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Published: 2004-12-06 07:21:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 649; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 81
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Mono basin is really an amazingly beautiful place. A lake surrounded by blackend volcanic formations on 3 sides and a wall of Mountain on the the 4th. The lake itself is has been being drained for 50 some odd years and as the water levels have dropped bizarre alien spires have risen above it's suface. Definately a place I need to go back too.CA > Mono Basin > Old Marina
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This picture look like it came out of a game.
I love it!!
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What a capture of an extraordinary location. Mono Lake is so beautiful. I like the way the wooden path draws the viewer into the picture.
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I think you've nailed why this is one of my more popular photos, I've never quite understood it given the quality ( clarity ) isn't that great. But ya it does have that "you are in the photo" effect. Thanks for making that apperant.
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astounding colours and great composition. such a beautiful piece
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thank you. was such a great trip. i hope to do it again this year.
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This is overall an amazing shot. Normally I don't like anything man-made in landscape shots, but I really like the wooden planks here. It's also well-placed in the left third, and the mountain in the right third. The person in the distance is a neat touch-- their silhouette contrasts with the bright grass. The only improvement I would suggest would be to clone out that little sign. The bigger ones near the person are OK... but the closer one on the left is a little distracting. Great capture though!
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i've slowly come to like man made stuff in nature photos. not because i like man made stuff in nature but because it takes away the illusion. it's kind of a subtle stab at at both environmentalists and casual tourists, ( i of course am party to both ). thank you for the suggestions... and the fav
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this is a beautiful shot, it really caught my eye whilst browsing your gallery
really nice combination of colours and texture, well done
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road!!! & what a beautiful place. The golden coloured grasses & the snow capped mountains in the distance. Great shot
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A beautiful place indeed a veritable wonderland. I barely scratched the surface, and is many ways did it an injustice but that is what us photographers do! Thank you! I made a quick stop by you gallery... will spend some more time there a bit later as for the moment I must be off.
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gorgeous shot fella, i love the colors in this one. you really brought out the orange tones of the dry brush and i think it looks great with the vivid blue sky. nice capture
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thank you... try to make them somewhat surreal with out making them unreal....
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great composition...as the title suggests. you really wanna travel that road, and it takes your eye to a beautiful backdrop. the sharp contrast between the grass and the path and the sky and thew mountains makes every stand out beautifully.
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wow - u captured that shot really really well!! luv it!
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thanks and thanks for the
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the colours and composition are amazing - you have a real talent.
did you tweak that in PS or is it raw ?
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it's tweeked. the coloring comes from saturation and contrast adjustments during import from the RAW file. and I darkened the sky and mountains with the burn tool. Thank you!!
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very nice, i love it, the colours are awsome...so nice! faving it!
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thanks and thanks for the
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I like the perspective here leading up to the mountain, very nice. I do feel the mountains seem a bit too dark in comparision with the foreground, kind of gives the image an unbalanced feel, I don't know how else to describe it. But overall a good scene
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I agree about the mountains. I actually burned them a bit to darken them up as they were a bit hazy... if i'd have been thinking I'd l have been working with the channels a bit instead. Don't know what I was thinking. May go back and tweek that in the next day or two.
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love lies bleeding...sorry...you put Elton in my brain.
gorgeous color - is that a little figure walking waaaay in the background?
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i put Elton John on your brain? ahh somebody shot me before i do it to somebody else!!!!!!! 
ya that's somebody walking to the information kiosk. And that's my car between the kiosk and the walking guy.
when one goes to mono lake they are supposed to come back and post photos of the tufa... ah well i may get arround to that.
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aw, are you harshing Elton? Say it ain't so!
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i have nothing to do with it.... it's all Eltons fault.
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all hail elton! 
I actually do worship him. Yes, I know I'm a little odd.
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yes hail elton the emperor with to many cloths!
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its beautiful and i love the complemetary colors in the sky and the grass. it reminds me of one of my favorite places. its up in sacramento, ca at clear lake oaks because the grass looks just like that and theres this single wooden path through the fields. excellent photo.
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hmmm Clear Lake is on the Sacramento side of the Sierra's?
Thanks the whole basin is just amazing... especially if you know anything about geology... just amazing!
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love the clearness of details, and the path of vision is excellent.
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Wow..incredibly beautiful. It has an other-wordly feel to it..nice job capturing a hesitant feeling..should they or shouldn't they go down that road...?
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i like your interpretation.... the hesitaion....
thank you .
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