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Thank you both for your comments. I had some shots that had some dead fish on the shore in the foreground but it seemed to detract from the serenity of the water. I suppose more of a close up of one in the foreground would have been interesting. To tell the truth, it was about all I could do to stand and fire off a few quick ones.

Unmanipulated.

I was recently driving by the Salton Sea in late afternoon. The

temperature was about 110 degrees. I saw these beautiful reflections

studding the surface of the sea. I wondered why no one was around to

enjoy this curious scene. I parked near the water and got out of my

car. Within a minute, I was overcome by the combination of a gazillion

buzzing flies and the stench of dead fish cooking in the summer heat.

This was a tough one to take.I took it with my Nikon D-200. The dead

fish and oppressive heat and buzzing flies made me oblivious to any

settings. It is minimally tooled in Photoshop with slight temp and

contrast adjustment.

Fantastic.

This is an incredible photo. It seems so different from the horizontal presentation. Simply stunning.

Thanks for the comments. Chris H, I shot it on T-Max and then took it to the local lab for processing. They gave me a scan of the image.

It's a beautiful photo. Stunning. I think what really makes it is the lighting and the background. The only thing I wonder about is whether her face should be a touch more illuminated.

I am new to 4x5 format. I took a trip to Death Valley this past Spring

to play around with it for the first time. I would appreciate some

criticisms.

Beautiful saturation. I find it a hard place to photograph. It can be rather overwhelming. I'm not sure if it is my monitor or not but it looks like there are a lot of tiny points above the rocks bordering the sky. Is it me?

It's breathtaking. Any idea why the lower central area is reddish?

I love it. It is very creative. I do not think I would change a thing about the lighting or arrangement. As for the call for looking at the original, I am ambivalent about that. I sort of would like to see it but, on the other hand, I doubt Ansel Adams showed a straight unaltered print before showing us the ones we all know.