Tidepool Abstract.

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted April 5, 2011220 views8 comments

I was going through some old work in LR to eliminate clutter when I came upon a very muddy raw file. I started to play with it, making big tweaks with the clarity, contrast, vibrance, and individual color sliders and this is the result. It was taken during low tide at Point Lobos in 2008. I'll post the original below.

Canon EOS 40D; 1/5 @ f/18; 185mm; ISO 100; 70-200 f/2.8L; tripod; cable release.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Craig Myers on April 5, 2011 at 2:58 AM

Here is the original.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 5, 2011 at 8:18 AM

Craig, I think the result is really, really nice. I love the vibrant colors, and I think you somehow stayed true to the textures while making them so much more substantive.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on April 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM

A lovely abstract, Craig!

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on April 5, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Craig you turned the original into a wonderful abstract. Great work.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 5, 2011 at 1:55 PM

Wonderful abstract! Great colors, comp, and appeal!
The dark area on the lower left pulls my eye a bit, so you might consider lightening it up a little.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 6, 2011 at 9:42 PM

A vast improvement. Love the bold colors and abstract feel.

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Comment posted by Ron Pederson on April 7, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Nice abstract, Craig. Don't believe I would have associated it with water at all; comes across more as rock/lichen to me. The colors and other treatments sure dressed it up - big tweaks indeed.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on April 13, 2011 at 3:53 PM

Wow, that's a huge transformation Craig. Wonderful piece of processing work on this one.

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