sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by Gallatin:
Beautiful shot

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by briantammy:
you shouldn't feel embarrassed for your shot. i think one of the key ingredients to being a good photographer is getting off your butt and putting yourself where you need to be. great job!

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by pointandshoot:
Great job Lev. Your processing choices are inspiring, you needed a special and unique eye to accomplish this placement.

Travail du fer
by LevT

Comment by Louison:
Lovely light, color and mood. I too like the glow of this.

In fact, "travail du fer" means "work of the iron". Wrought iron, as the final product, is called "fer forgé". :)

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by bergiekat:
Well deserved ribbon! Absolutely amazing shot. I like your "color" view better. :)

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by aKiwi:
Hi Lev, Congratulations on a Blue ribbon.
Great photo. too.

Cheers Peter

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by LevT:

Originally posted by Melethia: You needed to rake the sand first... :-) Congrats on the ribbon, and being exceptionally well prepared to get the shot you wanted, and getting that shot then working it to the way you wanted it, and being probably the most well-traveled member of DPC. Oh, and those are some seriously sensual striations. I'd probably have more fun just looking at the rocks than shooting them.

thanks Deb! Actually, believe it or not, these striations look better in photos than in real life. It is so dark in there that our eyes do not see much color except the openings where the sunlight is seeping through... but the camera does, given enough exposure. This shot was taken right near the entrance so it was pretty light and only took 1 sec of exposure. Deep in the canyon the typical exposure was 10-15s at 200 ISO (which was problematic because tourists kept walking in the scene in the middle of it :))

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by snaz:
That's a stunner

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by pix-al:
What a cool location.

I prefer your manipulated colour tones too.

Well done.

sand and sandstone
by LevT

Comment by Neil:
Beautiful Lev! Great exposure and colors. Congratulations on the blue!