Sprawl
by spiritualspatula

Comment by MaryO:
I was thinking how lazy he looked and then I scrolled down and saw your title ;-) I guess you can afford to act like you own the garden when you have spikes and fangs!

ivana
by spiritualspatula

Comment by ivki:
Derek thank you very much for making the b&w version from the photo. I really like it. I've decided to go with the color version, because i was surprised to get that kind of green tones from that particular lake:) I like the feeling I'm getting from the b&w version. I might try to do one myself, just so I can have some practice in the processing. I̢۪ll post the result so I can get your comments again, they are really helpful. Thanks!

ivana
by spiritualspatula

Comment by tome:
I LIKE! :)

Desert Vista
by spiritualspatula

Comment by colorcarnival:
I wish the perspective included more of the sky. It's gorgeous. I think all the textures of the rock compete with it. Is that a road down there on the right? That acts as a nice reference for how high you were when taking this shot.

Desert Vista
by spiritualspatula

Comment by FourPointX:
is this hdr? awesome colors. by the standard you've set for your landscape shots though, i'd call it non-descript.

Lurking
by spiritualspatula

Comment by giantmike:
I love the color tones throughout this photo.

Lurking
by spiritualspatula

Comment by HarveyG:
Having pulled out the warmth in this image (hear comes the egg on my face) means you have PP'd the image. NG don't allow it. Only dodge and burn, multi shot HDR and cropping. Again, you could have gone to the Amazon, had a thick canopy and no warm light at all coming through, tough call. Great DOF, well focused and creepy sinister feel. These damn things evoke all sorts of emotion, none of them love and adoration. So the shot, by nature of the subject, tells a story. An absolute must I believe for NG. Published? A fair chance if the bottom OOF area were cropped a bit higher.

Lurking
by spiritualspatula

Comment by KarenNfld:
That's cool.

In Process
by spiritualspatula

Comment by colorcarnival:
you are a nut. climb up a tree to sneak up on some wild hive bees. lol so did you use your flash? That will teach them for not paying attention. Crazy man!

Tonal Stratum
by spiritualspatula

Comment by colorcarnival:
lol it doesn't get more minimal than this, does it? oh, silly voters...