On Golden Pocket

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 17, 2012618 views25 comments

A recent trip atop the Paria Plateau led to a few days at one of my favorite locations. The pools of water from the monsoon rains seemend to lessen a few inches every day, but i was very glad to have an ssortment of reflection pools. This image is composed of 4 horizontal frames stitched together vertically.
Nikon D90, 16-35@16mm f/8, ISO 200, processed with PS Elements9.

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Comments

25 comments

Comment posted by John Fan on September 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM

It is golden. The reflection makes this place even more interesting. Now I need to go back there.

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on September 17, 2012 at 4:09 PM

WOW, great light on the cloud, awesome comp and I find the fact that the reflection is slightly blurred makes this even more dynamic

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 17, 2012 at 4:16 PM

Sweet comp, Doug!

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on September 17, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Wow Doug, you must have been keeping this one for the landscape forum. I love that reflection and the golden light. Sorry but this just beats the crap out of the pan image. Awesome shot!!

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on September 17, 2012 at 5:12 PM

Beautiful, Doug! I've never seen anything like this in the Paria. I suspect the opportunities are
unlimited there. Great light and color with a wonderful reflection.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on September 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM

Very well composed and some really good light! I like the warm light reflected off that cloud. This creates a very special atmosphere. Good work!

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on September 17, 2012 at 5:49 PM

Very nice Doug, this was probably my overall favorite from your fine collection on your site. The comp is great and the light is perfect here. I liked the rippled water, but I would have also liked to see a version where the water was completely still. Your just making me want to get up here more and more by these images.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on September 17, 2012 at 6:01 PM

Great light and color. The patterns in the rocks are fascinating but its the reflecting pool that holds my eyes. What made the concentric ripples?

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 17, 2012 at 6:21 PM

The cloud and its reflection in the pool really makes this image sing for me Doug. I especially like the ring of light around the pool. Don't think I have seen any image like this from this area. Original and beautiful.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on September 17, 2012 at 6:22 PM

Thanks for the kind comments. I hope the saturation is not too high.
Nancy, these pools have tadpole shrimp, so i suspect the rings are from one rising to the surface. The shrimp are interesting to observe. They look like tiny horseshoe crabs.

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Comment posted by Shane McDermott on September 17, 2012 at 7:07 PM

Hi Doug

This is a sweet image, one of the better ones I have seen from this location. Great comp, I like what you have chosen to include.

Shane

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on September 17, 2012 at 7:17 PM

Wow! This is really striking. Love the grains in the rock as much as the light reflections in the pool. Nice application of photomerges here.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on September 17, 2012 at 9:28 PM

I like the quality of light and the color here, Doug. I also like 95% of the composition - I'm a little torn though wanting to see the rest of the pool on the right hand side of the frame. Very nice nonetheless. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on September 17, 2012 at 10:51 PM

Love it Doug! The squarish comp works very well. No nits...

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 17, 2012 at 11:10 PM

Great comp, light and colors. Excellent take on the place!

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on September 17, 2012 at 11:17 PM

I think this is the finest of your series, Doug. More on that later.
Like Shane, I also like what you chose to include very much.
Your processing is (as always) subtle, so no worries at all about oversaturation. Stitching looks perfect, too. It's real nice to see some unique and beautiful light from this place.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on September 18, 2012 at 3:22 AM

Beautiful light Doug. A joy to look at.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 18, 2012 at 7:07 AM

Terrific! The red rocks contrast so well with the orange cloud and reflection and there's just enough blue to keep it from being gaudy.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on September 18, 2012 at 11:14 AM

Thanks again.
Brian, Just a little was cropped off the right side as there was an unsightly spit of wet sand extended into the pool in the LRC.
Peter, I felt lucky to get this period of rippled calm. I was talking to the wind for subsidence. Most of the time, the shape of the rockform could not be seen due to the ripples.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 18, 2012 at 11:52 AM

Excellent Doug! This is a very well balanced composition and I like all the elements and how everything just fits together. The reflecting pool is especially cool with all the "shimmering" going on with the water. The processing, color, etc., all look spot on. Great job with this.

Lon

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on September 18, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Wonderful composition, light and colors. Great stuff, Doug.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 18, 2012 at 2:45 PM

Very pretty Doug. The warm colors in the reflection complement the warm colors in the clouds nicely. very nicely composed too.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on September 19, 2012 at 3:54 AM

A beautiful shot Doug. Love the balance of your comp. I like the highlighted waterline giving strength to the water shape. Lovely blue/yellow color combo in the sky too. Nice!

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on September 20, 2012 at 2:43 AM

Beautiful shot !

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM

Doug, I love all the lines and shapes you have included in your comp. Some great light and colors making for a wonderful scene. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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