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[Amy Nelson]

Coming up to the entrance of Great Sand Dunes National Park...

 

[AlanLichty]

Thats quite the contrast in topography between the flats in front, the dunes in the middle and the mountains behind. Having a dramatic sky is a good compliment to the layers below.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very very nice image, great processing too.

 

[JimFox]

That's some great layering you have there! I like the B&W look here.

I thought about that as an area where I could go to shoot some Deep Space Astro this winter, until I remembered just how cold that area gets.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

What Alan said. There is so much going on in this image to take it all in. Nice work.

 

[MonikaC]

Really nice, Amy! For some reason, I keep imagining an lighting bolt in the right 1/3.....

 

[sweetgrass]

Wow Amy, I love this image, and like Jameel said there is so much going on. You did a great job processing it as well.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Most excellent, love the layers and your B&W conversion.

 

[Alisa]

Very nice Amy! Love this in B&W!

 

[Jeffrey]

That's quite a dramatic rendering of this nice scene. Not your typical gentle image!

 

[Amy Earl]

What a neat place to explore! This is quite a dramatic, busy image what with all the thick, dark clouds and different mountain shapes and layers. It seems a little dark overall; I'm wondering what it would look like with a tad more exposure but without blowing out the clouds. It also looks a little soft on the focus but that might just be image compression.

 

[dan swiger]

Coming up to the entrance of Great Sand Dunes National Park...

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Sweet B&W. Like a multi-layer cake. Lot's of different shades. Tasty!

 

[Amy Nelson]

What a neat place to explore! This is quite a dramatic, busy image what with all the thick, dark clouds and different mountain shapes and layers. It seems a little dark overall; I'm wondering what it would look like with a tad more exposure but without blowing out the clouds. It also looks a little soft on the focus but that might just be image compression.

This was taken with a tilt shift lens, that's why you're seeing softness at the bottom and top. Thanks for your suggestion regarding tonality, but this was a very dark moody image to start with and with keeping with the dark high contrast I feel I have lightened things up too much all ready.

 

[Amy Nelson]

Really nice, Amy! For some reason, I keep imagining an lighting bolt in the right 1/3.....

lol....that would be a nice addition, but unfortunately no luck with that.

 

[Amy Nelson]

That's some great layering you have there! I like the B&W look here.

I thought about that as an area where I could go to shoot some Deep Space Astro this winter, until I remembered just how cold that area gets.

That would be a great idea....remember layers with warmth too!

 

[Joe Colozzo]

you have a fantastic talent of getting just the right look for B&W! the textures and contrast not to mention the composition are spot on!!!

 

[Beth]

gorgeous!

 

[Amy Nelson]

you have a fantastic talent of getting just the right look for B&W! the textures and contrast not to mention the composition are spot on!!!

Thanks so much Joe!

 

[Amy Nelson]

gorgeous!

Thanks

 

[beavens]

Rockin, Amy!!

Jeff