Rocky Shoreline Late

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 7, 2010141 views12 comments

Hi,

My first color image of 2010. Made after sunset in a dead calm. The view was angled about 30-degrees south of the sunset to capture the gradients. It's also the first image I've scanned since calibrating my scanner with new color profile targets, which greatly improves the fidelity of the scans. Large image uploaded.

Thanks for looking.

Best,

Jose

SV45ti - 210mm Rodenstock S - 12-seconds @ F22.6 - Velvia 50 - 3-stop hard GND

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on January 7, 2010 at 11:50 AM

Quite interesting. I like the high-key look and the soft colors. Nice one.

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Comment posted by Scott Snyder on January 7, 2010 at 12:05 PM

I'm not usually a big fan of the hi-key, but I do love this. Thanks for posting.

Registered on November 11, 2009, 45 Posts, 161 Comments

Comment posted by Luis Argerich on January 7, 2010 at 5:47 PM

Really nice I like the choice of bright strong color

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on January 7, 2010 at 6:42 PM

Beautiful image Jose! I like the transition from the milky white water to the incredible color as the water recedes into the distance, very well done.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 7, 2010 at 8:53 PM

I like the high-keyness of this. Very nice.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 7, 2010 at 10:10 PM

Simply elegant. I could see cropping some of the top of the sky as it feels a bit distracting to the rest of the scene.

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on January 7, 2010 at 11:38 PM

well balanced comp..the highlights are a bit clipped, but looks very nice with the simple presentation

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 8, 2010 at 5:35 PM

Jose,

I'm not quite sure what to make of the combination of the high-key bottom contrasted with the near normal sunset sky. I'm leaning towards Tony's comment about cropping the sky a little bit - with that I see more of a gradient from bright to darker without the bright UR in the sky. But the more I view this, the more I like the high key effect. And I'm usually one that likes to follow "the reflection should usually be darker than the top," but I don't necessarily get that sense here.

It's growing on me...

Lon

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 8, 2010 at 10:04 PM

Really like the high key contrasts you have employed here Jose.. The rocks seem to be suspended. I'm inclined to agree with Tony's idea of cropping some of the sky to focus the viewers attention more on the water reflections. Great work getting some detail in the rocks given the use of Velvia in such a high contrast setting.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 8, 2010 at 11:46 PM

Hmmm. This one I'm a little torn on. I like it a lot but the luminance of the bottom right corner distracts me. I would balance the overall tones more. But I'm insane and that is just me.

MARK

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 9, 2010 at 7:36 PM

I like the high key presentation Jose but really love the color in the sky. Beautiful work. BTW - No ice floating down there yet.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Mearig on January 9, 2010 at 7:57 PM

What a beautifully unnatural look this photo has. You've certainly taken advantage of the way film handles highlights, and my single complaint is how close the large rock is to the left edge. It's a very very minor complaint.

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