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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 3/8/2006
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wooww Tom.. the series of dante's view are so good and delicate!!
is visible the mloment and the work on photography, but also the panorama and view are so impressive..!
i like it so much, well done
cheers
roby
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In Transit
{K:29432} 5/3/2004
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You ask 'how to improve', to which I say... foolish questions deserve foolish answers!
So, please add a nice frame... and place it upon my wall!
Very handsome!
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 4/30/2004
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hi kim, thanks so much! that's my photo-trekking friend in the yellow jacket. i seem to find it irresistible to shoot. it adds such a nice bright point in photos. i like the term someone used in one of my other photos "it's the pepper of the photo". because of this, i tend to have quite a few photos that use the jacket as a "condiment". ;^) he and his wife both tend to get a kick out of it: "there's jeff in that damned yellow jacket again!".
take care,
tom
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 4/29/2004
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Oddly enough, my favorite part of this image is the yellow jacket. It holds such warmth and a nice splash of vibrant colour to what seems a chilly morning.
As well, the fact that both the people's heads are above the mountain line gives some nice depth to this image.
Looks like a great place to capture the sunrise!
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Roberto Lucignani
{K:840} 4/22/2004
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Great composition and incredible colors
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 4/18/2004
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hey sai, thank you so much! glad you dig it. and, as you would expect there are lots more coming. it'll take me a while to sort through 8GB worth of RAW images, tho ;^)
the kettles are at a backroad intersection somewhere between ubehebe crater and the racetrack. the road splits off and heads to hunter mountain and eventually back to CA190 on the panamint side. northwest end of the park.
take care,
tom
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{K:2743} 4/17/2004
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Hey Tom,
Was waiting for your death valley pics. The light and composition are very well chosen. And the picture would not be half as powerful without the moon and the bush towards the bottom-right.
The kettle pictures are very interesting too. Bunch of kettles hung in the middle of the desert, eerie. Where is that? I havent seen it on my trips to DV.
Re. the Amargosa opera house, yes there is a tree at the front end. The view you see in the picture is the side view of the opera house.
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Lee Harris
{K:14694} 4/15/2004
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1st off. I love this picture Tom.
You get such smooth color blends, this must be a hot spot for photragphers.
When I shoot this low of lighting I seem to get a grainy affect.
I have so much to learn.
Well Tom as you have seen I did go out and give a whirl to some of the techniques you suggested, I made a major mistake by not composing with something larger in the foreground to help show me the affects.
I will try all again when I go shooting again.
You and many usefilm users have been very helpful, I have allot to work with after all the suggestions made.
Honestly....what I have learned from this in the past two day would have taken me a longtime to figure out myself.
Ever so Grateful.
Lee
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 4/14/2004
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oops. there goes the dyslexia again ;^) dante's view and the black mountains are on the EASTERN side of dv and telescope peak on the panamint range is on the WESTERN side.
sorry about that...
tom
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 4/14/2004
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hey hugo, thanks! i should've know that the "trip" in triptych was a refernce to 3 but i never made the connection ;^) now i know. hence, i should restate that as a "supertych" in the sense that i'll post a sequence of triptychs or duotychs that are all connected in a larger sense. don't if that makes sense. i guess it's a death valley "series". is that a better way to present it?
regarding the photo, it seems we have a consensus and the bush must go (no pun intended). i'm curious if it's possible to repost/modify an image and retain the comments and ratings? also, the light on this one is my favorite of the batch i took up there. perfectly horizontal with beautiful colors.
to clarify the opposing views: dante's peak is on the western side of dv (black mountains). the snow covered peak accross the valley is telescope peak and marks the eastern edge of the valley. to the west, there is a slightly lower mountain range. this creates very horizontal light at dante's during sunrise. immidiately after the sun makes it across the valley and lights up the much taller (12,000ft) telescope peak. so, in actuality, the triptych is posted in reverse time. iii was shot first and i was shot last. hope that helps you make a bit more sense of what you see. so in ii, the near photographer is shooting telescope peak lighting up while the far photographer is shooting a beautiful yet cloudless sunrise.
the horns are cool aren't they? ;^) went out to a dark spot on the golf course (lowest golf course in the world at 208ft. below sea level btw) this was a 15 or 20 sec exposure with the timer. i stood with a blue led light in front and below my face and my friend stood behind me and "painted" the horns with a red led light. we had a great time playing with lights and i might even post some eventually.
as always, your comments are greatly appreciated. and i'm glad that the photos have been a success.
take care,
tom
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/14/2004
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Hi Tom,
Before I comment to the photo, I just wonder what you mean by a "rather large triptych"? A triptych is *always* a composition of three photos.... And you can't exceed 800 x 800 dpi...;o) I'd settle for a quadriptych, a pentiptych or even a hexiptych of these photo's any time!
A VERY good shot, I like the repetitive actions of your fellow photographers in opposite direction without an apparent interaction between them placed as a secondary subject to the vastness of the landscape in this photo. (wow. Looong sentence)
The skimming light is perfect. Maybe even more subtle and selective than in the one with yourself in it. The detail of the moon adds a relation to the world (that might sound a bit high, but I imagine such a immense vastness and beauty, especially at sunrise makes you feel very small and humble) What an awesome landscape! I only think I would crop / clone out the scrub on the bottom edge, though, as it destracts a bit...
As to the composition, I think you mad the right choice. The photographers on the left perfectly demote them to a subsidary level, focussing on the valley. Still, they are important, as it creates a very good story. By pointing their lenses at opposite directions, they imply Dante's peak is far more than a single sided viewpoint. A truely very impressive shot!
You're on a roll, here!
Cheers,
Hugo
PS: Your "mugshot" is perfect. Very original! How did you create the horns? I hadn't seen that one yet....
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rudymon causing
{K:45} 4/14/2004
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excellent shot...
i agree with the last comment...
looks great.
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Phil M
{K:11526} 4/14/2004
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Wonderful shot! But definitely crop the little bush. :)
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Tommaso Razzano
{K:8073} 4/14/2004
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Oh yes ! I like this... the composition is wonderful... the colors too !
I will just crop a bit on the bottom ... to avoid this little bush... But it's so irrelevant ...
I like the light very low... I think that you take this in the sunset time ...
ciao !
tommy.
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Libero Api
{K:12174} 4/14/2004
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Magnific image!
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Jack Cronin
{K:328} 4/14/2004
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Wonderful composition. Almost startling to see the other photographers. Really interesting that they are focused in different directions. The very subtle moon in the background really makes this picture for me. Great work, that you obviously had to work hard to get.
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