Alain Briot
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This photograph was taken in the Spring of 2010 after a series of rainstorm that left a temporary lake at Badwater, in Death Valley National Park.
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This photograph was taken in the Spring of 2010 after a series of rainstorm that left a temporary lake at Badwater, in Death Valley National Park.
Ken Tanaka
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Like many, maybe most, of your landscapes this is, at its surface, a surreal scene. Otherworldly.
Asher Kelman
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This photograph was taken in the Spring of 2010 after a series of rainstorm that left a temporary lake at Badwater, in Death Valley National Park.
Alain,
I was happy to see the image. The dynamic of the foreground, rolling out like the tire track of some giant Mars rover, is striking. The view into a water-filled gorge does has a positive esthetic. Still, I wondered, "but is it a thing of beauty?" I held back from that and from replying. I asked instead, could it be that the picture one would frame is handsome but the scene itself has no beauty?
Ken's comment may provide the answer:
Ken,
I think, once again, you are one step ahead of me! What we see is indeed other-worldly. It appears real enough for another universe. If that is surreal, then we might agree.
Asher
charlie chipman
New member
How lucky for us that this is our world and you were there to share it with us Alain.
This view is very memorable.
This view is very memorable.
Rachel Foster
New member
Beautiful. That's the sort of thing I'd be delighted to hang in my home. Now if only I could shoot like that......
Edward Bussa
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Alien and Temporal. I'm jealous.
I'm always more attached to my images that have a fleeting quality. Personally, I place a higher value on an image that I know doesn't have much of a chance of being repeated.
The sharp angles on the ridges in the distance are surprisingly angular. Images that surprise my eyes are always exciting too.
I'm always more attached to my images that have a fleeting quality. Personally, I place a higher value on an image that I know doesn't have much of a chance of being repeated.
The sharp angles on the ridges in the distance are surprisingly angular. Images that surprise my eyes are always exciting too.