Two more images from a detour through the preserve last year. A few rain cloud systems were seen in the distant but luckily I wasn't caught in any of them for the few hours I was there. C&C welcomed!
I really like both of these, Tuan.
Funny about how people interpret things so differently. For example, I prefer the first image BECAUSE of the contrast. Mind you, I'm a documentary shooter and tend not to view images from an "artistic" angle as much as I do from a story-telling angle.
The sun is shining on all that foreground sand, and the image shows us that. But the background mountains are dark and stormy, and the image also shows us that they are.
This is to me a perfect story-telling image about the suddenly changing weather found in our southwest deserts.
If the sand were over-exposed, that would be different. But it's not; it's just right.
Just my $.02 of course .
Charlie
Thanks everyone for taking look and sharing your thoughts on these. I appreciate it.
Chez, like Charlie mentioned, it was bright on the sand once the sun poked out. I actually went back and brightened the sand because it looked a bit too muted after I first processed the image. I also lightened the mountains in the distance, but didn't want to do it too much since they were pretty dark with all those clouds above them. I was nervous that some of these storm clouds in the distance might head my way but in the end I got away dry.
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