Just the desert

[GB1]

Shot this about 4 months ago in the desert (Anza-Borrego, in California). It's a pretty simple shot, without much clutter.... I wonder if it's missing something and, if so, what?

Fuji Velvia 50 film, Nikon lens with polarizer.

[FadderUri]

The colors are nice, and the blue sky is gorgeous.... I might have tried to get a bit further back from the bush (?) so that it wasn't cropped at the top of the frame, though. The exposure is good, and it's nice and sharp.

[Dzerzhinski46]

I would have liked to see the whole plant. The plant itself is strange enough that you could have made it the subject, not that you didn't. I just would have liked to see more of it, because it is the subject. Very nice angle and shot.

Dzerzhinski

[Chunk]

I like its simplicity. Did you try a lower angle resulting in mor of the plant being against the uncluttered blue of the sky?
Nice work.

[GB1]

Yeah, it is sort of cramped...

The plant/bush is Ocotillo. They're everywhere in that part of the desert: here's one shot of that type of plant against the sky (please excuse the poor scan, there appears to be some stuff on the glass).

[Dzerzhinski46]

The second is much better. You get a sense of the whole plant in the second, along with the fading of the blue sky and sunset. Very nice.

Dzerzhinski