Painted Hills, a photo from Oregon, West

Photographer's Note

I shot this image just before sunset on one of my excursions through the valley of the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds in Central Oregon.

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pastadog (13111) 2006-05-05 3:36

Incredible shot, Steven. I'm always amazed by the surprises of Nature - and you've captured this one in a remarkable way. I like the framing and the composition, yielding a beautiful abstract. Regards, Daniel

sun_web (665) 2006-05-05 3:36

Beautiful shot Steven!

Nina (5099) 2006-05-05 3:40

Good one Steven! I travelled a long way to get there a couple of yeards ago, but got home without any useable pictures, the light was no good. I see you were able to do a lot better.

tjanze (5674) 2006-05-05 3:47

Hi Steven!
Beautiful detail of painted hills.I like coolors sharpness and composition.Bravo!

axiotea (21651) 2006-05-05 3:50

Hi Steven, amazing colors coming out of this photo...it looks like an abstract painting..
beautiful place and a good POV...TFS..
Marilyn

Keitht (1342) 2006-05-05 4:25

I like the form with the flowing lines of the hills. The colours are spectacular. Scanning Velvia 50 is notoriously difficult and I suspect the white spots on the image come from that and possibly over sharpening.
It is still a well seen image.

sebinho342 (19329) 2006-05-05 5:35

Congratulations for this shot Steven, anothre POV from those great painted hills :)))
The picture is very smooth and nice looking with eyes, colors are so marvelous :)
I love :)

PixelTerror (0) 2006-05-05 6:46

Hi Steven,
A nice graphical picture and very good framing, amazing shapes and colors, the fact we can see neither sky nor people leads to think this view could come from another planet, very nicely done.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

fertxu (323) 2006-05-05 8:23

Hello Steven
Wonderfull shot!! I relly like it.
Regards,Fernando

bibiweb (8) 2006-05-08 0:37

Hi Steven,
This is a very nice series of abstract shots that you have from Painted Hills. This one really looks like some kind of painting with these lines of various colors.
I know I've said this before, but I think that there's something that you're doing to your photos during PP (either sharpening or compression or mixture of both) that's degrading the overall quality of your images and it's too bad.
Regards, Brigitte

fabio_ts (13696) 2006-05-08 3:13

..absolutely a place to see in the future..
it's infinite beauty is always well showed by your pictures Steven, this one is another example.. great work, thanks!!

have a nice week,
Fabio.

marietom (34611) 2006-05-08 4:59

Toujours aussi beau... on ne s'en lasse pas.
Marie

asanak (1972) 2006-05-08 5:16

dear steven
whats a excellent composition and marvellous colours..good work steven!!!
best regards,
asana

Emmie76 (2009) 2006-05-08 6:13

Hi Steven,
Those hills are just full of surprises ! This one really looks like a paint, maybe even more than the rest of your pictures about the Painted Hills.
Nothing else to say. I just love it !
Emma

besir1 (2470) 2006-06-01 3:09

this is absolutely beautiful! I woulkd not change anything.

colinbrenchley (6431) 2006-06-10 5:14

Steven
Your cropping to concentrate on the hills only and no sky has produced a remarkable abstract image. Your collection of images from this area are truely superb.
Regards Colin

sadeik (3282) 2007-04-21 15:19

Now this is an excellant peice because of its abstract appeal, well executed composition although some wkite spots seem to be present on my screen. An amazing geological formation that I would be pleased to see great image

Simon