Ghosts of Gleason Beach

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 3, 2011221 views16 comments

I don't know, I thought with the sinister look of these sea stacks and the streaky light clouds, they looked kind of like ghosts. maybe I'm reaching a bit?

I've had this since new year's day 2009, and processed it many times. I figure my in field technique wasn't really good enough to deal with the range of light here. But, I like the scene, and have tried 1/2 dozen times to get it to an acceptable level. While there are still a few technical issues, mainly the hot spots, and secondly a slight darkness to the top of the main sea stack, I think I'm about where I'm able to get with it. There is actually some small grass/ground cover on top of the sea stack that gives it a fuzzy appearance in some spots along it's edges. Maybe a slight magenta cast due to the grad/overcast sky, but not much. So, I'd love to hear your thoughts. large version , as usual.

D200,
18-70mm,@18mm,
3 stop reverse grad,
6sec, f/11, iso 200,

Thanks,
Chris

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 3, 2011 at 7:45 PM

I do like the sinister look here Chris as well as the motion in the clouds and subtle color. I think this would work as well in B&W too. I do think you are nit picking with the fuzziness and magenta cast comment. Looks fine to me. I think we all tend to nit pick our own work to death (no pun intended) but ask a non- photographer what they think.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 3, 2011 at 8:19 PM

Really, really nice! Just the right amount of detail in the shadows, and great color. Love the texture and reflected color in the sand.

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Comment posted by Tom Hilton on October 3, 2011 at 8:34 PM

I like the placement of the background rocks , nice angle and comp.
Very nice shot...

Registered on September 19, 2011, 68 Posts, 668 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on October 3, 2011 at 11:02 PM

Very impressive Chris. I love it!

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Vance Gese on October 3, 2011 at 11:06 PM

Love how you have retained detail in the foreground rocks but still kept that ominous look to the rocks. Great sky as well. Excellent image in my book.

Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 3, 2011 at 11:36 PM

Oh yeah, you got it right this time. I think the title is appropriate, too. Looks to me like the stacks are leaning into the waves, fighting the tide. I think hot spots are just fine in the right setting, and this is one of those settings.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Vlad Sadovsky on October 4, 2011 at 12:08 AM

Nice scene, cloud streaks work well with the forms of the rocks. Light reflection is a nice accent, well noticed. For me personally the right lower side is too devoid of details, would like to see more of sand separating the rock from the edge. All in all, very well done.

Registered on November 12, 2010, 48 Posts, 358 Comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on October 4, 2011 at 5:37 AM

Love the dark mood and processing, Chris. The color looks excellent to me. The only thing I would do is darken back the middle distant stack to match the others along that plane. Having it lighter tends to draw my eye out there and away from the main stack on the left. Awesome shot!

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on October 4, 2011 at 9:09 AM

what a nice moody shot! i like the colors in this one.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on October 4, 2011 at 10:20 AM

perfect

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Comment posted by Gino Cortez on October 4, 2011 at 1:56 PM

This is very nice. I like the comp., and the colors and clouds are very serene.

Registered on November 23, 2010, 57 Posts, 396 Comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on October 4, 2011 at 2:21 PM

This is an awesome shot. Processing looks spot on. Perfect amount of details in the dark.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 4, 2011 at 4:23 PM

Chris - I like the way you carefully placed the rocks within the frame. I can see the fuzz on the larger view. The processing looks very good to me, especially where you had to probably dodge some of the stacks to reveal the detail at low light levels. The edges between sky and stack are often a giveaway of post processing, but everythings blends very well for me. The magenta cast is not a problem for me. Not sure how to improve on this one.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 4, 2011 at 6:04 PM

I like your organizing of the stacks in your comp. The movement in the clouds and waves are both very nice compliments to the scene. Well done.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 4, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Very moody, but excellent light with the textures so well defined everywhere. The technicals are excellent here. Can't even tell there was a grad.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on October 6, 2011 at 3:30 AM

I think you should be quite happy with your effort here. It looks great! The composition works well for me too even though the RHS rock formation borders on being a bit too intrusive. It doesn't really strike me as an issue or problem though. Overall, a very fine shot.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments