Wyoming roadkill

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• testmaniac (9978)
• [2008-09-05 20:50]
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Hello Kristaps, nice landscape with very good colors and composition!

TFS and regards,

Phil

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• gneufeld (11148)
• [2008-09-05 20:51]
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Hi Kristaps,
We plan to be travelling this road in about 3 weeks - can hardly wait and hope the weather is as good as you found it. Nice work with the D300 - thats on my agenda very soon too. Well done and TFS. Gerald

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• phwall (2488)
• [2008-09-05 20:51]
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Hi Kristaps,
Great shot, the mountains shrouded in cloud look fantastic.
Good POV and composition, with wonderful light and shade.
The lone telephone pole really looks out of place.
Top shot.
Regards
Peter

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• vmf-214 (566)
• [2008-09-05 21:23]

Hi Kristaps,

Wonderful landscape, The lighting and POV are perfect. Really like the clouds coming over top of the mountain very good composition. Great job Kristaps.

Regards
Jason.

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• ryno (3748)
• [2008-09-05 21:35]

Hi Kristaps,the quality of the light makes this photo stand out for me. I love how it brings out the texture and shadows of the mountain. The low-lying cloud adds drama and atmosphere to the shot. A desolate, even foreboding scene, but beautiful. Good work!
Ryno

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• jjcordier (16607)
• [2008-09-05 21:51]

Kristaps
Somptueux paysage et lumière exceptionnelle dans cette splendide composition dans laquelle les énormes nuages, accrochés au sommet de la montagne, jouent un rôle très important.
Amicalement
JJ

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• Morac (10978)
• [2008-09-05 22:08]

Hello Kristaps,
Great shot, the mountains shrouded in cloud look fantastic.
you perfectly balanced the photograph with the various plans of different colors.
It is beautiful work
Regards
Marc

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• berek (23962)
• [2008-09-05 22:20]

Hi Kristaps,
impressive nature with great clouds. well framed picture. have a nice weekend.
Burak

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• besnard (21977)
• [2008-09-05 22:37]

Bonjour Kristaps
Une magnifique composition tant par les formes que par les couleurs. On se croirait sur une autre planète.
Merci pour le partage et bon week-end.
Nicole

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• danyy (54226)
• [2008-09-05 23:19]
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Bonjour mon ami,
c'est le genre de photo qui me fait vraiment vibrer, c'est avec ce genre de prise de vue, que je me suis décidé à me rendre en Islande l'année prochaine.
POV au top avec un cadrage qui n'inbclut que des choses interessantes.
Excellent week-end.
Daniel.

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• zeca (18572)
• [2008-09-05 23:31]
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I would love to cross the Wyoming one day, Kristaps. I love this natural scenery! The lights are great and the dark clouds makes beautiful contrast. Well done!
Regards,
Zeca

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• aadilj (11490)
• [2008-09-06 1:06]

The cloud seems like a huge enck of the mountain which it has stuck out to gobble up the skies! I love the colours and textures that you have got here along with the wide view

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• trekks (9774)
• [2008-09-06 1:20]
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hi Kristaps

I will follow your suggestion and ride this road for this delightful glimpse of evening view with warm sunlight falling on the side of rock faces with nice presence of thick clouds to finish up the scene.

Good sharpness and DOF from f/13 choice. And ISO400 is still good to get fast shutter. tfs

bill

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• baba_flies (5009)
• [2008-09-06 1:22]
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It is wonderful out here and this is what I meant, just drive, sometimes stop, a little food and back to the car, and this goes and goes for hours sometimes. Last year, in Colorado, we came back from the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (great great park and less visited than many others) and it was a dangerous road with no side fence to hold you when coming off the road - and I guess it would have been the end if an accident happens - when all of the sudden a huge heavy bear ran over the street and this was the wildest surprise because I never thought they came to this area but what a treat, he seemed very busy so no chance for a picture. When I see your photo I am not sure which direction to go next year (I was planning on something else, something more beach-like). So, no more of this, Sir, ... please please please ... otherwise I change my mind again :)))) Fantastic light, fantastic scenery, a great dedication for the DON. I am sure he loves it, but probably he is still sleeping in after a heavy night ... Barbara.

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• bracasha75 (14537)
• [2008-09-06 1:55]

Helo kristaps
What to say
EXTRAORDINARY nature scene
Excellent moment in time
Bravo
Cheers,Braca

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• fulvio52 (5326)
• [2008-09-06 3:33]
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Fantastic shot, Kristaps!!! THANK YOU, my friend!
IMNAAHO : to take good pictures out West you've got to understand the western light FIRST, which is a whole different ball game than what we outsiders are used to. That's why plenty good western compositions turn unfortunately sour when showing up on TE : dull lighting is a constant.
Well, it didn't take you an eyewink (same applies to Kristine) to master THAT light! My compliments : it took me MUCH longer than that, and I still got a loooooong way to go.
The light quality in this one is top notch! It brings out those magnificent rock textures while enhancing shapes and shadowplay to the max. And you fully deserve those great clouds on a perfectly framed, wonderful landscape!
Off she goes into my faves. She would have anyway, also without your kind dedication.
GREAT JOB, thanks for sharing!
Have a good weekend, I'll see ya soon.

The Don

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• Greg1949 (6110)
• [2008-09-06 3:50]

Kristaps, you may have had some bad weather but you surely had some good weater as well. This scene is awesome and the detail is fantastic, this sure seems to have been a trip well worth the effort and money. Great capture.

Greg

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• delkoo (26013)
• [2008-09-06 6:03]

hi kristaps
what a moment you caught there ! In such a remote place and marvelous one, i guess the moment was magical and you share well this feeling with us.


didier

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• MarcT (15842)
• [2008-09-06 6:30]

Hi Kristaps,
Superb place, light, clouds and colours. Nice comment and bear also.
Have a nice WE.
Marc

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• dareco (12015)
• [2008-09-06 7:57]

BEAUTIFULLLLLLL landscape, and I love the lighting and colors. The sky also looks great! TFS and have a happy day!

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• Floydian (26900)
• [2008-09-07 5:52]
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Kristaps ;-)
Seems you and Kristine had a nice trip to this wonderful park. Landscapes there can be spectacular which you prove here. Although the image is a bit wooly (correct English?), i like your view and the colours in here. Of course that big warm cloud adds a lot in the photo, but also on the composition it's a strong picture.
In '94 i stayed the night in Cody and drove the next morning to Yellowstone, you are right, a great road to drive with wonderful views. Nice bear encounter, i have also one from my last trip, will post it in the coming weeks/months.
Take care, Henk

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• avene (6756)
• [2008-09-07 6:13]
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didn't I see someone yawning on the road while in Wyoming?! :P but you're right, 99% of the time I was glued to the window of the car or demanding an urgent stop to take a photo of this, that, and may be two those as well. love the layered light and textures, especially the soft and puffy clouds topping everything like a whipped cream on cookies. the shadow in the foreground works well to add depth to the scene. beautiful!

hugs,
K.

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• Polonaise (17687)
• [2008-09-07 10:38]
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What a scenery, Kristaps...!!!
Wyoming - you said ...?
One of these days, brother... One of these days...
Gotta go there..

g.
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The bottom part of it ...?
It looks like some sort of cut and stitch - isn't it ?
Just an extra value for this charmer - i guess...

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g

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• molla (5460)
• [2008-09-07 13:44]
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Hej Kristaps,
It's like this landscape can never ever be anything else than American, they are so specific and iconographic and you've framed them in a marvelous light. Just envy you a lot. and I'm sure there be people willing to kill (not people but other things to have this view)
Anders

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• belido (10027)
• [2008-09-07 17:22]

Hi Kristpas,

great nature's presentation (and of you too). The golden lights work perfectly in here. I also like ow the clouds fill the upper part. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

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• gunbud (19510)
• [2008-09-07 18:38]

Hi Kristaps,
I agree that this is wonderfully scenic highway.
The spectacular bluff catch light in shadows in a way that the strange colors play tricks with ones eyes.
Great textures to the bluffs that are seen in brilliant light.
The features that puts this one over the top is the dramatic cloud bank sitting gently on the beautiful bluff.
Regards, Tom

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• PixelTerror (75778)
• [2008-09-08 3:44]

Hi Kristaps,
Wow this big developping cloud is impressive and adds a contrasting bonus to the nice warm light hitting the mountain, like it !
Have a nice day JY

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• sagar (1877)
• [2008-09-08 8:09]

Hi Kristaps,
This is probably one of your best..(though I have not been able to keep a track of your other posts of late). Amazing compo,the landscape looks stunning, witht he miox of those rugged colors.
Wonderful shot,
Regards,
Sagarneel.

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• Waylim (4185)
• [2008-09-08 10:33]

Kristaps,
Looks like you encountered some severe weather up there, it's hard to predict the weather up in the mountian. It can in theory ruin your trip. I have a friend who went to Yellowstone a couple of year ago, it was foggy and rainy, he stayed ther for 5 days and didn't really see much of anything. It seem you have a few good days. This one is very dramatic the way the clouds moved in. The sun shining on the Yellow Stone, illuminating golden tone on the landscape. just beautiful. Excellent work as always. Thanks my friend.
Way

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• Wandering_Dan (3369)
• [2008-09-08 11:09]

Hi, Kristaps -

Gorgeous scene, and great handling of tricky light.

Dan

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• denisn72 (4640)
• [2008-09-08 17:17]

Hi Kristaps
Stunning landscape! It seems huge and imposing! I like the enormous clouds and the contrast. Amazing light, details and colours as usual. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Best regards
Denis!

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• mphotographies (1474)
• [2008-09-08 22:52]

Hey Kristaps,

Hahaha...obviously you survived the stampede huh. Lovely warm ambient hues just makes you sit back and relax the golden hour.

All the best :)

Jom

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• cfreire (8759)
• [2008-09-10 5:16]

Hi Kristaps,
splendid shot. It's impressive and beautiful. the colors and contrasts are superbs. the clouds complement this great landscape. good pov and framing. Best regards, Consuelo

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• marietom (22357)
• [2008-09-10 9:34]

hello Kristaps,

What a landscape you took here ! Wonderful colors, and very good composition.
J'aime beaucoup ce gros nuage qui vient couronner la montagne.
Bonne journée
Marie

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• gracious (14211)
• [2008-09-11 0:55]

Hello Kristaps,
Beautiful landscape with the best golden sunlight over it!
the pov is perfect with great sharpness, awesome colour and superb details in the image, the clouds formation is truly awesome too
many thanks for the sharing
cheers
Tony

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• plimrn (16610)
• [2008-09-13 19:15]
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Hi Kristaps,
What a dramatic composition with the the heavy dark clouds providing a BG for the sunny sweep of the terraced red hills and golden fields. Then you capture the tops of the clouds against a clear blue sky!! WOWZA!!!
I don't really understand the title.
HLJ, Pat

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• Wanda1 (8761)
• [2008-09-17 20:49]

Hi Kristaps,
It's the clouds in this image so white and fluffy blanketing the warm tones and textures of the rocks that I find great. A lovely feeling of wide open space and just beautiful nature.
Regards
Wanda

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• jvachon (522)
• [2008-09-26 16:09]

hello Kristaps,
WOW, what a shot! I have been on that road and it well worth the trip.
Wonderful capture here with the evening light.
There is so much definition in the landscape.
Well done,
Joni

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• noborders (13441)
• [2008-10-01 0:45]
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It's great that you have left the electrical pole, a rather incongruous object in this wild land, now I see the tip of another one on the right : they are in evidence because of the dark BG and without them, I would have been less interested in this photo as they are giving more indications about the vastness and the grandeur of this scenery...

Really spectacular, beautiful light !
But personally, I have been more "seduced" by your misty, so beautiful from Yellowstone, so inspiring and (for me), full of feelings and emotions - well, these climatic conditions don't last of course !

Friendly regards,
Cath.
:))

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• hispic (4922)
• [2008-10-01 2:52]

Hello Kristaps,
What amazing light! beautiful light and color indeed, moreover big puffy cloud is exquisitely flying up from the mountain. Impressive shot.
Have a nice day, Hisashi