Death Valley Dune

gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
edited March 18, 2005 in The Dgrin Challenges
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OK, this is legal. Taken last Friday. Am I on the right track?

I added the top one - I think it is better

Thanks,

Gary

3/11/05
Sony DSC-F828
f/4.0
ISO 64
51mm
10/1600

Comments

  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    Thats quite bizaar actually....At first i seriously thought it was a table cloth of some sort with embroidery & then a stainless steel tray.


    Well done...so what is it ....really ?
  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Thats quite bizaar actually....At first i seriously thought it was a table cloth of some sort with embroidery & then a stainless steel tray.


    Well done...so what is it ....really ?
    Last weekend I was at Death Valley - it is a shot of the sand dunes. Its lines seem to me to capture an abstact simplicity.

    regards,

    Gary
  • purifiedpurified Registered Users Posts: 173 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    That's actually very well done, considering the fact that a lot of minimalist photographs are taken in a way where you have to guess what the object is. I definitely favor the sepia version.
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  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    purified wrote:
    That's actually very well done, considering the fact that a lot of minimalist photographs are taken in a way where you have to guess what the object is. I definitely favor the sepia version.
    Thanks very much. I think the sepia is the way to go.

    regards,

    Gary
  • digital faeriedigital faerie Registered Users Posts: 667 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    dunes, wow....duh! the way you captured it makes me keep wondering "what the hell is it?" and I like that a lot. :D

    anyway to see a cleaner version with less noise? it'd be interesting to compare....I like the grain but I'd like to compare.

    aren't I demanding today? :uhoh
  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    digital faerie wrote:
    dunes, wow....duh! the way you captured it makes me keep wondering "what the hell is it?" and I like that a lot. :D

    anyway to see a cleaner version with less noise? it'd be interesting to compare....I like the grain but I'd like to compare.

    aren't I demanding today? :uhoh
    I will give your demand :D ...I mean your thinking a try tonight. (BTW-I really like this forum!)

    regards,

    Gary
  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    Listening to the Faerie
    digital faerie wrote:
    dunes, wow....duh! the way you captured it makes me keep wondering "what the hell is it?" and I like that a lot. :D

    anyway to see a cleaner version with less noise? it'd be interesting to compare....I like the grain but I'd like to compare.

    aren't I demanding today? :uhoh
    17684385-S.jpg

    OK, what do you think? - run through Neat Image. I think I should use this.

    regards,

    Gary
  • purifiedpurified Registered Users Posts: 173 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    Judging by your first photos, you resized the image to make it larger. I can see there's some slight distortion from resizing. If you happen to have a clean, large version, use that, but it should be fine if you do not.

    I'm actually reading 'Dune' right now so looking at this image makes me think of that. :)
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    purified wrote:
    Judging by your first photos, you resized the image to make it larger. I can see there's some slight distortion from resizing. If you happen to have a clean, large version, use that, but it should be fine if you do not.

    I'm actually reading 'Dune' right now so looking at this image makes me think of that. :)

    I read that book 7 times in my junior high/high school days. Great book.
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  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    purified wrote:
    Judging by your first photos, you resized the image to make it larger. I can see there's some slight distortion from resizing. If you happen to have a clean, large version, use that, but it should be fine if you do not.

    I'm actually reading 'Dune' right now so looking at this image makes me think of that. :)
    Due to the fact you said you were reading "Dune" I looked at your profile and sure enough noted you were my youngest son's age. The book came out when I was about the same age, around 40 years ago. Thanks for your comment. I have put this in the challenge - no great expectation, but I feel that it reasonably captures the minimalist concept.

    regards.

    Gary
  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    gpgold wrote:
    Due to the fact you said you were reading "Dune" I looked at your profile and sure enough noted you were my youngest son's age. The book came out when I was about the same age, around 40 years ago. Thanks for your comment. I have put this in the challenge - no great expectation, but I feel that it reasonably captures the minimalist concept.

    regards.

    Gary
    It is an amazing shot! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

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  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2005
    Flyinggina wrote:
    It is an amazing shot! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Virginia
    Thank you very much. It is always nice when our creativity is validated.

    regards,

    Gary
  • digital faeriedigital faerie Registered Users Posts: 667 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2005
    gpgold wrote:
    Thank you very much. It is always nice when our creativity is validated.

    regards,

    Gary
    gotta say the cleaner version is definitely better. well done sir! thumb.gif
  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2005
    digital faerie wrote:
    gotta say the cleaner version is definitely better. well done sir! thumb.gif
    I am in your debt. I really would not have thought of removing the noise without your advice. Thanks very much!

    regards,

    Gary
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