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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventy Four: Lightchasers -- nature and landscape photographers at work > Overwhelmed, Goosenecks State Park, Utah, 2009
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12-NOV-2009

Overwhelmed, Goosenecks State Park, Utah, 2009

I used a superwide angle lens to diminish the size of this photographer as he heads back from a precipice overlooking a massive canyon holding a twisting river. It asks a question of sheer scale – how does one do photographic justice to such a huge slice of nature? I look forward to seeing his solution.

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Date/Time12-Nov-2009 12:29:06
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Phil Douglis26-Nov-2009 00:16
He leaves because Dave is making him leave and because he is cold as hell, and because he already has his image safely secured on his SD card. We all must turn our backs on the objects of our passions -- there are always more awaiting us at the next stop. I liked my image of Ken Rockwell at contemplation as well (http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/119665015 ) It represents an approach that all of us would do well to consider. Studying a scene before shooting it may well produce more coherent and thought provoking images.
Tim May26-Nov-2009 00:10
This one causes me some thoughts - here the photographer is done and turned his back on the scene. How often do we leave the wonders of the world once we feel they are recorded on our SD cards. I think that's why I liked the image of Ken Rockwell - the moments before the image is made.
Phil Douglis24-Nov-2009 03:01
The textures were indeed amazing -- but I was faced with a difficult task here. The scale before me was staggering, but a ledge in the foreground blocked out the bend in the river. I have a bad knee, so I could not climb down to the edge of that ledge and shoot that bend, just as this photographer most likely just has done. The light was flat, the wind was blowing, and it was cold, with a drizzle at times. This image was the only solution for me -- to use another photographer for scale incongruity, and then flee to the van.
Carol E Sandgren24-Nov-2009 02:14
You captured quite a huge expanse of scale yourself here! The textures are amazing.
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