Sand Castles

Rock formations on Mono Lake at sunset. Single exposure double

processed for sky and water, polarizer, 8 seconds at f/18.

Magical look.  Colors, sand bar leading out to the formations.  Very nice.

Beautiful colours, composition and DOF. Well done.

It's really odd that this one is not gobbled up with comments that identify it with total uniqueness. Marc, you have better images and I might throw in that the vignette at the top is distracting, but for goodness sake; let's admire the composition that strays from the tired or the usual!! You have redefined Mono Lake with a completely unique and captivating viewpoint. All of your recent work is exemplary, I just haven't slowed down enough to make a comment. This one should be setting a standard, but it appears that our classmates at PNet are blinded by the the tried and true, bread and butter, oversaturated and posterized images of the same o same o! Marc, you work too hard to get this kind of indifference. I guess perhaps this should be expected, much like the disintegration of popular music. If a song does not feature some monotone rap, autotune crap or an overused, four chord progression, it won't ever be recognized as worthy. So here is what I have to say; your image has a catchy melody without the usual hook. As for the vignette...it's like saying I really like the tune, just not the bridge. Crop the bridge and it's perfect in my eyes!!

Best capture of this area I have seen.  There are millions of variations of what everyone takes - this is different.  I like it.

Mark, thanks.  My only intention at Mono was find something unique and develop it.  My other shot is probably more creative than this, but I hadn't seen either before.  We may not agree on vignettes all the time but at least we can agree on that terrible autotune!  I turn it off immediately if that stuff gets into the music I'm listening to.

Marc (and Mark, too) - It seems like the comment volume has gone down everywhere on PN lately. A shame. But I, too, noted this one with admiration. In fact, Marc, all of your recent posts here have been among the most creative and fresh exemplars of your work that I've seen.

A master work! 7

 

Best regards Sadegh

John, maybe the lack of comments stem from the stunning photos that leave one speechless.  How many ways can I praise Marc (or Mark's) photos? Certainly, with an eye for composition like this, one has to know they are talented.  I appreciate  the postings of truly exceptional work, and the sharing of technique.  

I love the lighting..

Great Leading Lines...

Bravo'

Marc,  The tufas at Mono Lake are amazing, and you have captured them in excellent light and color.  Personally I think the sand bar leading out to them is a bit much.  It splits the image for me and sacrifices seeing the tufas in detail with their excellent reflections.  I realize that my comment could be interpreted as a different image creation.  I'm not diminishing your excellent capture.      Larry

Looks like a castle on the beach , well seen , very pretty colors ...

Larry, absolutely.  I have many images that show off the Tufa in more detail, so just branching out a bit here.  Lonely simplicity on display in this one.

This is STUNNING !

I am not a professional photographer and have never been for photography lessons at all.

 I have read all the comments from all the other members as well as your replies to them. - My comment for what it's worth is: The sandbank here in front of the capture led me all along the water towards the Sand Castles and back again as well as the reflections of the castles and the sky with it's pink and blue colours. A place I would like to visit one day and see for myself. I started with saying this is stunning and I meant it, just a pity I could not view it in Larger even though I did try. Where is this beautiful place and in which Country ?

Thank you for sharing and Congratulations on what you achieved here.

Regards from South Africa

Great composition and colours. I think the bridge or sand bank makes the difference from other postcard photos. Heinz

Just ... Excellent !!

I find this image most lovely, not only in it's color, reflections, excelllent editing, but it DRAWS me into it's beauty. The sunset 'kissing' the 'Sand Castles' is lovely as well. Work that is so admirable, I know I would try my hardest to strive to be this good. My Kindest Regards, Gail

Outstanding! Excellent composition and fantastic colors.

Well done.

Wonderful shot, Marc...excellent colors of the sky and its reflection on the water...the leading line of sand drags us to the structure...brilliantly composed...my best

lovely