deathvalleydune

Death valley sand shot as sun going down. all comments are welcome

wow! fantastic bw work 7/7

Wonderful and unique image.... great in b/w.... congrats....LJ

perfect B&W!

Excellent .

Como siempre imagen impecable, perfecta luz y color, belleza de encuadre, Saludos cordiales Charles,.....As always image impeccable, perfect light and color, alignment beauty, cordial Greetings Charles.

very good photo

Very good composition with perfect light and grey tones. Bravo.

It is an amazing image. Wonderfully composed and captured. Nicely done. Dan

wonderful BW !

Wonderful! very good photo

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The use of a fisheye lens creates a curvature to the horizon, which reminds me of the curvature of the earth. Nice effect. I also like the use of a red filter, to darken the sky. However, I think the photo could be balanced better by removing some of the empty space at the bottom, perhaps eliminating most of it by cropping to a square format.

Wow, I love the dynamic nature of this image. Everytime I open it, there is an optical illusion of the shadow in the lower right corner moving up the dune- I've never seen this effect in any other landscape. A truly unique piece of art! Congratulations on the photo of the week honor!

How you manage to get all textures in this image is awesome.Absolutely stunning image.

The vignetting effect is not necessary, it ruined the picture.

Nice photo Charles; I love the ripple pattern in the sand. The low setting sun did much to bring this out. The sky is a touch dark and as I explore the frame I stop at there.

 

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It's an excellent use of the fisheye. I'm wondering though, if there's not too much vignetting at the bottom

I agree that the heavy vignetting is not helpful. Commenting on what is left for us to admire,

and it is certainly admirable, I find the B/W work very well done, but wonder why we need to

see the right side of the scene. It does not add to the composition and is in my eyes mostly

disturbing.

I like the way area in the upper right appears to grow upward from the edge of the dark area, when in reality it sinks downward into a valley. It's difficult for the eye to detect detail around the edge of that shape. The big sweeping bands from right to left seem to trick the mind into thinking there is a hill over there.

Awesome! 7/7!

It's very original, and at the same time it is odd, sensual as female body. It's just how I feel. The vignetting effect has certain dynamic because of its misterious notion. Like the whole scene is emerging from this black void. This is dramatic!

But the most interesting part of the image is a photographer's vision and his beautiful sense of how he did it, of how he created. This is creation of his vision which somehow influence on my feelings like a touch of a beautiful man.

The "heavy vignetting" reminds me of a Velazquez painting. The figure emerging from the ground adds a touch of the surreal. It's a beautiful work of art.

Nice image. I think the black on the bottom works to balance a very dynamic composition. That with the extreme tonality, the high contrasted textures and the subtle grey tones at the top, plus the very nice use of the fish eye here, to good effect. It gives the feeling that this is a very small desert island of a planet. Pretty cool.

Well, it's a really good image, but I think a good alternate version would be to have a much lighter sky. As is it wraps the rest of the image in darkness, still, it's very good.

Amazing! Can I ask what film was used in this case? Did you do a lot of darkroom work on this photograph? Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers!