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At the Crossing - The Rock III


 

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At the Crossing - The Rock III
At the Crossing - The Rock III
This one is for my friend Bill Wyatt. aperture = F/25, shutter = 1 second, lens = Tamron 28-75 @ 47mm, location = Red Rock Crossing,Sedona, AZ. 3221Bogen/remote release -1/3exp.comp. Polorizer + ND .3, replaced sky in PS 7 Layers, clone, healing, blur tool.

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Gorgeous!!!! What can I say...one of the best landscapes I have ever seen...breath taking!! Good Job!


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February 06, 2007

 
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  Randy, excellent colors, detail, clarity, exposure, lighting and DOF.


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February 06, 2007

 
- Robert K. Bemus

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  Wow!!!


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February 06, 2007

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  This is gorgeous, Randy!!


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February 07, 2007

 

Grace Watts
  Awesome capture!


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February 07, 2007

 
- GianAngelo Monchieri

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  A amazing sunset and nice composition. Wish I were there. Best compliments


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February 07, 2007

 
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  Fabulous landscape...I know Bill will love it!

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February 07, 2007

 

Christina C. Moore
  Nice moody sky. Beautiful work!


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February 07, 2007

 

Jessica Jenney
  Stunningly beautiful, Randy!


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February 07, 2007

 
- Erica Murphy

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  This took my breath away Randy! AWESOME!!!

Erica


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February 07, 2007

 

Bill Wyatt
  Wow Randy this is beautiful! Thanks I do appreciate it. The sky is fantastic and so is the scenery!! Terrific job!!


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February 07, 2007

 

Nadya Johnson
  Wow! This is SPECTACULAR!! Love the lighting. Love that stormy sky! Incredibly dramatic! Great work, Randy!


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February 07, 2007

 

Orsi
  So beautiful!!Wonderful job,Randy!!Love it!!


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February 07, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Cara, Janine, Robert, Colette, Grace, Monchieri, Candice, Christina, Jessica, Erica, Nadya and Bill Wyatt who convinced me to replace the sky in this image and then was unselfish enough to tell me how. Thanks Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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February 07, 2007

 
- Claudia Kuhn

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  Beautiful scene Randy! Love those red rocks!


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February 07, 2007

 

Robert R. Goodman
  My friend,thats most beautiful sky I've ever seen over the rocks.Wonderful effects,and a winner!!!!!


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February 07, 2007

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  WOOOOOOOW the colors in this image are dazzling..so beautiful and the scene is exquisite with wonderfully sharp focus and beautifully composed, Randy!!


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February 07, 2007

 
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  Lovely colours and composition here Randy, great work on the effects...Dominick


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February 08, 2007

 

Ronald F. Fischer
  Holy Cow; can you spell WINNER!!


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February 08, 2007

 
- Mitch Spence

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  Just extraordinarily beautiful.


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February 08, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  I really appreciate your comments Claudia, Robert, Melissa, Dominick, Ronald, and Mitch.


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February 08, 2007

 

Remi Trepanier
  Amazing shot Randy! Perfect sky, lighting and colors!!! Awesome effect in the river!!


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February 08, 2007

 

John Connolly
  WOW! What a stunning presentation Randy! Fantastic effects!!


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February 08, 2007

 
- Kay E. Mahoney

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  Fantastic capture. Awesome colors and scene. Love your photos.


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February 08, 2007

 

Derek D. Dafoe
  Fantastic image Randy, super PhotoShop too !!


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February 09, 2007

 

cheryl m. phillips
  Just beautiful!
Gorgeous colors..
Wonderful job!
~cp


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February 09, 2007

 

Erin Appelbaum
  Randy, How can I compete with this? This is absolutely gorgeous.


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February 10, 2007

 

Terri L. Scribner
  What else can be said? Outstanding landscape!!


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February 10, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Rimi, John, Kay, Derek, Cheryl, Peter, and Terri.


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February 10, 2007

 

Glenn E. Urquhart
  Absolutely Stunning Image, Randy!!! Like the layers of color, lighting, contrast, WELL Composed and quite beautiful!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn.


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February 10, 2007

 

Zenon Toczek
  Just super!
zenon


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February 10, 2007

 

Steven M. Siwek
  wow. the beauty of Arizona is truly awesome, and you have a great talent for capturing its glory. Great job


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February 10, 2007

 

Dirkje Diana Fem. Reuvekamp
  Wonderful..The colours are very nice..i like this picture very much..
Dirkje;)


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February 16, 2007

 

Stephanie Thibaudeau
  Hi Randy!
Oh wow, this is soooo stunning! It has captured the beauty of Sedona! Great job!!! :-)


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February 27, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Glenn, Zenon, Steven, Dirkje, and Stephanie!


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February 27, 2007

 
- Kay E. Mahoney

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  Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round.


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March 22, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Kay


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March 22, 2007

 

Shawn Jennings
  Congratulations on your finalist Randy!


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March 23, 2007

 

Stephanie Thibaudeau
  Congrats Randy on your beautiful finalist!!


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March 23, 2007

 

Rachel McKinnie
  Congrats on this awesome finalist, Randy!!!


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March 23, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Shawn, Stephanie, and Rachel.


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March 23, 2007

 
- Mitch Spence

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  Kudoes again, Randy, for this beautiful shot. Congrats.


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March 23, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  thank you Mitch!


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March 23, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Wow, another one! Congrats on your finalist! This is beautiful. I love the feeling of depth, and the beauty of this place makes me wish I could see it!


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March 23, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Carol.


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March 23, 2007

 

Sue L. Cullumber
  Randy - Gorgeous comp. and colors! This is great - congrats!


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March 23, 2007

 
- Kay E. Mahoney

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  Randy, Congratulations on your beautiful second place winner.


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March 24, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Kay and Sue.


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March 24, 2007

 
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  Randy, congratulations on your Second Place Win.


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March 24, 2007

 

Jesus M. Salazar
  Congratulations on this beautiful second place winner Randy!!!
Jesus


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March 25, 2007

 

Sharon Day
  Simply gorgeous, Randy!!! Congratulations!


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March 25, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Janine, Jesus, Sharon, and thank you Bill Wyatt who deserves at least half of this win. Most of all Thank you BETTER PHOTO for giving us this wonderful place to share our craft.


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March 25, 2007

 

AMALIA Veralli
  Great winning image!! Congratulations!!


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March 25, 2007

 

Karamatullah Danyal
  Beautiful DA Randy, I like how you modified the background to match the front. Congratulations on a fine win.


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March 25, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Congrats on your beautiful winner Randy!!


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March 25, 2007

 

Bill Wyatt
  Congratulations Randy this is so beautiful. I knew it was going to be a winner!!!


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March 25, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Amalia, Karamatullah, Carol and Bill.


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March 25, 2007

 

Mary Timman
  Beautifully made. Congratulations. It's beautiful!


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March 26, 2007

 

Jennifer L. Skrutsky
  this picture is AMAZING!!!


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March 26, 2007

 

Robert R. Goodman
  A big Congratulations My friend.It is truly a beautiful image!!!!!


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March 26, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Mary, Jennifer and Robert.


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March 26, 2007

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Congratulations to you Randy!!


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March 27, 2007

 
- Claudia Kuhn

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  Gorgeous view and scene Randy, wonderful image congrats on your win!


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March 27, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Colette, and Claudia


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March 27, 2007

 
- Larry L. Redmon

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  Congratulations Randy. Great Job!


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March 28, 2007

 

Patrick R. McMullen
  Congratulations! Great color on it and the sky is very nice too.
Pat


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April 04, 2007

 

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  I can't agree with all the previous comments. The first thing I thought when I opened this picture was 'that sky really looks fake'. And it was. In my opinion, if you can't capture the scene adequately at the time of exposure, at least make your manipulation convincing. Mainly, it is the border between sky and earth that is a bit obvious...


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April 15, 2007

 

Mick Burkey
  A wonderful work of art, Randy. And well deserving of the second place win.

BTW, I couldn't disagree more with Dan C. The first thing I thought when opening this picture was "how dramatic". It's obvious you are making art, not simply documenting a moment. That's what photojournalists do, IMO. I trust there is room for both here at BP. And while I agree that you want the manipulations to be convincing, that, too, is a subjective decision made by the artist about what was his/her vision and the viewer on what they see.

Keep up the good work, Randy. It is appreciated.


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April 16, 2007

 

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  Well Mick, sure we are making art. However, there are certain basic guidelines that need to be followed in order to produce a convincing image. Most people on this site typically offer nothing more by way of comments than 'awesome photo!', which is pretty useless in terms of improving our photography through constructive critiques. Look at the clouds in this picture: the sun is obviously setting BEHIND the mountains if you were to take this photo at face value, and thus the light in the foreground is completely incongruous with the digitally inserted sky. Agreed that most people wouldn't pick up on this, but I did, and thought the effect was quite displeasing. Randy, keep up the good work, the desert scenes in your gallery are great - much better when you stick to reality in my humble opinion.


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April 16, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  I am flattered that my image is receiving this much attention. I really didn't think it was all that good myself. Thank you Mick for your wonderful defense and by the number of winners (first place x 2 and your many finalist) your opinion of my work is welcomed. And for you, Mr. Dan C. yours is welcome too. It takes many differing taste to make up a site like BP. From a purrest point of view this image doesn't hold water, because of what you pointed out so observently. I didn't intend this image to make sense.
I was at the rock on an overcast morning and the light was purfect for capturing the water and surrounding color because of the defused light which allowed for the slow shutter speed. When I posted this image, Bill Wyatt (another BP member) stated that this was a great winning image if it only had a more dramatic sky. This was my very first attempt at replacing a sky. Because it was a sky from Tuscon facing East at Sunset I knew the light wouldn't match the rock facing South at 8AM in the morning. The colors worked so well, I decided to use it anyway. That is why I entered it into DIGITAL DARKROOM - get it - NO RULES. I welcome your comments, I was surprised that it won myself, but it did and it was because like Bill said, it need a new sky. I entered the original image also, nobody noticed but Bill. Thank you Bill for your Critiqe and suggestion that ended in a winning image. Dan thank you also, it looked fake to me too, because it was! as I stated in my comment on the image.


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April 16, 2007

 

Jim Britt
  Fantastic shot. Obviously a lot of comments here already but I was looking thru your shots, I like this one....I've tried getting this one myself but not nearly as nice as how you have captured it.

My wife and I got married here. Wonderful place. Great job.


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July 28, 2007

 

Ken Slade
  Stunning photo with amazing colors, light, and clarity. Congratulations!


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August 03, 2007

 

Patricia Ronan
  Beautiful colours and scenery. Congratulations on your Win:)


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August 13, 2007

 

Steven E. Ray
  Your Sedona photos are mesmerizing! Your talent behind the camera is self-evident :) This one is just amazing...


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September 03, 2007

 

Bart Aldrich
  This is one of the better pix of Sedona I've seen. Did one show there last year but didn't have time to shoot, but want to yet.
You are a super star here I think with all those wonderful shots and awards. Congrats and thanks for your comment on mine!
Bart A


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September 06, 2007

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Jim, Kim, Patricia, Steven, and Bart.


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September 06, 2007

 

Eugenio Diaz
  Hi Randy, Thank you so much for the tip, and the image is awesome. Congratulations on your win, and your gallery is excellent!
Eugenio


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September 17, 2007

 
- Joseph M. Muench

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  Absolutely beautiful image Randy. I just keep looking at it!
-Joe


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March 08, 2008

 

randy dannheim
  Thank you Joe.


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March 08, 2008

 

Audrey K. Kanekoa-Madrid
  This is sooo beautiful! Thank you for posting :)


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February 19, 2009

 
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