Thursday’s Task

[BlackRockArt]

Here are a couple from China

1) Yangshuo sunrise
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2) Li River
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Kyle, the 2nd one has tranquility all over it.

Oliver

 

[John Holbrook]

Some from NM and a Utah image.

Near the VLA.
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A monsoon sunset from the main balcony at the Moya house.
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Evening light from Marlboro Point Utah.
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Sonny, your second image is my favorite––beautiful subtle blue tones creating a very special image. The first image is my second favorite––love the warm golden tones.

 

[sweetgrass]

Sonny, your second image is my favorite––beautiful subtle blue tones creating a very special image. The first image is my second favorite––love the warm golden tones.

Thank you very much John! I enjoy the Thursday Task that you present each week as it forces me to go through my archives.

 

[John Holbrook]

Interesting... Not to sure about the way to do this, here's the Roosevelt Dam in Az.
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Nice "dam" photo Rick! An interesting take on the Task this week––muted colors in the sky to very muted elsewhere!

 

[John Holbrook]

Not home today so don't have access to my stash. Here are a couple of quick ones from what is saved on my phone.

The great Salt Lake
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Castle Valley
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Jameel, I love the first image you've shared––love the muted colors present and a very nice composition––my favorite. The Castle Valley image works well for this week's Task as well––beautifully understated color.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I am little late because I have been busy doing other things. Here are a few.

Lupines at Olympic National Park, WA

Bond Falls, MI

White Oak in IL

 

[JimFox]

My nemesis for fall trips to interesting places has been wildfire smoke from other places obliterating the views and generally muting the colors I went to see. I usually make an effort to mitigate the smoke in the scenes like this but for this Task thread I left them as is.

First up is the Mt. Rainier area with a view from the trails around Paradise Lodge:

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Followed by Glacier National Park. This is the view from the north shore of Swiftcurrent Lake:

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And finally one from a trip to the Tetons where I met up with Ben, Jim and Rick for some autumn shooting. We had one morning where a lot of smoke blew up from somewhere south of us. I might have been the only one who bothered to get a camera out at this stop.

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Great memories from the Tetons Alan! That was a fun trip. My favorite part was the banana split at Dairy Queen.

I would think that I would have taken some photos too from that overlook. But I have packed away my archive drives as I am packing up to get on the road. So your image represents very well what we had seen (or not seen) that day.

 

[JimFox]

Hey John, I am not sure you had Infrared images in mind when you were thinking of "Muted Colors" but for better or worse, here are a couple of muted color Infrared images from Joshua Tree.

 

[John Holbrook]

I am little late because I have been busy doing other things. Here are a few.

Lupines at Olympic National Park, WA

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Bond Falls, MI

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White Oak in IL

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Beautiful choices for this Task Doug––the Bond Falls image is special, I love the color and its composition––my favorite. The lupines meadow image's muted colors definitely works well. The silhouetted bare tree is also very nice, I really like its cast shadow in the foreground leading the eye to the tree,

 

[John Holbrook]

Hey John, I am not sure you had Infrared images in mind when you were thinking of "Muted Colors" but for better or worse, here are a couple of muted color Infrared images from Joshua Tree.



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That's what is always great about these Tasks are all the interpretations by the members––I definitely did not think of IR images for the Task but it works and you had a great idea! I think my favorite is the second image but it's a close call. I like them both––a lot!

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Beautiful choices for this Task Doug––the Bond Falls image is special, I love the color and its composition––my favorite. The lupines meadow image's muted colors definitely works well. The silhouetted bare tree is also very nice, I really like its cast shadow in the foreground leading the eye to the tree,

Thank you, John.