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Marc Kostrubiak
{K:39} 1/17/2005
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wow amazing light and contrast.. and huge depth of field.. amazing shot
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Bruce Elliott
{K:2434} 1/9/2005
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Great mood. Fantastic clarity. Don't see how you could have improved it. Very well done. Nice portfolio too.
Bruce
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Viktor Pravdica
{K:4907} 1/2/2005
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Nice!
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Juliette
{K:585} 12/27/2004
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Ingrid Mathews
{K:7277} 12/22/2004
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Very impressive shot. Caught my eye right away. I like the sliver of light on the distant peak. The clouds look otherworldly. Your choice of B&W is very effective. Excellent in every way!
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Tim Long
{K:9228} 12/22/2004
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Dramatic, atmospheric, certainly not what I expect of a Death Valley landscape. The foreground looks like a moonscape, the background could be the Sandias... or the Andes! Great tones, DOF, desert clarity of light. Great job, and congratulations on BIP, ben.
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Raul Picler
{K:1056} 12/21/2004
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wow.... extraordinary landscape... 7!!!
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Ben Thomas
{K:159} 12/20/2004
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yeah, funny.. i am in connecticut now.. i remember about three other guys out there that morning.. I parked at badwater and walked in a couple of hundred yards towards the mountains.. I was there for a week but barely saw 1/10th of the park.. And I was out every day for 6-8 hours hiking and taking photos..
Cant wait to get back~
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 12/20/2004
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ben, interesting. must've been the 4th. i shot the morning of the 5th and stopped when it started to dump snow at altitude. we shot from the west side road where it crosses the salt pan. i guess you must've been at the devil's golf course. strange how you can be a few miles apart and then run into each other's photos on the internet :^)
take care,
tom
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Ben Thomas
{K:159} 12/19/2004
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Hi,
I took the photo on the morning of the 4th or 5th of December... Stood out on the salt for three very cold hours hoping th eclouds would do something interesting.. I also remember that one stormy dday later that week, very nice clouds on that day.. 1st time out there, definitley going back when i get a chance..
Thanks for your comments..
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 12/19/2004
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ben, excellent shot of this very difficult subject! what an awesome sky the valley blessed you with on this day. was it shot recently? i was just there in early december but got a completely cloudless day along with a stormy, overcast second day. all i managed to get was the very beginnings of sunrise. oh well, another excuse to go back again ;^)
i like your choice of b&w here. it makes the scene awash with detail. i assume you shot this at 18mm because of the immense dof you got out of f/16. although jose has a point in that there is no obvious foreground to hold the attention, you have managed to do that (for me) in a very subtle way. the difference in light (caused by cloud shadows, i assume) brightness halfway to the mountains does the trick just fine. well done!
take care,
tom
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José Azevedo
{K:9845} 12/14/2004
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Congratulations, an image that'd make any landscape/nature photographer proud. Tones, depth of focus, etc are excellent.
My only consideration is that I feel there's distance but not depth on it. I believe this sensation comes from the fact there are no lines driving the eyes. On the foreground there's a mix o lines, the ones on the sky are not helping since there's no common point. Maybe this sensation is only mine.
A very good image. Well done!
Regards from Brazil,
Jose Azevedo
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Shane O'Neill
{K:3054} 12/14/2004
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its like something from Lord of teh Rings!
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Ameet Mallapur
{K:1575} 12/14/2004
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Ben, this is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Barry Wakelin
{K:7838} 12/13/2004
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Great sky, light and textures.
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 12/13/2004
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Great shot.
Wonderful contrast, I like the dramatic sky and the land.
Good work,
Khaled.
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Rima Dario
{K:4427} 12/13/2004
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Bel B & W complimenti
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Antonio Carlos Trivelin
{K:1193} 12/13/2004
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Very good work!!!
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Jindrich Nemec
{K:70} 12/13/2004
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well done, nice tonality. profi
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Gaja Snover
{K:4462} 12/13/2004
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Beautiful landscape! love the contrast between the soft sky and the hard ground. The lighting is wonderful too. Great Job!
Regards,
Gaja
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