Sculpted by nature

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Sculpted by nature

Postby stubbsy on Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:12 pm

These are the first of my images from the Stockton Dunes outing. These all feature the random sand patterns created by wind and time.

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Postby sheepie on Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:19 pm

About time!!!

OK - I really like the first, and have to say it is vastly superior to the version I took on your suggestion.

The second looks to me like a series of belly buttons - not sure what that says about my thought processes ;)

The third seems to have lost a lot of clarity in processing, even on the original version on smugmug. It's an interesting take on a bit of sand I'm sure I've seen somewhere before ;)

Looking forward to seeing your take on others from the weekend Peter - don't let the fact you have a life, and therefore are only just starting to go through them, put you off posting ;)
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Postby avkomp on Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:29 pm

like 1, simple and effective.

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Postby BT*ist on Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:33 am

I like the third - the ripples becoming indistinct into the background, with the circular mound/hill of sand to draw your eyes to and the waves in the background. For mine, I'd like just a little more foreground on that picture, though.
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