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~ Grand Canyon, Arizona ~

Postby flipfrog on Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:20 pm

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Postby LostDingo on Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:22 pm

I like the panoramic view of the first image but can't say I care a great deal for the second
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Postby Glen on Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:50 pm

I like your first image too Dee. The Australian way of framing the second would be wait till a tourist stood on the right of the telescope, then just frame the comment 'knob to right' and the tourist :wink: Nice to see you can still get something for a quarter
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:46 pm

The first one is beautiful and brilliant, but I like what you've done with the 2nd one as well. I like how the background is out of focus, yet on the binoculars there is a focus button :)
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Postby Frankenstein on Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:53 pm

Glen wrote: The Australian way of framing the second would be wait till a tourist stood on the right of the telescope, then just frame the comment 'knob to right' and the tourist :wink:


Glen, you're a wag!

Dee, I like the 2nd one too - well seen and technically very good.

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Postby flipfrog on Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:25 am

yeah, to be honest, the grand canyon is a hard subject to shoot....its just so damn big and not much you can do to make it different than a generic tourist "snapshot"...on top of it, there was not a cloud in the sky to add to the image :(
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Postby Gordon on Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:08 am

flipfrog wrote:yeah, to be honest, the grand canyon is a hard subject to shoot....its just so damn big and not much you can do to make it different than a generic tourist "snapshot"...on top of it, there was not a cloud in the sky to add to the image :(


You need to wander down into it to get a much better perspective I reckon.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~loomberah/GC.htm
It can be bloody hot down the bottom, even when its quite cool up top. I've been there quite a few times and never get sick of it


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Postby flipfrog on Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:12 am

we actually had snow in the canyon while we were there...

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Postby ABG on Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:11 am

I quite like the second photo Dee. It's good to see something that's been shot to death from a different perspective.
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Postby mudder on Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:29 am

An amazing location, always enjoy shots of the Grand Canyon, I'd love to get there one day...
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:40 pm

Dee

I'm generally a big fan of your work, but this time, not so. #1 here is fine, but #2 just doesn't grab me. I think it's a little TOO humdrum for me and the huge scope on the RHS just unbalances the composition.
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