From Shadow to Light

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 11, 2011180 views17 comments

Shadow and Light play at will in the eroded canyon of Rose Valley in Cappadocia, Turkey. This was shot from a hot air balloon in the early morning, there are so many great lines in the landscape, but since you can't tell a balloon where to go you always have to wait and see what you pass, and in this case that turned out great.

7d, iso 200 f/5,6 & 1/250 @ 17mm

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on May 11, 2011 at 11:49 AM

I like the warm tones and shapes.
It looks like a hard masking line at the top, where the WB goes quite warm and the exposure is a bit darker.... ?

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on May 11, 2011 at 11:52 AM

Wonderful contrast and excellent composition. There is no sense of scale IMO (I though it was ripples of mud on a river bank with some contrast play) but of course that's not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on May 11, 2011 at 12:09 PM

Thanks guys!

Matt: no masking lines, those colours are in the rocks

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on May 11, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Wow, my mistake. Very interesting formations !

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 11, 2011 at 12:34 PM

Very interesting abstract Jorne! The way this tricks the mind is quite amazing. Without your desciption I would have been lost. This does not look like an aerial shot. But it looks very good!

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Comment posted by James Fougère on May 11, 2011 at 1:08 PM

Nice deep dark rich tones

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Comment posted by dean hebert on May 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM

I love the smooth curves and shadow depth. Even though it's a natural colouring, I would crop off the top to remove the different colour as I seem to get caught-up at the top.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM

Beautiful tones and texture Jorne. I would have never guessed this was a aerial shot! Very enjoyable.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on May 11, 2011 at 6:44 PM

Very cool landscape and play of light. Nothing like taking what the wind gives ya ;)

aF

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 11, 2011 at 8:17 PM

Wonderful shape and line and use of light here!

Mark

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 11, 2011 at 8:43 PM

This is a fascinating abstract. Without your description, I couldn't tell if it was a close up of a long shot. The fact that it's from a balloon makes it even more interesting. The lines and tones are beautiful.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 11, 2011 at 9:47 PM

Yeah, really nice use of lines and light! I like this a lot.

Chris

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on May 11, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Incredible image, Jorne. Love the light and design as well as the textures. Superb work.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 11, 2011 at 11:13 PM

That is really cool, Jorne. Very graphic. My only thought might be to avoid the black frame since the lower corners lose their squareness. HAB photography. The next big thing?