Trinidad Bay Stacks

Quite an arty and painterly look with a good bit of drama. The heavy processing doesn't really mesh with my personal tastes.

Very arty, Craig. Maybe quite different from the other stuff posted here, but there's a certain appeal to this that I like.

I apologize if this should have been posted elsewhere. I basically just ran a 10% high pass sharpen on a duplicate layer and dodged the coastline to bring out the fading sunlight. I didn't think of it as particularly arty at the time; I was just trying to emphasize the ruggedness of the coast and thought the effect of the high pass supported that vision.

That's a high impact comp and it is very enhanced by your pp. Every possible nuance was wringed out of this shot. It has an HDR look to it and here it makes for a bold artistic statement.

I think you need to post this in photo art.........

Craig,

I find this pretty compelling actually and I think you succeeded in emphasizing the "ruggedness" of the coast. Interesting topic on whether or not this would be considered "photo art," and actually I just responded to a thread in the PhotoArt forum on this topic that I think is relevant to your post. I won't go in to it here, but you might want to check it out.

No need to apologize Craig and while I think it might fit in the Photo Art gallery, I don't think it's sufficient enough for me to move it. My response in the PhotoArt forum may tell you why.....

What I do find interesting here is what appears to be a mix of b&w and color. I think that has added to the drama and ruggedness of your capture. For me though, I think it's almost on the too heavily processed side of things; it looks like an overuse of the USM filter which folks sometimes use for pseudo contrast adjustments (you said you used highpass though). anyway, the result I think is a success and it's simply a matter of personal taste whether or not someone will like or accept this.

BTW, the comp is very strong and I think this works.

Lon

Thanks very much to all for the input on this image. Lon thanks both for the insights on the image itself and the link to the broader discussion. Very interesting. I now feel challenged in a very positive way to go back to the zeroed raw file to try another approach that will yield an image both compelling and more natural.