commitments - annoying

    I think the b&w expt is OK but loses too much information in the corners, the bottom ones in addition to the upper right. This is such a puzzling shot; crazy geometrics, alien-looking, incomplete.. and I'm not sure there's much one can do to take care of the last adjective. Maybe I will just print it out on aluminum and put it on a wall somewhere, a coffee shop maybe, where it can totally drive the clientele crazy

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    Sounds a good plan, especially with the B&W as this is an intriguing view and would make me sit look and think..

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    Re: Dune

    Nice work. I like the B&W version.
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    Re: Dune

    nice shot.

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    Nice lines on this one!

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    Re: Dune

    how beautiful the light falls!
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