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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Gates Pass


I was out in Gates Pass to get some quick shots of the new car at sunset, but I couldn't resist taking a few landscape shots while I was there. Let me know what you think:

#1:
http://m8.i.pbase.com/o9/81/354081/1/157294408.4ukFbp1F.Valley_Watchers_II_bw_v2.jpg

#2:
http://m7.i.pbase.com/o9/81/354081/1/157294407.bKs2qb6n.Soldiers_in_Shadow.jpg

#3:
http://m5.i.pbase.com/o9/81/354081/1/157294405.IUgvCwOM.On_the_Rise.jpg

#4:
http://m4.i.pbase.com/o9/81/354081/1/157294404.E2hwz1JT.Into_the_West.jpg

As always, CC are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave



Sep 08, 2014 at 12:24 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Gates Pass


Hey Dave,

#1 is interesting, I like how you included the foreground. #3 is my favorite, it's hard to beat good moon shots like that. #4 is pretty nice too, some nice layering. #2 is the only one I don't really care for. The sky isn't working, and while I know it's hard to get clean compositions along the edges win areas like that with all the cactus in it, that one poking up towards the left bottom just is feeling too cut off. Also there seems to be no clear visual path for the eye in the foreground.

But the other 3, are really nicely done.

Jim



Sep 08, 2014 at 01:57 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Gates Pass


Jim,

Good comments all. I know what you mean about the sky in #2. It was clearly going to be an issue on that shot. Truth be told, this wasn't the original composition. There was much more at the bottom that I ended up cropping out. I had hoped to include more foreground and the sky would be a more minor part of the shot, but the foreground was just enough out of focus that I tried cropping it out and going with a different composition. It's funny how that kind of shows through. Thanks for the comments.

Dave



Sep 08, 2014 at 03:07 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Gates Pass


#4 is my favorite because I have that in color, but you did a good job catching the saguaro backlit.


Sep 08, 2014 at 08:14 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Gates Pass


JohnC wrote:
#4 is my favorite because I have that in color, but you did a good job catching the saguaro backlit.


Thanks. Its a great spot. I've got a color shot (or two, or three, ...) as well. Here's one from a few years ago:

http://m3.i.pbase.com/o4/81/354081/1/53868823.Dusk_I_II_combo.jpg

Dave



Sep 08, 2014 at 12:31 PM





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