Bird's Nest + Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 3, 2012742 views15 comments

The Red seaweed and zebra rock on the shore of St. Ann's Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia reminded me of a bird's nest. Something a little different than my usual seascapes from Cape Breton. Taken on a rainy, dreary day.

Pentax 67II
Pentax 67 90-180mm
Polarizer
Velvia 50
Epson V750 scan

Thanks for having a look.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 3, 2012 at 9:52 AM

Very cool!!! Great composition, detail and colors. Very minor suggestion, but I might burn down the rock in the lower right a bit. I like this a lot!

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Comment posted by Natalie Mikaels on December 3, 2012 at 9:54 AM

Those rainy days tend to be the best for images like this...really saturates (naturally) colors. I really like this one. The composition works perfectly and the bold orange colors of the seaweed contrasts beautifully with the muted background colors. Bravo!

Registered on November 3, 2011, 45 Posts, 181 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 3, 2012 at 10:26 AM

Oh, I love this Eva! The color and detail of the seaweed is great, as is the placement of the Zebra rock. I do wish the large speckled rock in the ULC wasn't quite so dominant though.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 3, 2012 at 12:06 PM

Here is a version where I burned down the small rock in the lrhc and larger rock up top. Thanks everyone for your input.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 3, 2012 at 12:29 PM

Great find Eva! Amazing color and detail here. Your repost took care of my nits, so great job with that. Polarizer was a good choice too in cutting down what I suspect was a lot of glare on the wet leaves. Just wonderful color in the seaweed, very cool.

Lon

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 3, 2012 at 12:31 PM

That is, just as Harley said, a very cool image. Love the vibrant color of the seaweed against the neutrals.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on December 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM

I love the fiery nature of the seaweed. The zebra stone is most likely some variation of granite, an igneous rock born out of fire so it is very apt to see this "egg" sitting in its nest of "fire". Very neat indeed.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 3, 2012 at 4:02 PM

This is Cool! Very nice Eva. I love the wet look and how it adds to the color, and it does make me think of a nest. Repost even better!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Pelton on December 3, 2012 at 7:17 PM

gorgeous macro shot, Eva.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on December 3, 2012 at 8:01 PM

This one had me fooled. From the thumb, I thought it was going to be red autumn leaves under water! I gues when the tide comes up they will be, sort of!

I like the color a lot. The contrasting shape and color of the "egg" is nice too.

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 3, 2012 at 8:08 PM

I pity the bird that tries to hatch this egg. The repost does a better job of keeping the focus on the seaweed nest. Great seeing.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on December 3, 2012 at 10:31 PM

Beautiful and intimate, the seaweed seems to be swirling around that rock, love it Eva!

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on December 5, 2012 at 12:31 PM

Great combination of textures here for me, Eva. I really enjoy the rich tonal range and the tangible details especially in the larger version.

Peter

Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 5, 2012 at 11:38 PM

This is really nice, Eva--great intimate shot!
I would have liked it even more if you had somehow managed to frame it so only the red leaves and round rock filled the frame--that would have been amazing. Maybe you could have borrowed some of Chris C's technique (see above) to fill in some of that ulhc...

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Cameron on December 6, 2012 at 5:25 AM

I like this Eva. Great colour's extracted by the film and masses of wonderful detail. I bet this was a nice easy scan with very little post processing needed. Have you checked on Lofoten flights, the last stage of the journey is beginning to fill.

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