Rio Celeste

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 22, 2012504 views16 comments

Here's an image from Costa Rica. This river's sapphire blue waters (which result from a combination of copper and sulphur from the volcano) make for a stunning contrast with the lush green vegetation.

I did not increase the saturation on this image at all. This is really how intense the colors were.

Techs:

Canon 5D, 17-40 @ 32mm
ISO 100, 1/5 @ f/16.

This is one of the locations for my May 2013 Costa Rica Landscape Tour. See the link in my signature for details if you are interested.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Joe James on July 22, 2012 at 8:12 PM

Very nicely done here Keith, I really like the colors of this intimate scene.

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Comment posted by Chad Merrell on July 22, 2012 at 8:45 PM

Very nice. Even with no increase in saturation surely there were other processing steps to be taken and you did it very well. I love the glow of the different greens.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 22, 2012 at 8:49 PM

Very nice light and color, especially the color contrast between the vegetation and the water. If possible, it would have been nice to get a bit higher so that the tree on the right didn't overlap with the leaves on the far shore, but I do like that tree and how it "points" into the frame.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 22, 2012 at 8:53 PM

Very nicely done. I like the colors and light, especially the way the top and bottom edges are darker and sandwich the light inside the frame.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 22, 2012 at 9:14 PM

A really interesting landscape shot. Looks great.

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Comment posted by Ed Cordes on July 22, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Wonderful light that has created a surreal effect. We seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 22, 2012 at 10:30 PM

Keith, I love the look and feel of this image. The large version really shows the beautiful light and color. Your comp just adds to the already wonderful mood. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 22, 2012 at 11:03 PM

Beautiful colors, lush vegetation, nice light.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on July 22, 2012 at 11:09 PM

Spending a lot of time shooting rivers and streams myself it's cool to see something obviously from a different region. The colors are great and I find it interesting that the aquatic plants are so crisp at 1/5 sec. Nice shot.

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Comment posted by Cliff Dodge on July 23, 2012 at 8:28 AM

It speaks serenity.Softly calling you in. :)

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on July 23, 2012 at 8:58 AM

Sweet comp and lovely light. By any chance are you guys staying at the Carolina Lodge near Tenorio? Awesome place, super nice people!

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 23, 2012 at 9:37 AM

I agree with Mark on the tree a bit out of place in lr frame. This is a calming mood shot.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on July 23, 2012 at 10:46 AM

Nicely composed landscape. Love the water color and how cool it makes the image appear. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM

Great colors, nice light. Makes for a beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on July 25, 2012 at 11:02 PM

Your photo has a very mystical, magical quality to it. I believe this feeling is created by the soothing looking water, combined with the mysterious darkness along the top and to the right. I'm glad you decided not to reveal detail in those shadows like so many people try to do these days. It adds a sense of mystery, and really helps set the mood.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 27, 2012 at 7:02 PM

Very nicely composed with your use of natural framing excellent.
Overall it has a great "flow" to it (pardon the pun).
Love all the lush greens, and the brown leaves FG left grab your eye & add good interest too..
Good choice on the 1/5th shutter, turned out perfect Keith

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