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Avi
{K:70138} 8/21/2007
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MAGNIIIIIIIIIIFICENT !!!!!!... Two thumbs up, Dave !!!!
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Leo Régnier Я£
{K:67696} 8/16/2007
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Wonderful picture my dear friend!!! Congratulations!!!!
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G G
{K:61359} 8/15/2007
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This is a fantastic shot Dave!! The pov with these colors give rise to a perfect composition.
Excellent and this will deserved an award in MHO
7/7
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/15/2007
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Thank you so much, Mahassa!
Best to you,
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/15/2007
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Thank you, Ahmed. This National Park is comprised of huge dunes at the base of a mountain range in Colorado. The mountains are heavily forested and at the top of the photo, you can barely make out the trees on the mountainside. The dunes were caused by winds blowing valley sands up against the base of the mountains.
Colorado can be considered "desert" in some places. It is like New Mexico, a lot of varying terrain. Where I live in New Mexico, it is much more like what a desert is supposed to look like but there are other parts of my state that look more like Colorado with forests and lush gree grasses.
Best wishes,
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/15/2007
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Thank you, Debjit. Very much appreciate your comment!
Great day to you,
Dave
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Elle Elle
{K:10958} 8/15/2007
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beautiful and amazing,
nice shapes, composition, and lighting,
best, mahassa
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Ahmed Ismail
{K:19853} 8/14/2007
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The light and shadows and the texture are very nice!! This must a desert? You seem to have all soughts of terrain there!! Beautiful capture, Dave!
Regards, Ahmed
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Debjit Ghosh
{K:3494} 8/14/2007
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excellent shot Dave. well composed, grt8 light and perfect exposure. very well done.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 8/13/2007
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I rarely do it too . . . unless the DOF is my primary motivation. On Macro . . . dropping down to about f/2.8 and landscapes (unlike seascapes) a minimum of f/8.0 but sometimes f/11 . . . or if the sun is visible even up to f/22 to pull out the rays (beautiful but at a cost in contrast) . . . Seascapes need finer shutter control to make certain the water is affected as you intend (obviously) . . . Sometimes I just go fully manual there and try to force a combination knowing the RAW can be moved a couple of stops for exposure and the depth and shutter can be as I want even if the light meter suggests a slight . . . uhhhh . . . 'offage'? LoL!
I wasn't criticizing the depth you had here - it's good . . . just surprised, I guess, that not everybody does it like I do! :P
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thanks, Doyle. I rarely shoot on Aperture priority solely because somebody said not to. Said they would much rather control the shutter... maybe I was misinformed???
So, on a shot like this, to "drive in the depth", what aperture would I want to aim for? Appreciate your suggestions, bro.
Dave
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 8/13/2007
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Wow. Great shot of this rather large pile of dirt! :P Hey, really though, this thing practically composed itself for you with those sinewy lines twisting back and forth and playing with the light and shadow lines as well. I'm surprised to see shutter priority here . . . would have thought you'd go for aperture and and really drive the depth in! Still . . . can't argue with results and you certainly got them here. Setting sun and perfect light . . . awesome golden hour color . . .
....Of course . . . I'd say that thin black border is just about the perfect touch to constrain and define this image. Excellent work, my brother!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you very much, Marcelo!
Best wishes,
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you Ms. Carlsen... Yes, I am back in NM... this is from my trip last week to Colorado. Glad you like!
CM
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you very much, John!
Best,
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you so much, Sandip!
Best wishes,
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you, Willem. I must say this place is best at sunset.
Best wishes,
Dave
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Marcelo Berraz
{K:12906} 8/13/2007
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Bellísimas formas Dave!!Very nice work.7/7.M.
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 8/13/2007
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 WOW!!!!!! You are HOT, hot , hot ....Mr. Catain L Midnight ... What a beautiful image ! Plus You are putting 'me to shame ' with my little sand dunes- haa!
Sooo are You in Colorado, (?) by-passing Oregon...or back in New Mexico You traveling man ?
BTW- This image is excellent in every way - One of my personal fav's - 7/7
Your Fan Club President :))
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John Hatz
{K:156973} 8/13/2007
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That is great too, I love it, when you have sunset or sunrises, the angle that cames the light makes the hills looks so nicely, beautiful waves of lighted ground and shadows...
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Sandip Aine
{K:5008} 8/13/2007
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Grt light Dave .. beautiful shot ...
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Willem Arend
{K:734} 8/13/2007
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Such elegant lines, and unusual colors, which you framed beautifully. This must be a great location for photography, the possibilities seem endless!
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