Re: Stovepipe Sand Dunes at Sunrise
[Re: James Morrissey]
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04/10/08 09:12 AM
04/10/08 09:12 AM
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Jim Rickards
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It's a tough question, James. You almost have to be there to know the possibilities/challenges, I suppose. Is it too much? In the sense that it tries to get those angles as well as the soft layering of the fading horizon, and the green patches in the frame, maybe yes. The second question (what to do differently?) is more complex. My approach, taken from a mentor, is to "compose what you want in the frame and eliminate all else". With that in mind, here are two options, neither of which is all that impressive, but they do take away the distractions to the sweeping lines you want to show. http://www.pbase.com/rickards/image/95413737.jpghttp://www.pbase.com/rickards/image/95413740.jpgWhat each of these do, is to stop the feature dune from being the subject. The subject becomes the complex lines of the many dunes.
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Re: Stovepipe Sand Dunes at Sunrise
[Re: James Morrissey]
#14481
04/10/08 12:03 PM
04/10/08 12:03 PM
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MA
Joe
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Hi James,
I like your first image of the dunes. The areas of light and dark in the dunes give the image plenty of depth and bring the viewer into the photograph. What time of the day did you make this photograph?
I agree with you about how much is included in the image. I held a card over the top part of the image down to a point just above the peak of the dune in the upper left and it confirmed for me that the distant background in this image is more of a distraction. To me it doesn't add anything to your photograph. So I guess I agree with you about the crop to exclude everything else. Doing that also eliminates any perception of a non-horizontal horizon.
Joe
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