I agree with Mark, James. I love that it feels like a black and white image, except for the sky. I’m undecided on the crop. I feel like I’ve been a bit crop-crazy lately in my feedback to folks, but I also find that once I settle on a crop for one of my own images, I rarely rethink it.
I wonder how this would look with a slightly flatter pano crop, basically making each layer almost equal in height but with the top layer just a tish taller than the others. The bright patch in the upper right pulls me away from the lovely sand dune lines, and I think the image is as much about that as the color, though the color is what makes it all work.
It’s just something to play with to see what you think.
Really nice image any way you look at it. Is this death Valley, Mesquite Dunes area?
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Marylynne, thank you the reply and a your suggestion -as it relates to the composition. The pano crop does improve the composition and at the same time eliminates the bright cloud. The venue is White Sands NP in New Mexico.
I just love the color of the sky set against that dark mountain range and finished off with the grey/white dunes below. I really like @Marylynne_Diggs idea on a new crop. Good work with this one.
