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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on December 03, 2015, 02:44:26 pm

Title: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 03, 2015, 02:44:26 pm

Late evening (http://blog.parrikar.com/2015/12/03/photographer-at-panamint-valley/) at Father Crowley Point, Death Valley National Park, California. Shot with iPhone 6s.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 03, 2015, 03:06:54 pm

Very cool. Even the central position seems to work in this case.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: David Eckels on December 03, 2015, 03:30:16 pm

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 03, 2015, 03:06:54 pm

Very cool. Even the central position seems to work in this case.

But it is centrally located on the upper third line ;) Re iPhone6, proves it's not the camera, it's the camera man (person?), nicely done Rajan.
Taking my dad to DV for his 90th birthday next month for a photo tour; can't wait.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: francois on December 04, 2015, 04:08:03 am

I like the background colors, they are very complementary to the almost black foreground. The silhouette of the photographer is well detached. It's a nice shot.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 04, 2015, 12:08:29 pm

Thank you, gentlemen.

David, hope you have a memorable trip with your father and please share some photos here.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 04, 2015, 01:11:57 pm

Gosh, Rajan! Maybe I've got to break down and get an iPhone after all, just so I can take pictures as good as yours!   ;D

Eric

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 04, 2015, 01:57:59 pm

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 04, 2015, 01:11:57 pm

Gosh, Rajan! Maybe I've got to break down and get an iPhone after all, just so I can take pictures as good as yours!   ;D

Eric

Eric,

I am surprised by how good the video out of the iPhone 6s is (same with 6 but the 6s has 4K video). It gets even better mounted on a gimbal stick.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Mjollnir on December 04, 2015, 02:36:58 pm

Nice!

Btw, waaaaaay back there in the distance, if you haven't been, are some of the least visited dunes in the park.  The Panamint Dunes.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: RSL on December 04, 2015, 02:45:39 pm

Fine composition, Rajan. Most people wouldn't have thought to include that much blank foreground. I'm surprised nobody's suggested cropping the bottom. The croppers usually strike hard on something like this.

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 04, 2015, 04:38:39 pm

Mjollnir - Yes, I have photographed the Panamint Dunes from this point on a few occasions  with a long lens, and also from the vantage point of Hwy 190 as you descend into Panamint Valley on Towne Pass from the east side. Some day I plan to hike to them.

Russ - Yes, I'm surprised, too :-).

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: David Eckels on December 04, 2015, 05:14:33 pm

Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on December 04, 2015, 04:38:39 pm

Some day I plan to hike to them.

Let me know; I'll go with you!!! :)

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: stamper on December 05, 2015, 05:23:39 am

I agree with the positive comments and with Russ's comment on the foreground. My instinctive reaction is usually to crop but in this instance the space provides a nice lead in, almost like being sucked in to the scene.Well done!

Title: Re: Photographer at Panamint Valley
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 05, 2015, 09:51:56 am

OK, let me be the first to suggest a cropping:

1.   Crop the top and bottom to exactly where they are now, and

2.   Then crop the sides to their current positions.

I think that will work nicely.   ;D

Eric