Sea Palms at Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 28, 2011113 views12 comments

Dr Seuss' Truffula Trees

after long time trying to photograph the sea palms at Bean Hollow Beach... the conditions were finally there. Low tide to be able to reach the location, and side lighting during sunset... it almost feel like a pre-historical image to me.

When trying to come up with a title, I had "Sea Palms at Sunset" but my daughter once she saw it she just said it looks like "Dr Seuss' Truffula Trees"... the reason for the alternative title.

Nikon D700
16-35mm @ 24mm
13secs @ f/22; Vari-N-Duo

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 28, 2011 at 7:48 PM

love the hint of color in the clouds echoing the light on the trees themselves. the lower right corner feels empty to me, and at odds with the warm feel the rest of the image conveys. A lovely image though. Nicely done

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on January 29, 2011 at 2:38 AM

It does look prehistoric! Fabulous image with amazing light, great comp and great shutter effect!

I would go with your daughter's title for sure!!!!

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 29, 2011 at 2:47 AM

yeah! Mini tropical islands! I like.

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on January 29, 2011 at 2:50 AM

Dang Mr…. take us back a hundred million years or so. I’m expecting to see trilobites or horseshoe crabs coming out of the water.

This is an interesting and beautiful photo. I agree that the comp and light are good. Your persistence really paid off and the Truffula Trees make this pic unique.

I like it.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on January 29, 2011 at 8:32 AM

This is really neat Edward. Your composition is excellent, as is your processing skill. A very pretty image.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on January 29, 2011 at 9:53 AM

What a sweet scene, some wonderfull light and those trees are amazing, really gives of a primordial feel.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on January 29, 2011 at 12:34 PM

Cool subject, well framed. I might try to even the brightness in the sky and see if I could eliminate the halos around the sea palms in the ULC.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 29, 2011 at 2:19 PM

Love the Truffula tree idea. It's hard to go wrong with a Seuss reference. I like the forest-like quality to this and the nice light.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 29, 2011 at 4:24 PM

Yeah, just right are the conditions for this! I've tried it before, and got nothing. You had the right idea here. It does look prehistoric to me. Nice light, and touch of misty sea spray in the air. Beautiful!

Chris

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 29, 2011 at 5:20 PM

Amazing scene Edward. Love the light on the foreground especially.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on January 30, 2011 at 5:46 AM

This stunning photograph of an alien planet truly deserves more comments!

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on January 30, 2011 at 2:15 PM

Super foreground in this Edward, certainly plenty to look at. Excellent detail and the comp is spot on.

Gary.

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