Thursday’s Task

[John Holbrook]

Thursday’s Task: Analogous colors enhancing the landscape image—two or three adjacent colors on the color wheel. My examples below:

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

Saguaro National Park, Tucson District, AZ

Saguaro National Park, Rincon District, AZ

Lost Dutchman State Park, AZ

 

[AlanLichty]

This will make for an educational archive dive John - not the type of conscious decision I usually make when I see something I want to shoot but quite likely something I have done with the viewfinder up at my eye

Good examples.

 

[AlanLichty]

I decided I did this more often than I thought but never really considered it at the time. Now I will probably think about it all the time

Waves at Harris Beach State Park:

Red Lake Trail in Glacier National Park:

The Bogachiel State Park on the Olympic Peninsula

Lower Antelope Canyon:

Formations in the Foree area of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument:

The rolling hills of the Palouse in eastern Washington:

 

[Trent Watts]

Oh my.... This made me think John. As Alan said this is not a consideration I usually make when taking an image. However, nature seems to take care of often creating pleasing colour combinations with analogous colours. Not sue how these stand up but here goes.

I grew up in prairie country and love the native prairie grasses. Blue grama grass is a favourite with its eyebrow like appearance. Not sure if shades of white are analogous?

Our spring is a long way off but here is another harbinger of spring from years ago. The prairie anemone is one of the first flowers to pop up in the spring.

A small patch of forest floor magic.

A scene from a trip to Newfoundland a few years ago. The fog had just lifted and this scene unfolded.

 

[Ken Rennie]

I did go through a phase of deliberately composing images with hot and cold colours but have never tried for analogous colours. However nature has done it without any help from me.
Borrowdale with hurricane Ophelia starting to blow

Dolgoch Falls in Wales

Lastly Rogie Falls with Autumn colours at their height. I am staying nearby for a week in October this year so expect more from here

 

[John Holbrook]

I decided I did this more often than I thought but never really considered it at the time. Now I will probably think about it all the time

Waves at Harris Beach State Park:

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Red Lake Trail in Glacier National Park:

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The Bogachiel State Park on the Olympic Peninsula

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Lower Antelope Canyon:

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Formations in the Foree area of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument:

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The rolling hills of the Palouse in eastern Washington:

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Alan, beautiful images—and examples! I especially favor the Harris Beach wave—very nice! I also love Palouse rolling hills, the Glacier N.P., and the Antelope Canyon images. I really like the soft colors captured in the John Day Fossil Beds image too. Thank you for sharing these Alan.

 

[John Holbrook]

Oh my.... This made me think John. As Alan said this is not a consideration I usually make when taking an image. However, nature seems to take care of often creating pleasing colour combinations with analogous colours. Not sue how these stand up but here goes.

I grew up in prairie country and love the native prairie grasses. Blue grama grass is a favourite with its eyebrow like appearance. Not sure if shades of white are analogous?
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Our spring is a long way off but here is another harbinger of spring from years ago. The prairie anemone is one of the first flowers to pop up in the spring.
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A small patch of forest floor magic.
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A scene from a trip to Newfoundland a few years ago. The fog had just lifted and this scene unfolded.
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Trent, thank you for sharing these very beautiful images! I really like the prairie anemone—love the colors captured. I really like Newfoundland landsca—with fog! Another favorite is the Antelope Canyon “patch of forest floor magic”—nice!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Another interesting topic John. Your creativity knows no bounds.

A few from my stash.

Deadhorse Point sunrise

A Palouse sunset

Hoh Rainforest

Mt Rainier wildflowers

 

[John Holbrook]

I did go through a phase of deliberately composing images with hot and cold colours but have never tried for analogous colours. However nature has done it without any help from me.
Borrowdale with hurricane Ophelia starting to blow
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Dolgoch Falls in Wales
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Lastly Rogie Falls with Autumn colours at their height. I am staying nearby for a week in October this year so expect more from here
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Ken, lovely images—the colors work well in each landscape, with good light and composition in each. Thank you for sharing each of these and we will all look forward to seeing more Rogie Falls later this autumn. Thank you for sharing these gorgeous images!

 

[John Holbrook]

Another interesting topic John. Your creativity knows no bounds.

A few from my stash.

Deadhorse Point sunrise
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A Palouse sunset
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Hoh Rainforest
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Mt Rainier wildflowers
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Jameel, four perfect images for this week’s Task. Each of these is my favorite—depending which I’m viewing at the time! Beautiful capture of Deadhorse Point, a perfect capture in all respects: light, color, and composition. The Palouse sunset captures beautiful analogous colors—nice. I love the layers in the Mt. Rainier composition—the analogous colors work well. The Hoh Rainforest is appealing for its foreground of subtle greens in the soft light with the pale blue mountain background beyond. Nice. Thank you for sharing each of these.

 

[Kyle Jones]

This was the first image I thought of...

 

[John Holbrook]

This was the first image I thought of...

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Kyle, I can see why you would recall this memorable capture—and glad you shared its beauty with us.