The Things I See
Death Valley - 2007
Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 28 February 2007 in Landscape & Rural.
Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand
Stunning dead tree, and that stormy-looking sky, wow!
28 Feb 2007 6:46am
Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany
Great contrast between the light on the ground and the threatening darkness of the sky!
28 Feb 2007 9:30am
Addey Kehinde from London, United Kingdom
Cool shot. Love the post processing...
28 Feb 2007 10:33am
purelysnow from Chengdu, China
Nice detail! Are those clouds or smoke? The lighting combination is unusual!
28 Feb 2007 11:11am
@purelysnow: Those are Photoshop....Filter/Render/Clouds...:0)
Jen from Jessup, United States
Great shot! The composition and framing are wonderful!!! Love it!
28 Feb 2007 11:46am
Jerry from Tampa, United States
SUPERB image Craiger! Awesome colors and texture - GREAT all around!
28 Feb 2007 12:47pm
Koushiro Izumi from Singapore, Singapore
nice contrast of subject! a dead tree against the live mountain...
28 Feb 2007 1:33pm
Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan
brilliant processing Craiger. good to catch up btw...sorry for the abscence.
28 Feb 2007 3:30pm
Daniel from United States
I like the tree, but I am ambivilent about the the sky. Seems a tad over manipulated to my eyes. Cheers@!
28 Feb 2007 3:33pm
Anne from White Rock, Canada
The processing looks good to me - I don't think it is overdone. With the gloomy weather - it could have looked 'dingy' and lacking in contrast straight out of the camera. The added luminence to the greens and the detail in the tree makes this great. Are we supposed to comment on photos just as they come - or the end result? :)
28 Feb 2007 3:53pm
@Anne: Oh, I'm not sure there is any one way to comment. It is all good! I appreciate everyones opinion. If you like my work, I'm so happy. If not, I'll try harder! I always appreciate your comments Anne! Thank you!
objectif-plume from Belgium
c'est grandiose comme photo. tout est beau, l'endroit, la couleur, la lumière... tout
28 Feb 2007 7:20pm
Ali-G from Ottawa, Canada
Good stuff - a stormy sky could be just dark with no character but the speckle pattern contrasts well with the variations in green in the plants.
28 Feb 2007 7:54pm
Behrooz from Tehran, Iran
Excellent shot. Looks so dreamy and like scenes from Lord of the Rings. :)
[I had net connection problems today. And when I came, I was amazed by the comments on my last picture. I added a note to the image and decided to keep it another day.]
28 Feb 2007 8:30pm
Angry Buddha from United States
You gotta love cool looking dead trees. What a great shot.
28 Feb 2007 10:25pm
Ahraht from Loures, Portugal
I love dead trees photos. And this one , in the mountains, remembered me how much I love the outdoors. The photo is excellent.
28 Feb 2007 10:26pm
Michael Zhang from New York City, United States
Death indeed with the dead trees, and brooding dead clouds.
28 Feb 2007 11:30pm
Sony DSC-H5
1/125 second
F/6.3
ISO 80
6 mm