Dune + edits

Juano

Stumblebum

I don't know about the band in bottom Cristobal. I would crop it out completely if mine. The rest of it is fantastic! Cheers!

black mamba

@Stumblebum said:
I don't know about the band in bottom Cristobal. I would crop it out completely if mine. The rest of it is fantastic! Cheers!

Exactly my thoughts as well. Doing so leaves a stunning image. Good work, buddy.

Juano

Yeah, I also was pondering. Will crop it. Thanks 😊

Richard

If you crop the top so that there's no sky on the right edge instead, it looks like something from the movie Independence Day.

El Gato

Wonderful B+W Cristóbal, well taken!

Juano

@Richard said:
If you crop the top so that there's no sky on the right edge instead, it looks like something from the movie Independence Day.

Thanks Richard good to hear from you!

@El Gato said:
Wonderful B+W Cristóbal, well taken!

Thanks Gato.

willard3

Love the lines and contrast, Cristóbal

roaddog52

Wow! I like it as is, But, Taz, and Toms suggestion has merit also. I like the subtle shades of light in the bottom band that create shape, and show the traces of texture. If you crop the bottom my suggestion would be to crop down from the top, a bit less than half of the sky.

black mamba

@roaddog52 said:
Wow! I like it as is, But, Taz, and Toms suggestion has merit also. I like the subtle shades of light in the bottom band that create shape, and show the traces of texture. If you crop the bottom my suggestion would be to crop down from the top, a bit less than half of the sky.

I tried Phil's suggestion about adding cropping from the top. You end up with a semi-pano image that's really dynamic. I love it either way.

Cornflake

Good one, Cristobal.

Juano

Thanks everyone. I am away from my editing software early next week I will post a couple of ideas.

Many thanks

Juano

As promised, here are a couple of versions.

Naked

With a sliver of grounding

Stumblebum

Liking both. Naked still ahead in my view! Cheers!

David_S85

Agree. The "Naked" version says more, but with less. You can see that it is in fact, still a dune even without the base dark ground below. It elevates the pic to high-contrast abstract artwork -- essentially turning it all into negative (or positive?) space. It could also lose just a little of the top to tighten it up a bit. Either way, you have a winner with the "Naked" version.

black mamba

@David_S85 said:
Agree. The "Naked" version says more, but with less. You can see that it is in fact, still a dune even without the base dark ground below. It elevates the pic to high-contrast abstract artwork -- essentially turning it all into negative (or positive?) space. It could also lose just a little of the top to tighten it up a bit. Either way, you have a winner with the "Naked" version.

David's idea of shaving a little off the top, in addition to the bottom crop, is exactly what Phil had suggested. By doing so, the dunes appear to be stretched a bit horizontally......creates a really outstanding photo.

Juano

Naked 2.0 a more pano version.

black mamba

Yes sir, buddy. This image belongs in a high-end gallery. There's one major issue, however. the light part of the dunes has now developed vertical lines where light and dark areas meet. It's an unusual pattern not seen in the other copies.

Stumblebum

@black mamba said:
Yes sir, buddy. This image belongs in a high-end gallery. There's one major issue, however. the light part of the dunes has now developed vertical lines where light and dark areas meet. It's an unusual pattern not seen in the other copies.

+100

Juano

Thanks guys, Tom I'm not seeing what you are seeing, can you be more specific? Is anyone else seeing the same thing?

black mamba

My monitor shows distinct vertical lines present where the dark and light areas meet near the top of the peak. These lines are of consistent width, somewhere between an eighth and sixteenth of an inch wide, and they are spaced about the same consistent distance apart. It's a consistent pattern. The lines are fairly faint.....no where near as dark as the black portion. I sure hope that this is an aberration of my monitor. In total, I see about 13 of these lines before they fade off into the left white area. The lines do not appear in the dark area. Again, they only appear near the top portion of the dune peak.

black mamba

News Flash!!!! I just fired up my two other computer systems. Neither one of those monitors shows these lines on your image. Hooray. Like I said, Cristóbal, it's a killer image worthy of praise.

roaddog52

Absolutely agree with Tom. I can picture this hanging in a high end gallery! Love it!

Juano

Thank you everyone for the comments and crop suggestions. I think the end result is much better.

David_S85

Soooo much betterer. Images like these are why one can throw out the Rule of Thirds whenever the Rule of Thirds is useless - which happens a lot.

Cornflake

Minimal in all the right ways. I think you got to the right result.

Juano

@Cornflake said:
Minimal in all the right ways. I think you got to the right result.

Many thanks, Don.

JTP22

Fantastic!

Joel

Juano

@JTP22 said:
Fantastic!

Joel

Thanks Joel, welcome to the forum!

kurzvorzwoelf

Thanks for bringing this to the top of recent again, otherwise I may have missed it! This (especially the latest "naked 2.0") is truly stunning art, Cristobal, and I do agree with previous comments that it belongs hung up in a Gallery. Can't get enough of it

Juano

@kurzvorzwoelf said:
Thanks for bringing this to the top of recent again, otherwise I may have missed it! This (especially the latest "naked 2.0") is truly stunning art, Cristobal, and I do agree with previous comments that it belongs hung up in a Gallery. Can't get enough of it

Thanks K, this is what Dgrin does best, provide constructive criticism that often results in a better result.

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