Protoplasm

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 29, 2012634 views15 comments

Sand patterns on Seilebost Beach, Isle of Harris, Scotland converted to B&W. I liked the abstract patterns and decided to make it a bit more abstract by converting to B&W in Silver Efex Pro2. Taken on a Transient Light Workshop. Thanks for having a look and for any comments and critiques. BTW - Protoplasm was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the patterns here.

Canon 5DM2
Canon 34-70mm at 70mm
ISO100 1/8sec f/11

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 29, 2012 at 8:05 AM

I really love this one, Eva. B&W works well here and you did a good job with the conversion. Great textures and shapes and forms. Great abstract image.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on January 29, 2012 at 8:25 AM

A wonderful pattern. Well seen, captured and displayed Eva.
Bob

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on January 29, 2012 at 11:25 AM

You have some really neat patterns here and I love the absract quality! I might try to push the tonal contrast up a bit to accentuate those patterns - maybe sacrifice some realism for the sake of the art? This is really nice - I just want to keep staring at it.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 29, 2012 at 1:32 PM

Wonderful patterns and textures, Eva. Nice!!!

- Dan

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on January 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM

I'd like to see the brights pop a bit more to bring out the contrast...but this is very cool!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 29, 2012 at 3:29 PM

Love the textured feel of this! Nice work Eva.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM

Paisley in b&w! This is so cool. I love the texture and patterns. Nicely seen and captured

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on January 29, 2012 at 7:00 PM

This is like looking for shapes in the clouds,,,,very cool!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 29, 2012 at 11:11 PM

Fantastic pattern, Eva. Your use of b/w works very effectively in really emphasizing the numerous circular elements of this abstract. Love it.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 29, 2012 at 11:32 PM

Neat. Nice abstract. I have no sense of scale for this, but could maybe see going a bit tighter to focus more on the shapes.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on January 30, 2012 at 3:29 PM

I really like all the shapes in this Eva, I find it quite hypnotic. I agree with Rick though about pumping up the contrast a little.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 30, 2012 at 7:38 PM

Fantastic textures, Eva!

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on January 31, 2012 at 3:54 AM

Beautiful patterns and the texture is just too good.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on January 31, 2012 at 7:36 AM

This is a nice change from the ice images that have been posted. The ice returned to southern NH.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 1, 2012 at 10:06 AM

Nice find, Eva, love the unique patterns here and the b/w conversion.

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