From our long day (and evening) at the Wave in early November, Dave, Deb, Robyn and I enjoyed our wanderings in search of classics and new images, in varying light. Dave (Icypeak) has posted some great shots, here are a few offerings:
Great to see your Wave shots Bart. The light in the last one is quite interesting. I would guess that this is in the morning when that region is still in shade, but the sandstone across the valley is in sun? Nice work!
Beautiful images not only because of the location but mainly due to your eye. It is so easy to get carried away with the classic shots of such a well known location. I'm impressed with your ability (not just with the Wave) to see the composition that truly captures the location. It's very inspirational. The first image does that very well. Great eye! Jarv
Very nice imaging from a popular place. Your early pinkness is quite pleasing. Everyone's point of view within the Vortex is unique as well as familiar. I need to go back!
Great job on these beauties, Bart. I especially like your angulation of the lines in #2, and the restraint in processing to keep the colors subtle and understated. I had the glowing vortex in my mind for the past 2 years since I was there last, and am glad I staked it out to find the peak of the glow. It looks like it was still going strong when you headed down there, and great idea of shooting the self-portrait (I would have gotten up from my nap to shoot it if you had asked!)
Just stunning love the comps, textures and patterns you have captured here, really didn't realize just how steep and uniformed shape this area is beautifully seen Bart
Great series Bart. The color in these is amazing, especially #2. The third one is also very interesting. I like your close up look at these. Well done.
Thank you for the kind comments. It's hard to miss in the Wave, especially when the light is good.
I do have to self-report my error above, my description of the "fauna" in number 3 should be flora. I think the only fauna in the wave was the jackass we saw in #4. Though Robyn did find a real "boneyard", probably a coyote kill zone, filled with large bones way back near the jagged cliffs to south-west.
Dave: I shot the first one and the self-portrait with the 16-35 on the 5D. See what you can do when you carry 3 bodies? : ) I should have put the third in front of me, so it looked like i was taking a picture of SOMETHING !
