Boulder Beach Blues

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 20, 2009334 views28 comments

I couldn't resist throwing out a little more alliteration for Sir Ian

The title also helps illustrate my mood during much of my recent trip to Acadia, not only was there no foliage to shoot but the light was mostly gloomy except for one brief show on Friday night. This was well before dawn on Boulder Beach wondering if the light would materialize. Alas it never did so I'm glad I shot several frames at 1+ mins. each in near darkness. I like the resulting mood here as it typifies the way I felt, cold and mysterious.

Thanks for all the great comments on my previous post, much appreciated

5DII, 17-40L

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on October 20, 2009 at 4:33 PM

Lovely image, Kurt! The blues are sweeeeeeet and I really like the foreground. The different hues in the smaller rocks are very pleasing and complimentary to the overall blueness.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on October 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM

Love those rocks in the FG and the blue tone throughout. Superb composition Kurt. Maybe not what you had hoped for but a fantastic image just the same. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM

I love those boulders and the blue mood here Kurt. Reminds me of one of the beaches I visited on my recent trip to Cape Breton. Being a part time midcoast Mainer, I have to get myself a little further north of Boothbay a little more often. This is some fantastic light.

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Comment posted by Ian Plant on October 20, 2009 at 4:50 PM

Brazen bodacious blues, beautiful big boulders -- booya bro, brilliant!

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM

Love the mood here, Kurt. It does typify the weather that week very well. I knew you had the perfect spot with that FG granite to contrast with the smaller cobble stones.

Ed

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on October 20, 2009 at 5:06 PM

Kurt, I've seen about a million shots of Cobble Beach. Some with glorious clouds. Others with golden light illuminating Otter Cliffs and all the boulders. This tops them all in my opinion and is the best shot I've ever seen of this iconic spot. Would you mind sharing what white balance you used?

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on October 20, 2009 at 6:25 PM

If this had a little more space to the left and right

Id think it was a Cameron. Beautiful colors and Im wanting to get closer to the misty surf. Great job Kurt

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on October 20, 2009 at 6:30 PM

I'm reminded of the quote by Dale Carnegie " When life gives you lemons...", Well this is certainly one sweet batch!

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Comment posted by Will Campbell on October 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM

Love the cool hues. The only thing I can think of that would be an improvement was if the fg was mirrored around a vertical line in the center, putting the larger boulder on the left. Something you couldn't have helped.

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Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on October 20, 2009 at 7:12 PM

I love the cool tones. Nice comp as well

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Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on October 20, 2009 at 7:20 PM

Beautiful blues, really enjoy the mixture of boulders and smaller rocks in the foreground.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on October 20, 2009 at 7:40 PM

A unique, wonderfully composed seascape. Quite a joy to view. And the mood, as you say, really comes through.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on October 20, 2009 at 7:43 PM

Looks like your trip wasn't a complete loss Kurt! Love the blues in this!

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on October 20, 2009 at 8:19 PM

Great beach, love the rocks. The blue is nice. I usually like to see a little more wave action, but it's a nice effect here.

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Comment posted by Bret Edge on October 20, 2009 at 8:31 PM

Beautiful blue tones and a lovely composition. The horizon seems slightly tilted CW.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on October 20, 2009 at 8:37 PM

Congratulations, Kurt! You definitely made the most of bad a situation for fall
color. In a near monochromatic sort of way, this is beautiful. Good lines,
colors, and shapes. Well done, Kurt.

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Comment posted by John Williams on October 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM

I've only been to Acadia once, but loved it. I was just getting into landscape photography, and really need to return now with a couple of years experience on my side.

I love what you did with the conditions; it conveys exactly the mood you were after.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM

I think I prefer this to the cliché dawn light anyway, Kurt, or even cliché fall foliage. This has a lot of originality to it, not to mention some very good light. I'm glad you didn't give up and let the light find you for this one.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on October 20, 2009 at 9:03 PM

Excellent comp, and I really like the moody blues. The long exposure did something pretty special with the shoreline as well.

Chris

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on October 20, 2009 at 10:12 PM

Ian, your high school English teachers must have loved you!

Mike, white balance was 5864 with 0 tint, just a hair warmer than good old Velvia.

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Comment posted by Michael R Reynolds on October 20, 2009 at 11:11 PM

Kurt,
Patience pays off. Wonderful composition and the cool light really comes through to set the scene. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mario Pappalardo on October 21, 2009 at 1:00 AM

Nice image, Kurt! Really good composition and lovely blue mood. I hope you will be more lucky next time for the "super light"

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 21, 2009 at 5:44 AM

Beautifully composed Kurt, love the blues.
John

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 21, 2009 at 8:51 AM

Wonderfully moody Kurt, and I really like to comp too. My only nit is that the horizon seems a tad bit tilted.

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Comment posted by Bruno Silva on October 21, 2009 at 10:33 AM

beautiful seascape. the mood is awsome here, one can nearly feel it. lovely.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM

Wonderful use of color and foreground.

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Comment posted by Rafael Rojas on October 21, 2009 at 2:40 PM

More and more I am getting a little bit bored of the "golden" moments, and more attracted to the magic of those pre-dawn moments when magic is cold and misterious. Gorgeous image.

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Comment posted by Wayne Simpson on October 21, 2009 at 9:28 PM

Love the mood and comp here! You walked away with a gem!

Wayne

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