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Riders on the storm


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest FIRST PLACE Winner   Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Monument Valley (AZ/UT), shot at sunset in december 2003 using a Canon EOS 300D with 18-55 mm AX zoom lens. f5.6, ISO 100, 1/60 s,

Kartik Venkataraman

 
 
 

Darren Smith
 

Astounding image Kartik. Great light (how much, if any, editing was involved) and fab composure. I really like this, well done!


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August 02, 2004

 
- Gail Vitikacs

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  I totally agree with Darren...this is fabulous!


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August 02, 2004

 

Kartik Venkataraman
  Thank you for the encouraging comments. The light was definitely very fortuitous, and did not last long. There were storm clouds closing in rapidly around sunset, and I was lucky to be in the right position to capture the sunlight hitting one of the buttes. I removed the slight bluish tinge of the sky using Photoshop to enhance the reds in the landscape, and did some selective burning/dodging to reduce "white noise" in the image.


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August 02, 2004

 

Jennifer Rennison
  Beautiful, Kartik!


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August 02, 2004

 

Kristen McKain
  wow! awesome!


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August 02, 2004

 

Carol Brill
  Amazing light, shadows, contrasts, and sense of movement in this awesome image, Kartik!


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August 02, 2004

 

Debra Booth
  Beautiful, Kartik!


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August 02, 2004

 

Ganeshwar Prasad
  Lovely light and a good composition.
Deep saturated colors!!

Good job, Karthik.


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August 02, 2004

 
- Wendy M. Amdahl

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  Great Image...Great Title! Beautiful!


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August 03, 2004

 

Jennifer Rennison
  Congratulations, Kartik!


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September 13, 2004

 

Debra Booth
  Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Kartik!


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September 14, 2004

 

Dan Holm
  Congratulation on you FIRST PLACE WIN, Kartik! Well deserved! Excellent shot!


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September 15, 2004

 

S J
  Congratulations on your 1st Place Win, Kartik! Very well deserving honor this is for you!!!


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September 15, 2004

 
- Evy Johansen

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  Many congratulations, Kartik! Wonderful image - very well deserved!!


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September 15, 2004

 

Robin L. Wehrman
  Congratulations, Kartik! On your 1st Place Win!!! Well deserved!!!


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September 15, 2004

 

Peter K. Burian
  Kartik: This is a gorgeous image. I have done a lot of photography in the American Southwest, but have never made a photo that is anywhere near as impressive as this one.

Well seen and executed. Congratulations.

Cheers!

Peter Burian


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September 15, 2004

 

Kartik Venkataraman
  Thank you all for your kind comments; they are very encouraging for an amateur like me. There are some exceptional photographs at betterphoto.com, and I am honored to have mine chosen among the winners. This is the first time I entered a photo contest...beginner's luck, perhaps!


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September 15, 2004

 

bob cornelison
  Fantastic colors! I love it!~:O)


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September 15, 2004

 

Wendy Stevenson
  Congratulations on a well deserved win!! Absolutely beautiful capture of stunning scenery.


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September 15, 2004

 
- Susan T. Evans

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  Congrats on your first place winner!


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September 15, 2004

 

Jennifer Rennison
  Congratulations, Kartik, on your first place win! Beautiful!


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September 15, 2004

 
- Kelly Abernathy

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  Congratulations on your first place win Kartik! -K


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September 16, 2004

 

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  The Mittens(1 in Utah, the other in Arizona) near the Navajo trading post are ancient volcanos centers where the exteriors have eroded away(must have had much more rain than the Navajos get now). If you haven't spent much time there, you really got God's gift for weather & you captured it. Pixers prowl the Southwest hoping for such weather. Your pic is one of the best I've seen.


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September 16, 2004

 

Emanuel R.L Marcos
  Congratulations Kartik!!gr8 pic!


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October 16, 2004

 

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  Just perfect use of light and shadow.


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August 16, 2014

 
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