A Natural Window Photo

Photographer’s Note

In The Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, the geology is truly remarkable. For a NON-ROCK Climber like me, I SUDDENLY AM ONE in this Park. The rock formations are easy to climb...there are little mini -caves you can crawl into, and peek through... ledges to saunter up...I imagine if you bring your kids, they'll have the best time of their life!
This photo was taken along the WHITE DOMES TRAIL. It was the hottest day through which we ever survived.
(But that's the desert for you)

silvia_zenova, Morgwathien, jean11-3, Inunguak, PixelTerror, atus, NellyD, Cretense, vinicio, chrisnet, ruisc_pt, gary91, evanrizo, alonsote trouve(nt) cette note utile

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Aeroby (230) 2007-03-06 15:42

Hi ursula,
very nice picture through this natural window. Good DOF and POV and the details of the foreground give moreto your picture.
good job !
Robin

silvia_zenova (1318) 2007-03-06 15:48

Hello Ursula,
very pleasant composition through this natural window! Good exposed picture, I like the colours also.
Best wishes
Silvia

Morgwathien (596) 2007-03-06 16:07

Hi Ursula,
An excellent shot! The composition is simply superb. Very good colours and sharpness. Congratulations :)
TFS
Barbara

maximage (13530) 2007-03-06 16:39

Bonsoir Ursula,
Image spectaculaire et originale!
Très belle idée, couleurs magnifiques, une belle image, bravo.
Amitiés.
max

jean11-3 (2799) 2007-03-06 17:30

Hi Ursula,good framing with the rocks,I like that we can see the colours of the rocks inside the cave.
The landscape looks very bright and suggests a very hot day as you described.
Certainly looks an interesting place to visit.
TFS, regards Jean.

euryan (8351) 2007-03-06 17:32

I love the way you have used this natural rock frame in your photograph. The exposure is good, and I like how much detail is visible even in the shady areas. Cool photo, and I'm glad you survived the heat ;-)
Regards,
Ryan

Cavecanem (2661) 2007-03-06 17:34

Une belle image aux couleurs chaudes, le format convient parfaitement.
Bonne soirée à toi
François

jonathan_hart (22580) 2007-03-06 18:52

very nice composition, the foreground is very sharp, this stone has an interessant texture, in the hole, a great landscape with very goo light, far away, red rocks, and more far away, blue montains and clouds
excellent contrast and depth
well done
jo

Inunguak (6) 2007-03-06 20:11

Hi Ursula: this is a super photo,everything about it is super,the natural frame,colour,pov,and comp.Well done I really like this one. .......... Thanks for posting ........Romy

mumek (17470) 2007-03-16 6:47

Hi Ursula!
Superb composition with excellent pov, beautiful view , great colours and light. Very well seen and done
best regards
ziggy

banyanman (7735) 2007-03-16 23:36

Good POV, Ursula, and the square format suits this well. You did a good job with the flash to illuminate the foreground rock without over exposing it. Cheers . . . David

PixelTerror (86528) 2007-03-17 5:54

Hi Ursula,
A very nice framing, such a view peeping through the natural hole gets great added value, and details in both foreground and deep background are well rendered.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

atus (15476) 2007-03-17 6:03

Hi Ursula,
You've found an excellent natural frame here. With it you focused one's attention gently on the fantastic landscape in the background. Well done!
Best regards.
Attila

NellyD (1872) 2007-03-18 18:10

Hi Ursula,

What a beautiful view through this natural window.
Great colours, perspective, POV, sharpness and details.
I like it!
TFS

Greetings, Nel

Mitch (0) 2007-03-20 8:12

Hi Ursula,
Great POV and exposure. Nice colours of the rock and well used as a frame.
Thanks for sharing.
P&S

ben4321 (9807) 2007-03-20 17:04

The scene visible through the window is ever so slightly over-exposed, and I think setting the camera to under-expose by a stop or so or taking a spot meter reading from the highlights would have solved this.
What does work really well is your composition. You used this rock feature really well as a framing device for the scene beyond, and I like the colours and texture in the rock. It looks a great place to explore.
Good work Ursula.

Cheers,
Ben

Cretense (56726) 2007-03-22 7:50

Hi Ursula!

I am very glad to have "met" you here in TE. Your gallery is small yet, but very impressive! This particular shot, shows a great deal of potencial with its excellent composition and framing. Beautiful colours, too! Congratulations!

Best regards,
Hercules

bigboroboy (1009) 2007-03-22 18:05

Very strong image here Ursula. The ground in the foreground is a little over-exposed but there is an excellent range of colour/shade throughout the whole image. The saturated blue sky makes for a great backdrop too. Nice work, PHIL

sebinho342 (18744) 2007-03-22 18:44

This is good ursula, well seen for this interesting compo, "seen through window", a rock window, impressive one delivering a beautiful view of this nevada desert with good coloring and PP
Good !

vinicio (22420) 2007-03-23 10:32

Beautiful image Ursula, the natural frame of the hole is very good and you have well managed light and composition, well done, compliments.
Have a nice week-end
Ciao
Vinicio

capthaddock (28640) 2007-03-23 23:11

Hi Ursula - the natural frame works very well, I like how you maintained details in the closeup rock textures without overexposing the landscape in the distance.

ruisc_pt (6207) 2007-03-25 9:32

Well Ursula
yOU GOT THE "EYES".. and the rest is not relevant
superb catching
TFS
Rui

gary91 (15321) 2007-03-25 15:43

Hello Ursula,
Very nice natural window shot. You managed the light very well which is always difficult in this kind of situation because of the shadow in the foreground. The natural frame is a very good idea. Well done.
Have a nice evening.
Best regards, Christian

chrisnet (20376) 2007-03-26 4:05

Bonjour Ursula,
D'abord je te souhaite la bienvenue sur TE et félicitations pour ta jeune galerie! J'aime beaucoup ici l'idée du cadrage ou l'on peut admirer un paysage sublime à-travers le trou de ce rocher. Bravo pour cette belle réalisation et bonne continuation sur TE!
Avec mes amitiés
Christian
PS: Merci d'être passée dans ma galerie et pour le sympathique commentaire.

derek3755 (2341) 2007-03-27 2:38

Hi Ursala

Valley of Fire, is one of my favourite places to visit when i come over from the UK, and this is a nice place you found making use of this natural window to use as a frame, and you managed to keep detail and textures on the window too. Nice composition, lovely colours.

Derek

captainsgirl (3448) 2007-03-28 10:38

Neat shot with the cave being a natural photo frame for you! Love the view! TFS
Donna:o)

Thanks for your comments on my photo " Peaceful Twighlight (104) " :o)

aytu_k (221) 2007-03-29 2:10

brilliant idea and excellent framing. thanks for sharing, mustafa

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brevbrev14 (372) 2007-04-01 7:43

Hi Ursula, i like this natural frame and the place looks very interesting!
good and original idea!
well seen and done!
ciao!
valeria

evanrizo (456) 2007-04-08 3:35

Hi Ursula.
A perfect light control.
Very good seen and composed.
The colors come also very good here.
Have a nice time.
Evan

alonsote (244) 2007-07-18 19:37

Hi Ursula!
Nice composition and depth. Certainly this seems to be a geologists' paradise. Congratulations for this magnificient shot
Best regards
Alonso

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