Phantasm

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 28, 2011205 views16 comments

What do you see?

The shape of the orange sandstone caught my eye as I wandered over the tafoni along the coast. Then as I studied it further there on the beach, the textures of the surrounding stone became even more fascinating. I am still not sure what I see in it, but maybe soon. Interested to read what all of you see.

4x5, Nikon 150mm f/5.6, set at f32.3 for 2 sec on Fuji Provia 100F. Processed PS CS3 with TK masks.

Inspiration: Tony Kuyper
Location Courtesy: Jimmy Gekas

Thanks you two!

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on September 28, 2011 at 5:14 AM

A beautiful image, Youssef. Fabulous color and texture. I see a camel in the desert at sunset.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 28, 2011 at 5:59 AM

Fantastic color and texture Youssef! I see the Loch Ness Monster but that is just because I did not see Nessie when I was in Scotland last week. Really, I love the color and outlined features with rim light.

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on September 28, 2011 at 7:46 AM

I see a flying dragon. I absolutely love these type of scenes, Youssef. The light blue rim around the golden rock is making this one extra special. Superb!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on September 28, 2011 at 9:02 AM

I see a really nice Abstract

Well done Youssef.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on September 28, 2011 at 9:05 AM

Amazing details and textures here. love the colors, too. Nice abstract!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 28, 2011 at 10:42 AM

A nice abstract. And it looks kind of like a satellite image to me.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on September 28, 2011 at 3:00 PM

Those colors and textures are very engaging Youssef! Very well seen!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 28, 2011 at 6:23 PM

Beautiful, Youssef! I might consider vignetting the top corners a little, but very minor suggestion. Real sweet.

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on September 28, 2011 at 8:22 PM

Looks like the breaking up of Pangaea. Love the colors.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 28, 2011 at 9:13 PM

Got way behind in seeing the new posts on NPN, Youssef, and ... SURPRISE! . . . this was my first click. Needless to say, I like this as I can relate to it. Wonderfully strong colors and detail, and the intense blue surrounding the "dragon" creates a very 3D effect here. Wonder if the original looks as bland as mine do sometimes

Film probably provides more pop than RAW does. Regardless, I really like the way you've developed this.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Anil Rao on September 29, 2011 at 2:10 AM

Great picture, Youssef. The varition in color and the strong contrast works well here. The overall abstract nature is very much to my liking, especially since I am drawn to these subjects.

Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 29, 2011 at 2:37 PM

Youssef,

Great vision - again. Another wonderful closeup found and crafted. I could almost go with the same precious metals analogy as the last time; certainly a puddle of gold could be used. My only small nit is that I wish there was just a skosh more room on the left to give that leading edge of golden formation a little more breathing room. But that's minor. Great eye.

Lon

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on September 29, 2011 at 11:16 PM

@Tony - I would say yes probably just as bland in this case. The transparency has all the colors but not as vivid or contrasty. The golden shape is what attracted me initially but the hints of the blue in the surrounding stone is what got me to make the photo. Then in processing it was the texture above the golden shape that drove the processing decisions to accentuate those marvelous textures. Thanks for the feedback.

@Lon - I too wished I had reconsidered the space on the left side. Thanks for the comment.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Vance Gese on September 30, 2011 at 2:23 AM

This is fabulous, Youssef; that warm glow and the amazing pattern and textures makes this truly stunning. The luminosity is fantastic. Love it.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 30, 2011 at 2:38 AM

I like it--especially the strong complimentary colors. I see Snoopy in the upper rrhc--looking down diagonally

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Comment posted by Justin Marx on October 7, 2011 at 1:54 AM

Cool shot. Reminiscent for me of some of the more far-out Hubble images.

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