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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: pcgpcg on September 30, 2017, 10:23:55 pm

Title: Evening falls over Owyhee hills
Post by: pcgpcg on September 30, 2017, 10:23:55 pm

This is looking south over the Owyhee Canyon area in SE Oregon, from Three Fingers Rock. If you are teased by not knowing what lies to the right in the background of this pic well so was I. I had to climb up onto a high pinnacle (the most easterly of the three fingers) to get this view and there was another pinnacle of rock that blocked my view to the right, and a cliff directly in front of me, so I could not get any more background view to the right. I waited out a cold rainstorm in the hopes that a light show would eventually appear, as there were clear skies to the west (right), and I was not disappointed. Next time I’m at this location I’ll attempt to climb the west-most finger to the right so my view to the right is not blocked.

What makes this photo somewhat spectacular is that it is a documentation of a spectacular event – a nice sunset. I took lots of shots, of course, and struggled to find a simple clean composition, given the complex texture in both the sky and the land. Like viewing a painting, I like to back away and squint and look for a pleasing design. This fails that test, but it still works for me, thanks to the spectacular light that presented itself.

Enjoy. It was a magical evening complete with coyotes howling!

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Post by: Peter McLennan on September 30, 2017, 11:22:52 pm

Beautiful! Worth the wait.

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Post by: Alskoj on October 01, 2017, 10:53:14 am

Great image!

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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on October 02, 2017, 04:10:43 am

Blue and yellow, golden light, works a treat.

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Post by: sdwilsonsct on October 02, 2017, 06:09:07 am

Lovely, Paul. Lots of depth.

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Post by: francois on October 02, 2017, 06:48:46 am

Fantastic, I like the vast expanse of land… it seems infinite!

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Post by: JNB_Rare on October 02, 2017, 09:04:12 am

Wonderful. Sunset in the mountains -- do you stay the night, or use lights to hike back out?

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Post by: HSakols on October 02, 2017, 09:41:40 am

The sky makes it!

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Post by: farbschlurf on October 02, 2017, 09:55:56 am

Seems to be a magic place! Great!

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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on October 02, 2017, 10:01:45 am

Superbly done.

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Post by: MattBurt on October 02, 2017, 01:08:05 pm

Very nice and worth the wait!

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Post by: Jswanson on October 02, 2017, 02:52:41 pm

  I agree worth the wait for a very well captured and processed image you shared here! Screams to be viewed large!!

 

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Post by: pcgpcg on October 03, 2017, 10:52:35 am

Quote from: JNB_Rare on October 02, 2017, 09:04:12 am

Wonderful. Sunset in the mountains -- do you stay the night, or use lights to hike back out?

I often stay the night at a location, but in this case my truck was parked less than two miles away so I hiked out with headlamp. Hard to resist a heated camper with comfy bed. 😀

Thanks everyone for the positive comments.

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Post by: antongorlin on October 03, 2017, 06:19:27 pm

really great color and perspective