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Uploaded: 08/15/13 12:37 AM GMT
Mountains of the Desert
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This is South-Eastern California, where the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts meet the Rocky Mountains. It's also the location of Joshua Tree, national park. The sky was quite unnatural, with fog and smog layers to the West above the mountains, and then deep blue and clouds above the desert. I intended cropping most of the sky before realizing how much it resembled the tonal range of the mountains below.

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::Ramad
08/15/13 3:27 PM GMT
Lots o different textures and tones here Doug. Also the sky looks good even though it is not in colour.
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Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.
.0930_23
08/15/13 3:52 PM GMT
I always think of Gram Parsons, when I hear Joshua Trees, Doug.
Love the tones.

TicK

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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::tigger3
08/15/13 5:28 PM GMT
Excellent is the first word that popped into my head Doug.
Tigs♥ =^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::danika
08/15/13 6:07 PM GMT
I like your low perspective with this scene, Doug. Excellent textures & sky looks great.
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I LOVE LABS!!!
::LakeMichigan
08/15/13 11:50 PM GMT
Great contrasts and tones Doug.
Beautiful scene and image .
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WILD & FREE ... PROTECT THE AMERICAN MUSTANG !!
::trixxie17
08/16/13 12:16 AM GMT
This is a real beauty Doug with such a myriad of tones and textures.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
.picardroe
08/16/13 11:46 AM GMT
WELL CAPTURED GOUG.
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::CDHale
08/16/13 2:17 PM GMT
A feast for the eyes, Doug. Very nice.
-Christie
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.icedancer
08/16/13 9:57 PM GMT
Magnificent Doug, you are the best at this
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Have a Beautiful Bright Day, Skates
.unclejoe85
08/25/13 8:33 PM GMT
It works Doug, real nice.
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.Eubeen
08/28/13 1:39 AM GMT
A nice sharp capture of the desert scene Doug.
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Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane. -- Philip K. Dick, Valis

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