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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: David Eckels on February 07, 2022, 11:39:30 am

Title: Desert Lives
Post by: David Eckels on February 07, 2022, 11:39:30 am

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Title: Re: Desert Lives
Post by: RMW on February 07, 2022, 11:45:50 am

+1

Title: Re: Desert Lives
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 07, 2022, 01:30:04 pm

Very nice.

Title: Re: Desert Lives
Post by: francois on February 08, 2022, 06:13:58 am

The hillside is just a negative of the foreground (dark bushes /light ground vs light bushes/dark ground).
I like this one a lot, needles to say.

Title: Re: Desert Lives
Post by: David Eckels on February 08, 2022, 09:13:27 am

Thanks, guys.
Francois, I thought that "inversion" interesting, too. I don't know what the dark plants in the distance are, but I am guessing creosote bushes; the lighter soil I believe derives from an alluvial fan. The black sand in the foreground appeared volcanic to me, but I am not sure; this site was to the southwest of Ubehebe crater, which was created by an explosion when rising magma came in contact with subterranean water or ice. I don't know what the lighter colored plants are, maybe some kind of thorny grass.

Title: Re: Desert Lives
Post by: Arlen on February 08, 2022, 06:55:26 pm

Well seen, David. The two halves of the intersection are striking.