Desert Sunset

dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
edited March 18, 2010 in Landscapes
Took an evening hike into Pima Canyon

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Reprocessed

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  • deb22deb22 Registered Users Posts: 428 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    snow-bound
    Wow this is nice.What an amazing place to hike.I am sitting in snow still waiting, your comp is wonderful. The balance of the photo and that light on front cactus is GREATthumb.gifthumb
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  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    Love it Dan. I am so looking forward to getting to the desert this month. Hopefully the god will be kind and provide some of his good work for me to document.
    Looks like the Ocotillo has had good moisture over the winter. Like the way the green leaves are lighted up.
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  • Alpha_PlusAlpha_Plus Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    Beautiful shot!! clap.gifclap.gif

    Where exactly is Pima Canyon? Southern Arizona?
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    deb22 wrote:
    Wow this is nice.What an amazing place to hike.I am sitting in snow still waiting, your comp is wonderful. The balance of the photo and that light on front cactus is GREATthumb.gifthumb


    Thanks Deb. It won't be long now before you have good weather, or you could just move to Tucson.:D
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  • thapamdthapamd Registered Users Posts: 1,722 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    Nicely done, my friend! Beautiful comp and awesome colors! thumb.gif
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  • ritewingerritewinger Registered Users Posts: 243 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    Just a beauty. Well done....thumb.gif
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    DsrtVW wrote:
    Love it Dan. I am so looking forward to getting to the desert this month. Hopefully the god will be kind and provide some of his good work for me to document.
    Looks like the Ocotillo has had good moisture over the winter. Like the way the green leaves are lighted up.

    Thanks Chris. Lots of rain has left the desert very lush. Should be an excellent spring bloom.thumb.gif
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  • JoashotsJoashots Registered Users Posts: 138 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2010
    Beautiful capture, and what an expansive dynamic range! Single exposure?
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2010
    Joashots wrote:
    Beautiful capture, and what an expansive dynamic range! Single exposure?

    Thanks J. I believe I combined 5 exposures for this shot.
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  • acowanacowan Registered Users Posts: 156 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2010
    Dan,

    Really nice capture! I love the desert and especially the ocotillo on the right. One nit though...there is some haloing around the hills on the right side of the frame and a little around the ocotillo too. Other than that, great scenethumb.gif
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2010
    That is a beautiful picture... Dan clap.gif gary
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited March 16, 2010
    Sweet capture, Dan. I love the way that one ray from the sun star is kissing and backlighting that larger saguaro in the foreground. thumb.gif You have a lot of interesting elements in this shot. Maybe a little heavy in the processing as I'm seeing some halos as well.

    Cheers,
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2010
    I think you caught the colors very well! It looks so serene and I can smell the desert. No poppies yet? Any snakes?:D
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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2010
    Nice shot, Dan. The backlighting really adds a nice touch.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2010
    Thanks everyone. thumb.gifthumb.gif I'm working on the halo Joel.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2010
    OK, I've posted a reprocessed version at the beginning of this thread. Which do you prefer?

    Thanks,

    Dan
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