Joshua Tree National Park - Cold February Evening

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Nikon F5, 24mm, Fuji Velvia, Polarizer, Cold wind.

-- Jeff Kelley (thocker@ix.netcom.com), February 20, 1999

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The says it all. It is a living image. Great exposure. Great composition. You should be proud of yourself. Bahman

-- Bahman Farzad (bahman_farzad@spotmetering.com), February 20, 1999.

Wonderful shapes to the trees. The dance of the Joshua trees. Thanks for posting it.

-- Micheal F. Kelly (Kellys@Alaska.net), February 21, 1999.

Couldn't agree more. Your title is misleading, however. There is no sense of cold to this photo. It could just as easily have been a 100 degree summer evening.

-- Bill Wyman (Bill.Wyman@utas.edu.au), February 21, 1999.

Thanks for the positive comments. I took this about two weeks ago and still have goosebumps. There was a winter storm passing through. Feel free to ignore my title if the image makes you feel warm & fuzzy ;>)

-- Jeff Kelley (thocker@ix.netcom.com), February 22, 1999.

i have to echo what bahman said. This is the most interesting and unusual composition that i've seen on this page. Extremely effective and pleasing

-- richard mittleman (gon2foto@gte.net), February 22, 1999.


A wierd and wonderful dance. Great composition!

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), February 22, 1999.

I think this is a great photo. The mountains in the bottom of the frame are sort of distracting, though. My eye wants to see more of them. Did you take any shots with the mountains more prominent?

-- Kirk Nelson (nelsonkk@gte.net), February 22, 1999.

Wonderful as noted by the above comments. But I'd like to see more of the other trees and less of the sky. I wonder what a narrower angle lens shot would have looked like?

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), February 22, 1999.

I'm jealous. I've been out there to Joshua Tree a half dozen times and nothing near as good as yours. Maybe I should sell my photo eq? Naw, I'll just go out again.

-- Warren Kato (wkato@aol.com), February 23, 1999.

This is very good. I like this one because it's a photograph that manages to use repetition to give a wonderous sense of place, but it does contain a dominant center of interest - cleverly created by the use of apparent size. The forest in the background is handled extremely well - notice how there are very few mergers back there. This is a careful and masterful composition. It's one thing to compose a few elements with a 200mm lens - It's quite another to compose the world with a 24mm and succeed in making your point.

-- Pete Dickson (dickson.pn@pg.com), February 23, 1999.


I'm new to this forum but this is the most interesting of all the photos I have seen. I think a higher angle to bring in the mountains and eliminate the large expanse of sky (nice negative space)would eliminate the silohuette effect of the trees. A few clouds would be nice but overall this is as interesting and as beautiful as it gets. Congratulations.

-- John Wiemer (Wiemerjo@slcc.edu), February 26, 1999.

I may be prejudiced, but Jeff is very talented. I've always encouraged him to go into photography. What do you think? Since a young man, he's done some fantastic work. My living room wall has some interesting photos he's taken. Comments of a proud mom.

-- Ruth Kelley (rugen@azstarnet.com), February 27, 1999.

My favorite one so far Jeff. I can't wait to see the actual print!

-- Mel Kelpey (hoosierhick@hotmail.com), February 27, 1999.

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