Thanks to all for the comments - much appreciated. It seems there is
no strong preference for either #1 or #2, which pretty much reflects
my own view. I'll just have to include both in the photo book I'm
putting together of the trip :-)>
A few specific responses:
Quoting Rick Womer <[email protected]>:
Both are very nice; the second is the more dramatic image.
I have two ideas that might bring them closer to what you remember:
First, was it late in the day? Warming up the color temp a bit
might help.
Second, the foreground in the second shot is a silhouette, and
bringing it into the visible range would add interest and depth.
It was actually late morning. I'll have a look at warming them up slightly.
The foreground in No.2 is a problem. I bracketed the exposures but
not enough on the + side. I spent a lot of time trying to extract
some detail from the foliage but the result was very murky and, to my
eye, distracting. This is why I went for the silhouette. Together
with the dark clouds above, it forms an irregular frame around the
dunes.
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Quoting Alan C <[email protected]>:
Great shots. The 2nd really shows the power of nature. And I suppose
there was lightening & thunder too?
No - not that I remember. Quite a bit of snow, though. The next day
the tops of the dunes were snow-capped.
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Quoting Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>:
Wonderful photos.
You put us who live in the USA to shame
with such great shots in only a limited visit.
I think visitors often see more of a country than those who live
there, even if it only involves sampling the country. It's only in
the last few years that I've been to Western Australia, north
Queensland, the Centre and Tasmania. A visitor would probably see all
of that in a few short weeks....
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Walters <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:51 AM
Subject: PESO - Storm over the Great Sand Dunes
Back in May we visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park near
Alamosa, Colorado. Not long after we left, a storm arrived
from the
south which we were able to observe from a lookout a few miles from
the Park.
The light on the dunes was stunning as the sun illuminated them below
the storm clouds. Between the three of us (my two sons and me) we
must have taken well over 100 shots but I don't think any of us
captured the scene as we remembered it.
These are the two best that I came up with:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2410-K5-1-peso.html
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2576-K5-1peso.html
Comments appreciated, especially as to which is preferred (if any).
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