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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
2008 if my memory is right. |
Jan 24th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
A BIG shoutout and congratulations for the E.
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Jan 24th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Just try using the Contrast/Brightness Layer...... and Haze Removal. Works for me.
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Jan 24th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
You two, Jennifer and Candie, really did a nice analysis and commentary on my Salt Flats.
Yes, I flipped it and that seemed to create the ridges out of ripples (as are in the original.) My recollection is that they are small ridges, but the original is the original, or is it? I don't know if this is the case, but when I scanned the slide, I may have flipped it thus making ripples out of ridges. Photo was taken 20 +/- years ago, so I can't be sure......(of anything now that I turned 89.)
One can always use more coffee, Candie. You must have been buring the midnight oil to see the defugalty in the two images.
And, Tom's editing was a big improvement. I may re-do this now (this is supposed to be what we do in Study Groups) and enter it in next month's PSA Print of the Quarter. Have you entered? Almost too late to enter this Quarter: Deadline: end of January. |
Jan 24th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
You two, Jennifer and Candie, really did a nice analysis and commentary on my Salt Flats.
Yes, I flipped it and that seemed to create the ridges out of ripples (as are in the original.) My recollection is that they are small ridges, but the original is the original, or is it? I don't know if this is the case, but when I scanned the slide, I may have flipped it thus making ripples out of ridges. Photo was taken 20 +/- years ago, so I can't be sure......(of anything now that I turned 89.)
One can always use more coffee, Candie. You must have been buring the midnight oil to see the defugalty in the two images.
And, Tom's editing was a big improvement. I may re-do this now (this is supposed to be what we do in Study Groups) and enter it in next month's PSA Print of the Quarter. Have you entered? Almost too late to enter this Quarter: Deadline: end of January. |
Jan 24th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
You two, Jennifer and Candie, really did a nice analysis and commentary on my Salt Flats.
Yes, I flipped it and that seemed to create the ridges out of ripples (as are in the original.) My recollection is that they are small ridges, but the original is the original, or is it? I don't know if this is the case, but when I scanned the slide, I may have flipped it thus making ripples out of ridges. Photo was taken 20 +/- years ago, so I can't be sure......(of anything now that I turned 89.)
One can always use more coffee, Candie. You must have been buring the midnight oil to see the defugalty in the two images.
And, Tom's editing was a big improvement. I may re-do this now (this is supposed to be what we do in Study Groups) and enter it in next month's PSA Print of the Quarter. Have you entered? Almost too late to enter this Quarter: Deadline: end of January. |
Jan 24th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
But you knew when and where to stop "sliding" |
Jan 16th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Your conversion looks good.
thanks |
Jan 16th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
good idea so long as is is suppotive of the Primary Subject.
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Jan 11th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Mono>Color in this case.
A fun image to capture and spend some time editing. These old buildings have become your obvious main interest. Keep it up. Get ten or twelve and make a mini portfolio (same theme)..... this seems to be what the Curators are looking for vs. the a la` carte assemblages. |
Jan 10th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Less is more......in this instance. |
Jan 10th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Diana and Somdutt called this one.
Find the Primary Subject and then look at everything else. If it doesn't support the Primary, the do something to eliminate it. And: "Less is More" especially in this instance. |
Jan 10th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Another: More contrast just as Diana has created. It looks great now. Composition is fine. |
Jan 10th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
I try not to read ahead to other comments prior to deciding what to say. In this case, however, Diana beat me to the text/ideas re contrast. |
Jan 10th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
I've never heard of a restriction such as you describe. Use it.
Lighting and posing and composition are super. |
Jan 10th |
| 32 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
First of all, the ripples are only 2-4 inches high. They are caused by the wind blowing the "flats" when wet. When wet, messy. Not a good idea to traverse or go onto the flats. They don't get so wet that you or your vehicle would sink, but enjoy a good weather day (or night) and don't tempt fate. When the Intermountain West was formed by an ocean, crustaceans would die and fall to the bottom and under pressure, created Calcium deposits. (aka rocks)....Then when the water subsided and the calcified land volcanically rose in places to form hills and mountains, they in turn blew or washed away and settled at the bottom of the ocean (now it's only the Great Salt Lake.) It is full of Sodium Calcide, Magnesium and Calcium, and other salts. Companies like Morton Salt have for years mined the flats for these salts, including Sodium Chloride. The military aviators loved it for their bombing test runs. The best write-up on the flats (and Utah) that I've ever found is a classic titled "American Places" with text by Wallace Stegner and photos by Eliot Porter, two lions in their fields. The ISBN is: 0-517-413612 and the book was published in 1983. Used bookstores would be the first place to look, and then the Public Libraries. Try www.Biblio.com Enjoy. The nicest place to see and enjoy the Salt Lake and its environs is at the Northern end. Start at a town named Brigham City. Get info at the Visitors Center or at the Bear River Bird Refuge west of town. It is close to the site of the joining of the rails of the transcontinental RR at a place called Promontory. Also good.
There are no "facilities" as you can see, so be prepared to live and camp and "etc" in the open. Bring everything you'll need. Access the flats from I-80 just east of Wendover Nevada (on the state line.) It's also a hoot to be there when the auto guys are doing their time trials. Much better than the typical town square show of vintage automobiles that we all have seen. We, the Wasatch Camera Club had several fruitful and fun overnight Field Trips to the flats when we lived in Salt Lake.
Not too far away and to the South of Wendover is the Great Basin National Park. It used to be called the "Lehman Caves National Monument." Super. A nearby (very small) town has some motels and cafes. Very few people ever get to the GBNP. It's a winner. You can easily spend a week or two in the nearby desert and some of the mining towns. From here and about this is the real desert. Not too many tourists and the ones who are there are serious folks, having "done" all the publicity promoted locations.
PS: I get a big kick out of people who visit Utah and come back to say "We went to Utah for a few days and really saw and enjoyed it. ya'all gotta go. Take a couple days and you can see it when driving to the Coast." Yep, can do, but there are so many different things to do and places to see in the great American Desert.
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Jan 10th |
7 comments - 9 replies for Group 32
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7 comments - 9 replies Total
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