Afterglow - Monument Valley

rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
edited August 9, 2012 in Landscapes
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Randy

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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2012
    NICE!!

    Not much else to say.......just nice to look at.

    Sam
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 6, 2012
    Dude, that's wicked. :wow



    I'm seeing some banding in the sky for some reason, but it's hard to tell at this size. Of course I'd LOVE to see this presented in a larger size for a closer inspection. mwink.gif
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2012
    dude! i absolutely LOVE this!! thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif i also see just a bit of color banding, but there are ways to reduce that... regardless, needs to be blown up and printed at LEAST 4 feet wide!!
    ~ Rocky
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2012
    SON!! SON!!! You have truly outdone yourself here. If the file will handle it, I'd blow that one up REAL BIG. That's the kind of picture that can just dominate a room. clap.gifclap

    Tom
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2012
    Sam wrote: »
    NICE!!

    Not much else to say.......just nice to look at.

    Sam

    Thanks for looking Sam!
    Randy
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2012
    kdog wrote: »
    Dude, that's wicked. :wow



    I'm seeing some banding in the sky for some reason, but it's hard to tell at this size. Of course I'd LOVE to see this presented in a larger size for a closer inspection. mwink.gif

    Very nice comments Joel thumb.gif

    I see some banding also, so I looked at the file size I uploaded. A whopping 64Kb rolleyes1.gif

    It's not in the full file size... Sorry...
    Randy
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2012
    squirl033 wrote: »
    dude! i absolutely LOVE this!! thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif i also see just a bit of color banding, but there are ways to reduce that... regardless, needs to be blown up and printed at LEAST 4 feet wide!!

    Rocky, I appreciate that thumb.gif

    As I noted in my reply to Joel, for some reason, I uploaded a whopping 64Kb version of this image ne_nau.gif Guess I was feeling stingy. No banding in full version.
    Randy
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2012
    black mamba wrote: »
    SON!! SON!!! You have truly outdone yourself here. If the file will handle it, I'd blow that one up REAL BIG. That's the kind of picture that can just dominate a room. clap.gifclap

    Tom

    Thanks for the very kind comments Tom!

    I'll give a little confession here:
    I'm sure you've seen the iconic images of the long, long road leading to Monument Valley, well, this is it!!!

    As usual, I'm at the right place at the wrong time. The normal time for this view is at sunrise for the correct light. (I did not know this at the time)

    I was NOT going away without a keeper image from this location, so I waited, and waited, and waited until the light finally got "right". Glad you like the image!
    Randy
  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2012
    rwells wrote: »
    Thanks for the very kind comments Tom!

    I'll give a little confession here:
    I'm sure you've seen the iconic images of the long, long road leading to Monument Valley, well, this is it!!!

    As usual, I'm at the right place at the wrong time. The normal time for this view is at sunrise for the correct light. (I did not know this at the time)

    I was NOT going away without a keeper image from this location, so I waited, and waited, and waited until the light finally got "right". Glad you like the image!

    this was shot looking back down highway 163 toward MV? like the postcard? i got that shot, but in late morning, on my way from Kayenta to Moab... crap, if i'd known it'd look like this, i'd have blown my schedule and stayed till dark! how large is the original file? it'd almost be worth investing in Genuine Fractals (now called Perfect Resize, i think) just to blow this up... i can only imagine what it'd look like as a 4 or 6-foot canvas print over the back of a sofa...
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
    Three Dog Night

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2012
    squirl033 wrote: »
    this was shot looking back down highway 163 toward MV? like the postcard? i got that shot, but in late morning, on my way from Kayenta to Moab... crap, if i'd known it'd look like this, i'd have blown my schedule and stayed till dark! how large is the original file? it'd almost be worth investing in Genuine Fractals (now called Perfect Resize, i think) just to blow this up... i can only imagine what it'd look like as a 4 or 6-foot canvas print over the back of a sofa...

    Yep, that's the spot.

    I'll have to look at the original file, but it should be large enough to print big if I decide to do that.

    Thanks again for your input Rocky!
    Randy
  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2012
    Really beautiful. Worth the wait.
    Don
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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2012
    An excellent return for the effort. Wonderful visual. Beautiful colors thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif Well done Randy :D
    Michael
  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,372 moderator
    edited August 7, 2012
    This is wonderful Randy!

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2012
    Cornflake wrote: »
    Really beautiful. Worth the wait.

    Thanks for looking and the comments Don!
    Randy
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2012
    DaddyO wrote: »
    An excellent return for the effort. Wonderful visual. Beautiful colors thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif Well done Randy :D

    Thanks Michael!

    I wish this was the only type of "effort" that I had to excerpt these days :D
    Randy
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2012
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    This is wonderful Randy!

    --- Denise

    Howdy Denise,

    Thank you for the kind words!
    Randy
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited August 8, 2012
    Wall hanger, for sure. Great job!
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  • rmichaeldavisrmichaeldavis Registered Users Posts: 27 Big grins
    edited August 8, 2012
    Fantastic...really like your version as we usually only see the 'iconic' shots of this area. Nice capture!
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2012
    David_S85 wrote: »
    Wall hanger, for sure. Great job!

    Thanks David!
    Randy
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2012
    rmichaeldavis wrote: »
    Fantastic...really like your version as we usually only see the 'iconic' shots of this area. Nice capture!

    As I have a knack for being in the right place, at the wrong time, I do wind up taking shots of "iconic" places a bit differently. When they turn out, I sometimes share. When they don't eek7.gifrolleyes1.gif

    Thanks for looking and your kind comments Michael thumb.gif
    Randy
  • JCJC Registered Users Posts: 768 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2012
    This is pretty awesome. Good thing you waited.
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2012
    kolibri wrote: »
    This is pretty awesome. Good thing you waited.

    Thanks Kolibri!
    Randy
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