Theme - Palouse Sunrise - A Broader View

[Cheryl Slechta]

Here's a broader view of that Palouse sunrise. I added a Topaz Simplify painting filter to emphasize the fog/mist.

[Hazel Grant]

I liked the last one because of its dreamy effect. I like this one because of the dramatic color separation. The sun is hitting the lower dunes just right to highlight the edge and the misty mountain set them off.

[Nancy Bell]

Cheryl, the Palouse really inspired you! This is fabulous with the dramatic orange/yellows and those graceful and sensuous undulating layers of lines. I really like the additional compositional details of the trees along one of the horizontal lines and again at the tops of the mountains. There is one darker bit in the center of the yellow sky that appears as a small vertical element that I would just remove the top of. It is just a small piece that does not flow horizontally.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great Cheryl, love this one too. The colours are delightful. Is the Palouse a very big area?

[Anita Bower]

Gorgeous. Love, love, love the colors, light, brightness, undulating lines. I like how the lines repeat from bottom up, from fields to the mountains. Those greenish (?) areas on the mountains work quite well as they indicate trees. But, the same color in the sky is less pleasing to me. Is there a way to make them a color that blends in better with the sky? What do you think?

[Paul Lagasi]

If it wasn't for the trees in the bottom, I'd think this is a raging river with distant mountains in the background. This is an area I'd like to see some day. Very nice work

[Diane Miller]

Excellent! (The Palouse doesn't really look like this at all! This is through the eyes of an artist!)

I love how the "textures" brought out in the sky mimic the trees!!

Another interpretation would be to crop about 1/3 into the sky and maybe do some increased Clarity on the bottom 1/3, but that's no criticism of the image as it is, which is wonderful!

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Cheryl,

Greetings. I particularly like the smooth ripples and the first line of trees. But, I find the posterization in the top third (above where the oranges transition to yellow) not much to my taste. Really like the bottom 2/3rds, though ;-). Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Jackie, the Palouse area is quite large encompassing parts of eastern Washington/western Idaho. Here's a repost that I like better and addresses some of the suggestions - less posterization in the sky and a slight crop from the top.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Ah, that's it, Cheryl. Now, I like the whole thing ;-). Good show!

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Arthur Morris]

Eliminating the posterization in the sky was a huge improvement. While I love the image and I loved being there, I find myself wishing to see more of those foreground hills. BTW, we were leaving the hotel at 3:15am in order to make the sunrise. Yikes!

There are some great lessons in the "Learning to Think and See Like a Pro/The Fourth of a Series Revelations/More Questions Than Answers..." blog post here and those who are interested in joining Denise Ippolito and me in the Palouse next spring can scroll down for that info.

[Anita Bower]

Cleaning up the sky and cropping was just the thing to make this photo perfect.

[Mitch Carucci]

Beautiful! One of your nicest...