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Description
Another from our Oregon trip in May. Of all the images I made from the Painted Hills, I’m liking these ones with a more layered look. I have some that are just the lovely, curved gullies, but they aren’t exciting me as much as the ones with layers of hills. I like the subtle colors from the plants in this one, also - the plants are so small and so far away they give just a hint of color to the hills.
Specific Feedback
I’m fairly happy with this, but critique is always welcome. Like my last post, I don’t think of this as an abstract per se, but I do understand that someone who hasn’t seen the Painted Hills might not have a feeling for the scale, etc.
I know this not an abstract, Bonnie, but it sure is surreal looking. I love it! The high key processing works really well here, and I love the layers running in different directions.
Yes!! Lovely and an unusual presentation from there. The miniature plants are a wonderful touch – a similar effect that I sometimes get from aerial shots in desert regions. I love the two layers with patterning that suggests cloud shadows. Very cool!!
Hi Bonnie,
This is a lovely intimate landscape with a multitude of intersecting diagonal lines. I also quite like the subdued color palette; particularly those muted warm tones towards the top of the frame. No suggestions from me other than print this large and find some wallspace.
Nicely created, Bonnie! I love that area and this represents it in a creative and yes, even abstract way. Love the overlapping shapes within this image. Very nice.
I really like the more subtle, muted, color palette here. the layers in the image keep me exploring with all the overlapping and intersecting lines. Nice work.
Bonnie, this is quite a change from your previous post. It’s lightness and subtle colors work equally well, just in a different way. You’ve framed the shifting shapes of the hills beautifully.
Although I give your previous post the edge in terms of my own preference… this one is wonderful in its own right.
I’m not sure if this is what Mark meant, but I also see this as almost the inverse of your previous image. And literally the inverse in that the sloped hill up front and right was the accent in the previoius image with the bg hills/gullies taking the stage. Here, the bg hill is the accent and the foreground is the primary. It’s also just simply a matter of perspective front to back. I don’t think I’m making much sense.
The colors are a skosh more muted - which I think helps in emphasizing textures and the interaction of the two opposing slopes (lines are great in this one.)
No nits or suggestions
Great eye and kudos for extracing these nature intimates from such a popular place!
What I love about this image is the subtlety in the color palette. For me, this image is more original than the first from Painted Hills, as so many images from that spectacular location take as their subject the hills with the deep reds avd black (my own from here included),
The light colored hills with the washes of pastel colors give this a unique delicacy and beauty . Nicely seen and executed!
ML
