Painted Hills

[bluedigger]

[Mira]

1. I would give my kingdom for having taken this. Because it would mean

I have been there and seen it.
This photo has everything, color, a beautiful division of space, foreground, background, a middle that sizzles.
WOW

THanks for this, Bluedigger.

[bluedigger]

2. For you, my friend, another.

No one was more surprised (and pleased) than I was when I saw what I had here. The day I took them I was disappointed with the light and underwhelmed by the view, spectacular though it was. It had been a long hot drive to get there, and I left the pics unopened on the hard drive for a couple of weeks...

[Mira]

3. Where is this again? I need to crank up strong vibes for a trip there to

materialize.
Thank you, is there an icon for
:blowing you a grateful kiss:

[bluedigger]

4. Cool how the lighting changes everything, isn't it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Hills

:blush:

[ConsAreLiars]

8. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills section. (Oregon)

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument

(edit typo)

[Mira]

12. Thank you so much, nice to see you here, has it been a while?

I studied the info in the link. America truly is "the Beautiful"!

[ConsAreLiars]

14. I haven't been shooting or scanning for a while,

so I haven't posted much, but I read and view here almost every evening.

Thinking about posting some of my oldies, which is at least one step in the direction of acting.

[maheanuu]

5. Incredible

They're both incredible and they really support each other. I would be proud to have shot either of these photographs.

[bluedigger]

6. Thanks so much, maheanuu!

I was going to welcome you, but...

It's an honor to have you post!:hi:

[DisgustipatedinCA]

7. I have a real appreciation for the talent it took to get this shot (and those downthread)

The post-processing is damn-near perfect too. I won't embarrass myself by guessing what kind of post you had to do and getting it wrong, but suffice it to say, I know from experience a lot of the pitfalls that can occur in a multistep process, and whatever your process, it's flawless. This one needs to be stretched over canvas and hung.

[bluedigger]

10. Thanks, DisgustipatedinCA

I think several of these may end up as large prints. As for the postprocessing, I keep it stupid simple. I use Photoshop Elements 7.0. After opening my original image,I usually have to edit out a blemish (I think I have a bad whatsunhoosit or something:rofl:) using the Guided editing. A crop, if needed. Then I go back to the Quick edit, and run through the functions letting the program do it's thing. I never mess with the individual color levels myself, and seldomly use the sharpen. Color and contrast, basically, what a "film" photographer would do in the darkroom. Finally, I go back to the Guided edit. It has a function called Saturated Slide Film Effect. I run, that, usually twice, I think, on these, until I like it. The whole "process" usually takes me about a minute per photo. Well, that's the beauty of the digital medium!

[Gamey]

9. Despite the photoshopping....

...great stuff. Thank you

[bluedigger]

11. Thanks, Gamey.

I went a little too far with this one.



(But I still like it.)

[maheanuu]

15. I have to agree,

But it actually brought up the purple to what it actually looks like, now if you could back down on the orange/red just a nudge or two The summer grass all gold and silver along with the sage is perfect for that part of the state. I would like to have a problem like this on a photo, my major concern is the constant tropical blue haze, that I still am learning how to fight.

Really Nice work. Do you live close to the hills?

[bluedigger]

17. Better?

No, I don't live near the Painted Hills. Not many people do - it's out in the high desert 75 miles west of Bend, Oregon. I have been on a vacation due to the loss of my job. I had a lot of trouble with smoke haze east of Yosemite, but those are pics for another day...

[Celebration]

13. should be

Hanging on the wall!

[JeffR]

16. Pretty great!

We inhabit a world of wonders. It's so important that these things can be captured and conveyed so easily and so well.

Thank you.