A Few Desert/Lake/Sunset Photos

EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
edited July 22, 2008 in Landscapes
A long absense and nothing worthy to post of late. But I had a chance to get out for a few hours.

Thank you,
Eia

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,958 moderator
    edited July 22, 2008
    Deserts are great places. Aren't they?

    In a land of extremes, you can have the t-storms and fabulous sunsets as you've got in these shots. I'll bet the cactus was shot in the heat of the desert :D

    Be careful with the sharpening. Your first looks a tad over sharpened.
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  • wellmanwellman Registered Users Posts: 961 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    ian408 wrote:
    Deserts are great places. Aren't they?

    In a land of extremes, you can have the t-storms and fabulous sunsets as you've got in these shots. I'll bet the cactus was shot in the heat of the desert :D

    Be careful with the sharpening. Your first looks a tad over sharpened.

    Also might have too high a dose of Clarity, if they were processed in Lightroom or PS. Too much clarity can put a dark line on the darker side of a high-contrast border, like where the rear mountains meet the sky.

    Nice photos, though. I'd have loved to have been there. :D
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    ian408 wrote:
    Deserts are great places. Aren't they?

    In a land of extremes, you can have the t-storms and fabulous sunsets as you've got in these shots. I'll bet the cactus was shot in the heat of the desert :D

    Be careful with the sharpening. Your first looks a tad over sharpened.


    I'm not happy with the first one (mountain and clouds). I think it has too much sharpening too. I was in a small boat trying to capture this picture. We were really rocking around. Try as I might I just couldn't get it. What a shame...as:cry it was the most 'dramatic' scene of the day.

    By the time we got up the lake the clouds had cleared away. I thought for sure we would have time to get some nice dramatic sky/desert but that is typical with our monsoons. Yep, the cactus was in the heat of the day!

    Bummer...

    Thanks,
    Eia
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    Thanks for sharing these. I like the first one - would like to see it without the over sharpening.

    The second photo reminds me of the Bartlett Lake area. Where did you shoot these?
  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    christinamae wrote:
    Thanks for sharing these. I like the first one - would like to see it without the over sharpening.

    The second photo reminds me of the Bartlett Lake area. Where did you shoot these?

    Yep...Bartlett Lake!!! :D

    Thank you,

    Eia
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    Eia wrote:
    Yep...Bartlett Lake!!! :D

    Thank you,

    Eia

    Cool! I'm in Cave Creek. I love photographing that area.
  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    christinamae wrote:
    Cool! I'm in Cave Creek. I love photographing that area.

    I'm south of you!!! I enjoy going to the Town Dump. You can see some crazy photos from there that I have on smugmug site. A great place to practice with color! :D

    http://www.eikon.smugmug.com/gallery/4329881_UFAuC#253945947_y42Zm

    Example:

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    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
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