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Photographer’s Note

Although sand is making but a small part of the desert (see my earlier post ) it is a very picturesque part and the most pictured one. My previous picture was taken early in the morning. This one is taken in the same
area just before sunset. The red filter makes it very contrasted.
One might regret the footprints as they seem to imply the place is not so desert. In fact the reverse is true: Footprints like the ones here may be monthes old ! Just think : When was the last rain ? or the last storm ? Something I experienced about the desert is its different time scale. People seeing my pictures of the desert often imagine one must feel very small in there. They are thinking of a spatial scale. To me the difference in time scale was the most impressive. I felt small indeed but it was the scale of my individual story that felt small not my six feet and a few inches :)
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Tassili N'Ajjer Teesras Dunes
Kodak TMax 100
Olympus OM1 Zuiko 35-105mm f3.5 Red Filter
Spot light metering with hand meter set to ISO 64. That setting does not entirely compensate for the filter. Hence a global under-exposure of the film.

supereira, Robbienight, qpochet, weswang, riclopes, jhm, robiuk, HNIK, capthaddock, aznegrao, singuanti, apazevedo, jimmj63, maddjock has marked this note useful

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redrubin (398) 2006-02-24 6:34 [Comment]

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supereira (9576) 2006-02-24 6:42

Great shot.I like the B&W choice.Good composition and point of view.Good contrasts,light and sharpness.Good job!

cobraphil8 (11650) 2006-02-24 6:47

Bonjour Philippe,
cette photo N&B est très belle, et puis ce filtre rouge est une bonne idée pour accentuer les contrastes.
Je préfère nettement cette version à celle couleur.
Très bonne note, juste par rapport à ce que le désert évoque.
Bon WE
Philippe

Robbienight (613) 2006-02-24 6:58

Very nice shot, well done. Yhe contrasts in this B&W are really good and intense. And those curving lines on the sand give a very special effect.

qpochet (1378) 2006-02-24 6:59

Bonjour Philippe,

Très jolie vue du désert. Le N&B lui va très bien. Très bons contrastes. On dirait un paysage lunaire. Note très intéressante également.
Bien vu!
Quentin.

devimeuxbe (55673) 2006-02-24 18:04

Bonsoir Philippe
Les ombre ssont giganstesques. C'est bien fait et encore accentué par le noir et blanc.
Bell eimage
Bertrand

weswang (18223) 2006-02-24 18:08

Hi Philippe, You have well captured the ripples on the sand. Nice to see the effect of the shadows in this picture. I think the contrast is a little too strong, a reason a guess of why you have used B&W for this looking like an old aged picture.
Nice Open view to make people feel small.

mdetay (4265) 2006-02-24 22:07

Philippe,

Très belle composition. Le filtre rouge a été utile !
Le débat sur les trace de pied reste entier. Son interprétation également.
Dans tous les cas bien vu.
Bien amicalement
MD

maphoto (8076) 2006-02-24 22:48

Bonjour Philippe, une belle composition et conversion au N&B, lumière et ombrage donne un charme à votre composition, bon cadrage, bravo.

riclopes (32857) 2006-02-25 5:58

Bonjour Philippe,
Amazing dramatic result! The long shadows of sunset, the strong contrasts and the B&W option, make this a very intense image, with a very expressive sand surface.
And don't usually like heavy pp and in spite of some noise in the sky, I like very much this artistic result. Congratulations!
Merci,
Best regards,
Ricardo

jemaflor (38827) 2006-02-25 6:00

Salut Philippe,
En couleur ou en N&B ce paysage de dune et de sable est magnifique, ici le N&B est bien vu car avec les contrastes accentués il valorise l'effet des rides sur le sable.

jhm (81687) 2006-02-25 11:06

Bonjour Philippe,
Great graphical picture through the wrinkles in foreground, nevertheless a black and white image but with very nice contrasts, excellent composition too!
Have a nice sunday.
Amitiés,
John.

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-02-25 12:05

Bonsoir Philippe,
bien compris pour les traces de pas:-))
Bon choix pour le NB, on a les éléments essentiels, la lumière, les contrastes et les formes. Tout est bien placé dans l'image et l'ambiance est palpable à travers les forts contrastes,dus a un soleil bas et une ombre qui s'étend alors que le soleil direct illumine les parties éclairées.
Compliments
jean Michel

papagolf21 (55956) 2006-02-25 14:45

Bonsoir Philippe,
Il n'y a pas à dire l'argentique a encore du bon, voire du très bon. Il y a une part de nostalgie en voyant cette photo dont les contrastes ressortent à merveille.
Il y a également ce fameux petit grain qui fait tout le sel de ce genre de prise de vue.
Très bien fait !
Amitiés.
Philippe

robiuk (10763) 2006-02-26 10:50

Wooow,
Excellent b/w and use of light here, Philippe!
ALl these shadows and curved lines - very graphic and dramatic at the same time.
I guess this one is a true success!
Robi

bantonbuju (48334) 2006-02-26 11:06

hi philippe,
i like the way the red filter stretched the contrasts on this image, it is a very good fnal result: light and shadowed areas well balanced;
best wishes, j.

Jeppe (18623) 2006-02-26 16:47

Hi Phillippe - a fine work indeed - I like the way the texture of the sand gives us exstra depth in the image -
My compliment.

coco (27588) 2006-02-26 16:59

Hi Philippe.
The black and white works very well and the composition is good.
Perhaps there is a bite of disturbing noise, anyway a very interesting shot.

Regards.

barrufeto_77 (25611) 2006-02-27 1:06

Hi Philippe.

100% agree with Coco about his comments. The B&W in this picture makes the picture different, unusual.

It's a pity the noise.

Regards, Oscar

HNIK (1104) 2006-03-02 3:04

Hi Philippe!
Very nice picture,excellent in B&W, the narrow lines of the shadows are very interesting in B&W.Great work
Best Regards

capthaddock (28640) 2006-03-03 7:36

Hi Philippe - I am very curious about this place, the dunes look just like what I always thought the sahara would look like , the BW works nicely to bring out the shadows.

aznegrao (10230) 2006-03-07 11:55

Hi Philippe!!!
Gosto muito do incrivel padrão criado com esse corte. Otimos tons, contrastes e texturas.
Great work.
Rgds.
Friend.
aznegrao.

singuanti (15240) 2006-03-09 22:52

Hi Philippe. What an outstanding shot this is. My only suggestion would be to run a noise filter across the sky. But the light and shadows are both amazing. Awesome b/w Philippe!!

danyy (67958) 2006-03-10 2:49

Bonjour Philippe,
la lumière rasante détache la moindre aspérité et le moindre petit relief des ondulations de cette dune. Montrant les caprices du vent mais aussi les pas de l'homme qui s'estompent à la longue et disapraissent. Le désert finit toujours par tout 'gober'.
Un bon cadrage qui ne s'encombre pas d'un ciel sans intérêt ici.
Est-ce que le filtre cokin rouge apporte quelque chose de plus à une photo n&b ?
Du bon travail en tout cas.
Compliments.
Daniel.

apazevedo (5469) 2006-03-11 12:07

An excellent note, Philippe; the photo is also very good, I like it very much, mainly because of the high contrast and also for the "lunar feeling". Very special light and shadows, good work!

zou (221) 2006-04-28 19:48

I like the black dune and the waves drawing

Photo Information

Copyright: Philippe Remels (premels) (2400)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2005-12-18
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus OM-1, Olympus Zuiko 35-105mm f3.5, Kodak T-Max 100, Cokin 003 Red
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-02-24 6:30