Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by dustin03:
Ah ha, there is color and life in a desert! :) Lovely shot. Perhaps it may be that the details are lost due to resizeing, but I hope that your larger photo shares this...won't knock down points for this...good luck.

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by vtruan:
excellent habitat shot.

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by pottersclay75:
Very good. Great colors and sharpness. You also captured a great depth by photographing the flowers at this angle.

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by emorgan49:
Lovely! Lets use this as an example of leading lines! The line of flowers leads INTO the photo and makes the viewer both feel like part of the scene and want to look at it longer; Then the mini lines: a line of flowers leading to the far mountains and a line of flowers on the left leading to the main batch. Similarly the color yellow dupicates the flower shapes in leading lines. The yellow is so dynamis while the other colors in the picture are soothing and passive. Wow! Critiisim: is the horizon ever so slightly tilted down on the left? Thats a pet peeve of mine. 9

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by Nelzie:
Very nice capture. The main thing that I would change is to crop/tilt the image slightly to overcome the very slight horizon issue. There are a considerable number of people that will mark down for the minor tweak you have in your horizon here.

The only other thing that I would do is play with some of individual color saturation levels to bring out a little more of the blues, yellows and perhaps the greens as well.

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by dartompkins:
Exceptional. Who knew weeds could be so nice.

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by Mary Ann Melton:
Amazing how these plants grow in the desert sands! Beautiful shot!

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by strangeghost:
Overall a very nice shot, one that I would certainly like to emulate. However, I think you could have done more with levels, curves and contrast. For example, the blue sky and clouds should "pop" a bit more. The mountains along the horizon should also stand out a bit sharper. With the advantage of advanced editing rules, you can do these things and not compromise the integrity of your photo.

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by Kavey:
Nice curve to the flower patch. Lovely colours.

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment by SandyP:
Nice picture! I like the way there are no footprints in the sand. Gives it a real professional looking quality.