Valley of Fire

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. About an hour north of Las Vegas. Excellent
campgrounds, 20 minutes from Overton, Nev. 12-24 at 12mm, f22, DSLR,
tripod.

Posted by Jeff Dye on Tue, 07/28/09 10:39
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Comments by Paul Bracey on Tue, 07/28/09 11:24

It certainly looks inviting! Nice work.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Tue, 07/28/09 12:50

I find the perspective along with the sense of flow creating by the cracks in the rock formation works for me to lead through the image to the blue sky. The textural component adds to the visual impact of the picture.


Comments by Tom Manson on Tue, 07/28/09 13:59

Great colors and lines.
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Comments by Light Grapher on Tue, 07/28/09 15:26

Very cool. Nice leading in. Curious why that far rock seems to be in shadow.


Comments by Rick Longworth on Tue, 07/28/09 20:34

Campground! OOoooooo! I'm there!


Comments by G.B. SHETTLER on Tue, 07/28/09 23:01


Comments by Rick Midthun on Wed, 07/29/09 02:02

This one is beautiful, too. I like your range of talents, from red-hot natural landscape to icey-cold cityscape (Student Parking}. Great work again, Jeff.

I like your hyperfocal technique, and I think the portrait orientation for these shots adds a lot more drama since one's eye has to travel a great distance near-to-far.

This would look really cool in B&W IMHO.

R.M.


Comments by John Long on Thu, 07/30/09 03:58

The 12mm lens has really enhanced this rock formation in giving you
the perspective you intended.
Great colours.


Comments by Maria Salvador on Thu, 07/30/09 06:05

Wow factor to this! Love those wonderful lines and colors. Love the luminosity too.


Comments by jj on Thu, 07/30/09 20:03

Looks like you got farther into the area than we did. Was it blazing hot, or did you remember a hat and sunblock and 3 gallons of water per hour? :)

I, too, like the short lens effect, it pushes what might otherwise be a smallish feather out into the background. And the color, well, yep, that's how it looks. :)


Comments by Bob Buckles on Sat, 08/01/09 23:00

Jeff, great DOF and color. Have you ever tried using the NIK Color Graded Grey Filter rotated so the lower part of the frame is slightly darker? I like the technique because it forces you to look into the frame. With this image, my eye stops at the bottom of the frame and never gets into the image.