Taken at a dry lake bed near Lancaster CA on a cold and windy day on my way to work. Just after sunrise. I discovered this scene when I was packing up my camera (I was taking pics in the opposite direction) - this view has much more color and interest.
-Ten pics taken in RAW format in a 2x5 matrix.
-used panotools to stitch the pics together
-edited pics for lighting/color and contrast both before and after stitching.
-used two layers, one of sky and one of the ground to control exposure of each
-added border
-used neat image to clean up noise
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Place: 47 out of 116 Avg (all users): 5.8756 Avg (commenters): 5.7000 Avg (participants): 5.8361 Avg (non-participants): 5.8902 Views since voting: 917 Views during voting: 375 Votes: 225 Comments: 12 Favorites: 0
This shot is nice but I have a feeling it is one of those shots that needs to be BIG up on a wall to pop, it just doesn´t do that in web resolution. 6 from me
I'd love to see this much closer to the ground, really getting into some of the cracks but still stretching off to the horizon. Beautiful tones and colours and a lot of potential, but this viewpoint feels a bit pedestrian.
Desolate and certainly harsh. The sky is terrific. If there were possibly one thing like a dead twig, or skull, or even a living creature, it would really top it off for me. 7
Umm..excuse me...I live in the desert and it is not a waste! (smile) The photo seems to have some dark smudges (?) in it but if I were voting, I'd give it a 7. I rarely vote in challenges I participate in. Good luck to ya.
If you would have taken this photo little more near the ground, the photo would make much more impact. The framing is killing the photo also by drawing the attention to it.
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