Challenge:Desolation II (Advanced Editing IV) Camera:Nikon D70s Location: Coachella Valley Nature Preserve, California Date: Jun 12, 2006 Aperture: f29 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/50 Galleries:Landscape, Rural Date Uploaded: Jun 13, 2006
WOWZA! this is very well chosen for this challenge in my opinion! very nice photograph, well framed and well focused with great angle! you did good on this one!
The blues are a little strong for my liking, find my eye continually being drawn back toward the sky and hill when I want to concentrate more on the foreground, but otherwise I really like the shot. It definitely conveys desolation and I like the harsh light and strong saturation of the fence and branches.
I like the colors here. I think this is one of those pictures that needs to be looked at for a while to be appreciated, though (which I did and I do appreciate it).
Barbed wire is a nice visual word. Dried dead plants also. Sand is nice too. I wonder if you might have been able to distill the sense of desolation down by removing some elements, reframing, or focusing down? I am not sure. I would just like to see some of the dilution taken out so the image was stronger.
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