Holes

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 27, 20121,175 views28 comments

I bet you haven't seen these...

Middle Caicos Indian Caves located on the tiny Turks & Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. Deep within you look up and see the lush jungle light protruding through the "holes".

Compositing the multiple layers of luminescence inherently adds saturation which is a bit strong, and I have desaturated a bit, but is still a bit bold.

Not far from this area is a tunnel that housed thousands of bats. (Which were bombarding me with fly-byes all within inches of my head at times)

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 27, 2012 at 11:43 PM

Very cool, Matt. The textures and light here are fantastic.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 27, 2012 at 11:56 PM

Sweet capture. Nice comp and the information on location. Out of the box

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 28, 2012 at 12:39 AM

Brilliant!

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Comment posted by David Edwards on July 28, 2012 at 4:48 AM

Looks like a fascinating place Matt. Awesome photo. Nice job controlling/blending the light. Saturation looks good to me. I can imagine thousands of bats flying up through those holes

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 28, 2012 at 8:49 AM

This is awesome, Matt! I love the light and what an amazing view. Really cool.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on July 28, 2012 at 9:49 AM

Super cool, feel like an ant or bee looking out into the world above.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on July 28, 2012 at 12:13 PM

Spooky stuff...looks like the skull of a multi-eyed monster. Cool...

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on July 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM

Unique and FANTASTIC Matt! Thanks for sharing this one! Excellent all the way around including the exposure, light balancing and processing. Well done.

Lon

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Comment posted by dean hebert on July 28, 2012 at 2:04 PM

I like the texture of the ceiling and the composition.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on July 28, 2012 at 2:10 PM

uncanny. love everything about it, and think it could make a pretty nice B&W as well

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on July 28, 2012 at 3:32 PM

very cool image. love the dynamic range.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 28, 2012 at 5:55 PM

Terrific view (and concept). Looks like an amazing place.

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Comment posted by Rebecka on July 28, 2012 at 6:57 PM

Wow this is really wonderful - and it looks like something different to everyone, apparently! I get a feeling of a vision of heaven from Hades in your image. Just so cool!! Kudos.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on July 28, 2012 at 9:02 PM

Unusual and interesting I like it very much.

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Comment posted by John Williams on July 28, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Too cool Mat!

At first it is hard to tell if I'm looking at reflecting pools or at skylights. Really unique, and great job on controlling the dynamic range.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 28, 2012 at 11:10 PM

Nice! I love unusual images like this. and this one is so well done

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on July 28, 2012 at 11:23 PM

Terrific. Very unique.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 28, 2012 at 11:31 PM

Definitely unique and eerie in a way. Like it! The bottom of the rock forms has an abstract look, electric feel to it.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on July 29, 2012 at 12:05 AM

Way cool. Nice work!

aF

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on July 29, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Wild photo. Great job processing.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on July 29, 2012 at 8:42 AM

This is awesome Matt. The saturation looks great to me. Great idea and perfect execution.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 29, 2012 at 12:42 PM

We can always count on you, Matt, to come up with something different.

Your pp makes the impossible possible. Excellent vision and imagination!

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on July 30, 2012 at 8:06 PM

LOVE it! One of the most intriguing photos I've seen in a while. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on August 1, 2012 at 2:00 AM

bizarre! love it!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 1, 2012 at 2:29 PM

very unique - a great eye to see this potential.
Congrats on a fine WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on August 1, 2012 at 5:40 PM

Very well deserved WP here, Matt. So different, so powerful, and very much in keeping with your style.

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Comment posted by Andrey Antov on August 2, 2012 at 1:25 PM

Very nice and artistic. Thank you for sharing.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on August 3, 2012 at 11:24 PM

Amazing find

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