Eye of the Berg

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 27, 2012256 views13 comments

This is a close-up shot of the iceberg that I posted a photo of recently titled "Amazing Iceberg". I used the same EF24-70mm f/2.8L zoom lens as with the former image, but set at 70mm. I was going for a more abstract image and also wanted to capture more of the detail and variations of blues and violets in the ice. I also was trying to capture the window effect of the hole in the iceberg, since looking through it you can catch a glimpse of a small section of the landscape somewhere on the other side. However, it also reminds me of an eye, hence the title.

I welcome any feedback/comments/suggestions. Thanks!

I used a Canon EOS 5D MarkII camera with an EF 24-70mm f/2.8L Zoom Lens, 70mm Focal Length at f/11, ISO 100

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Ben Horne on March 27, 2012 at 1:18 AM

This makes a fantastic abstract. It looks almost like the barrel of a frozen wave. I think your chosen composition works great, and it's something I hoped you were going to post based on your previous wider version. I do wish there was a bit more room to the left, but since I've seen the wider version, I realize that there really isn't much more room over there. I do find the darker area on bottom edge near the left to be a bit distracting since it breaks up all that wonderful blue ice. I think it's important not to crop anything off the bottom, but I would consider gently cloning that area. There is plenty of ice detail nearby to work from.

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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on March 27, 2012 at 3:42 AM

Great Leo, the original post was interesting but this takes it to another level in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on March 27, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Very cool title and image, Leo. You succeded wonderfully in your quest. My only suggestion would be to clone or crop out the sliver of dark grey on the bottom; it breaks up the flow of the wonderful blue tones of the iceberg.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on March 27, 2012 at 10:15 AM

I'm not into cloning, so I was going to suggest cropping the bottom gray as well. I really like this concept in general. Nice find.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on March 27, 2012 at 10:20 AM

Very nice. I love the colors and patterns in the ice.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on March 27, 2012 at 11:59 AM

Neat concept, I'd also suggest cropping the sliver of gray off the bottom. While this is nice as posted I think it would have been more impactful if there was some sunrise/sunset colors through that window, instead of the dull grays..just my honest opinion.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on March 27, 2012 at 2:51 PM

Love the range of blue tones in the ice as well as its sculptural qualities. Great composition too. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 27, 2012 at 4:14 PM

I like this on better than your previous and I too would clone out bottom or crop from right and bottom.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 27, 2012 at 7:05 PM

I resonate with the blue here! Beautiful. Like the abstract quality too.

I'd be tempted to "warp" out the bit of water on the bottom and the white in the upper left corner so that they do not potentially distract the eye.

Makes a great AVATAR!

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 27, 2012 at 9:57 PM

Fantastic abstract Leo. I agree with removing the gray sliver at the bottom via crop. The eye is very obvious to me. Wonderful image.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Genny K. on March 27, 2012 at 10:26 PM

Lovely.

The light and dark blues make an abstract pattern that's mesmerizing.
What do you think about slightly lightening the dark landscape that shows up? Just a thought, because it's lovely like it is.

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Comment posted by Leo Collazo on March 28, 2012 at 9:02 PM

Thanks very much everyone for your complements, comments and suggestions. I appreciate every single one. It looks like its almost unanimous that the green/gray horizontal area on the bottom right might be distracting and could use some cropping or cloning out. You've definitely given me something to think about, and I'm curious now to see how the image will look without it. I'm gong to do some playing with that and post the results. Thanks again for the feedback guys!

Registered on August 4, 2011, 19 Posts, 69 Comments

Comment posted by Leo Collazo on March 28, 2012 at 11:24 PM

OK, I decided to experiment with the "Eye of the Berg" image. Many of you guys suggested cropping or cloning out the bottom right green/gray area because it distracted from the rest of the image so, I reworked it once by cropping, and then reworked another version with cloning. I really liked the one where I removed that area with cloning. Here is that version. What does everyone think? As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback. Thanks!

Registered on August 4, 2011, 19 Posts, 69 Comments