Red Samphire Aflame

"A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendia house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avoid the dining-room table, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amaranta's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano Jose and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Ursula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread.

"Holy Mother of God!" Ursula shouted."

 

--Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Wow, that red is striking! The rock at lower left and the patches of yellow-green extending into the field of red are just right, I think. The angle of light looks low - taken near sunrise perhaps?

Sunset, actually. 5 minutes more and the sun was completely under a hill behind me. I just wish there was more going on in the sky. Still it's ver primay looking (RGB).

Well, you know I love the surreal red of this one. The simple sky with the touch of magenta works fine as a complement to it. Did you try any other arrangements? I'm really wanting to step forward a few feet and see what a photograph featuring those green patterns in the red looks like...

Oh, I wish. I took a few more abstract shots and the sun was gone. Goosefoot in such huge numbers is really fun to work with, but I was never really satisfied with the composition in this one, though. I'll be waiting in anticipation for next year.

Nice picture, good work, congratulations...7/7

I like your sense of color and composition.

 

Given enough time and light, I think you could have shot a whole roll here and hope you get to come back when conditions are similar. I agree that the sky is fine as is. Clouds might throw off the balance of the rock, trees, and green area on the right.

Thanks, for any comments.

The colors work perfect. Again you captured an empty landscape but You succeed in expressing the beauty of it and not the lonely desolation. If landscape photography can express optimism, this is one of the perfect exemples. (7/6)

Carl: thank you so much for your comment on one of my shots!

 

Ivan: I'm glad you found this image emotionally engaging, rather than simply being a bright red field.

The reds are awesome! Very natural and the quality of light well defined and very clean. Kudos to you. Aaron