Colorado Desert

[Kerry Perkins]

No, it's not in Colorado! In the southern-most region of southern California, the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert come together in Joshua Tree National Park. The northern half of this park is in the Mojave Desert, and features lots of large rocks and Joshua Trees. The southern half is in the Colorado Desert and is more open and greener. This is a view from the southern exit of the park, looking west toward the San Jacinto Mountains. If you could get up a few hundred feet, you could see the Salton Sea between you and the mountains. The desert is so vast and open that even at 16mm it is difficult to see even a small part of it. Lots of Topaz filters, you probably know the routine - DeNoise, Detail, Adjust, etc...

[Indranil Sircar]

Nice composition, Kerry. You have captured the vastness of the desert well here. Pano crop is just perfect. I like the distant mountain and the clouds. My personal preference would be to reduce the blue more so on the mountains, if it were mine. TFS.

[denise ippolito]

Kerry,

I love lone tree compositions like this. Nice job! I see a dust bunny in the center. The dark area in the URC I might blend a little.

[Paul Lagasi]

Nice composition, I like the placement of the tree, and big sky rocks...Good work Kerry

[Anita Bower]

I can feel the heat! I like the crisp look of this image. Brilliant colors, wonderful pano. I agree about toning down or darkening the blue in the mountains.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Kerry.

If it were mine, I would have cropped a little lower on the bottom. I keep trying to find the bottom of the bushes and the tree in that area. But otherwise I like it and you know how it goes ... Y.I.Y.V!