John Holbrook
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Thursday’s Task: Flat—your interpretation. My examples below:
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT
Shiprock, NM
Barn, Iowa
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Thursday’s Task: Flat—your interpretation. My examples below:
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT
Shiprock, NM
Barn, Iowa
AlanLichty
Moderator
I love the collapsing cabin in the last image John.
Not a lot of flat in my area but I'm good if water works for this theme
Badwater sunrise:
Sunset at Harris Beach:
Beverly Beach:
One more Beverly Beach:
Coquille Beach in Bandon:
Not a lot of flat in my area but I'm good if water works for this theme
Badwater sunrise:
Sunset at Harris Beach:
Beverly Beach:
One more Beverly Beach:
Coquille Beach in Bandon:
AlanLichty
Moderator
I love the collapsing cabin in the last image John.
Not a lot of flat in my area but I'm good if water works for this theme
Badwater sunrise:
Sunset at Harris Beach:
Beverly Beach:
One more Beverly Beach:
Coquille Beach in Bandon:
Not a lot of flat in my area but I'm good if water works for this theme
Badwater sunrise:
Sunset at Harris Beach:
Beverly Beach:
One more Beverly Beach:
Coquille Beach in Bandon:
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Beautiful “flat” series—it’s difficult to choose a favorite. And yes, water definitely is a good “flat” interpretation—especially calmer water! I love the Badwater sunrise image and the stunning Harris Beach image as well. I also favor the second Beverly Beach image—love the cloudscape and its reflection! Thank you for sharing this collection.I love the collapsing cabin in the last image John.
Not a lot of flat in my area but I'm good if water works for this theme
Badwater sunrise:
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Sunset at Harris Beach:
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Beverly Beach:
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One more Beverly Beach:
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Coquille Beach in Bandon:
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Kyle Jones
Moderator
I don't really do "flat" - I tend to like mountains and rushing water. How about something with the word "flat" in the name? Here are a couple of shots of Flathead Lake.
1) The bay was frozen, so this should qualify as flat.
2) Flathead lake at sunrise from the Blacktail Mountain ski area
1) The bay was frozen, so this should qualify as flat.
2) Flathead lake at sunrise from the Blacktail Mountain ski area
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Great images Kyle! Love your inclusion of Flathead Lake, perfect images!
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Larry, love the Great Sand Dunes image—perfect for the task and a beautiful image (I used this park in the introductory illustration). The Taylor Park image is also a complete image—beautiful and prominent clouds above the distant blue mountains and lake with the warm fields foreground—nice!I am a mountain guy and don't have many flat images. I hope this one from the Sanddunes qualifies!
and this one from Taylor Park.
dan swiger
Well-Known Member
Sunrise in Kauai
Meadow and Fenceline
Oregon Coastal View
Meadow and Fenceline
Oregon Coastal View
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Dan, three appropriate images—and beautiful as well. My favorite is the Oregon coastal image—gorgeous B&W composition and my favorite! I love the centered Kauai sunrise, its beautiful backlit clouds and the reflection upon the water—nice!
Trent Watts
Well-Known Member
I live in a very flat place. Many people dread driving across Saskatchewan while on a cross Canada trip as it has a reputation for being boring. For me it means I looking for beauty in different places and rarely does it disappoint. Few places have skies and huge vistas with wonderful pastel colours that rival Sask.
Here is a small sample.
Canola in full bloom.
Close up of same area.
A field of sunflowers nearly ready for harvest.
Here is a small sample.
Canola in full bloom.
Close up of same area.
A field of sunflowers nearly ready for harvest.
Trent Watts
Well-Known Member
Beautiful images John.
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Trent, lovely landscapes—you’ve definitely illustrated beauty is often discovered beyond traditional landscape subjects. I especially favor the second image—nice composition.
Jon Bev
Well-Known Member
I don't do flat simply because they are hard to find in a rather undulating landscape. My computer is playing up and will not let me post pictures, something to do with C and D drive priorities, while waiting for a fix for it I am filling up my card with more bird shots. In any case, I don't care for landscapes unless there is an interesting foreground, they tend to bore me, I prefer the Constable painting type of scene, Each to his own.
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Jon, I’m aware that every task will not be as popular as another, but I’m “tasked” to post a new theme each Thursday aware that some members may not have appropriate images—but hope some will. I’ve enjoyed the posts this week and appreciated everyone’s images.
Douglas Sherman
Staff
This is an interesting topic, John that can lead to a bunch of different interpretations. My images are flat walls with petroglyphs or pictographs.
This is a fairly flat wall in a remote area of Arizona that has colorful handprint pictographs. This image shows over one hundred handprints on the wall alone and some on the boulders at the base of the wall. This panorama doesn't even show the whole wall. There are over two hundred covering the extent of the whole wall.
These are petroglyphs on a canyon wall near my house.
Elk Petroglyph
Bobcat Petroglyph
Rams playing "Leep" Sheep."
This is a fairly flat wall in a remote area of Arizona that has colorful handprint pictographs. This image shows over one hundred handprints on the wall alone and some on the boulders at the base of the wall. This panorama doesn't even show the whole wall. There are over two hundred covering the extent of the whole wall.
These are petroglyphs on a canyon wall near my house.
Elk Petroglyph
Bobcat Petroglyph
Rams playing "Leep" Sheep."
ckcarr
Founding Member
John,
You always come up with subjects I think I have, but then I look and have a severe shortage of. So that's good as it then makes me rethink when i go shoot.
Road to nowhere.
A flat still pond. Ha! I guess all water is flat.
Flat foreground.
Lake Powell without water.
No title flat.
Flat mesa top.
You always come up with subjects I think I have, but then I look and have a severe shortage of. So that's good as it then makes me rethink when i go shoot.
Road to nowhere.
A flat still pond. Ha! I guess all water is flat.
Flat foreground.
Lake Powell without water.
No title flat.
Flat mesa top.
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Doug, great interpretation of this week’s theme—love these pictographs you’ve shared. It’s especially nice that one of them is nearby your home!
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Craig, love these “flat” landscapes (and titles)—great interpretations of this week’s theme! I especially favor ”An American Landscape” for the distinct layers of composition—and bison. “Sunrise Anew” is another especially nice landscape for its composition and color—nice! Of course “Autumn Cliche” is a gorgeous image and another landscape perfectly captured.
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ProCaliberTraveler
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Douglas, that final petroglyph of the rams looks familiar. Is that in Capitol Reef?