Set Adrift (+edit)

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 3, 2012380 views23 comments

La Jolla, California

Exposed during low tide, this rock reminded me of an astroid of some sorts. When there was enough of a swell, the whitewash would come in and the rock would seem to drift out to sea. When I first processed this, I thought it would be a cool abstract without the sky, but I kept it in and purposely tried to keep the sky bright to match the whitewash, even thought the bright orange cloud seems to be a bit blown out.

Canon 5D2, Nikon 14-24. two exposure blend.

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 3, 2012 at 4:38 PM

Well done Jimmy. Love the dynamic nature of the water - perfect shutter speed! Also love the pock-marked lead-in rock and how it points to the centered cloud.

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on December 3, 2012 at 5:06 PM

I feel like I'm riding on the back of a whale! Great unique view here, Jimmy.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 3, 2012 at 5:46 PM

Jeffrey said it well, like riding on the back of a whale. It is a strange, but appealing viewpoint. Great understated sky, too.

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Comment posted by Dennis Harding on December 3, 2012 at 6:13 PM

Very nice image Jimmy. I like the sky, it looks very natural to me.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 3, 2012 at 8:03 PM

That pock marked rock sticking into the frothing ocean is really neat and the colorful sky is icing on the cake. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 3, 2012 at 8:32 PM

Never saw a view like this before Jimmy. Love the textures and water motion.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on December 3, 2012 at 10:17 PM

Cool viewpoint! You chose a great shutter speed for the water as well.

A couple of things I noticed: There seems to be some haloing at the horizon on the left, and there is also an odd oval shaped darker halo surrounding the orange cloud in the center of the sky. Easy fixes though, great shot!

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on December 3, 2012 at 10:23 PM

This is really nice and I don't see a problem with the sky. The water does give the rock a sense of motion. Great colors, too. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on December 3, 2012 at 10:51 PM

Thanks Zack...I think the center dark halo is just a simple brush gone too big :) The halo on the left could be the incoming tide's mist. There were some nice swells this past weekend and at times, the mist/spray can fly all over the place. I plan on looking into it, though, to see if I can minimize the negative effect it may have.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on December 3, 2012 at 11:07 PM

Wow, dreamy. I only wish the land mass out there on the left was gone...

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on December 3, 2012 at 11:11 PM

That's what I was saying, Mark. I actually get that little point in a lot of my shots, but really wish it were not so prominent in this one. I can always try to clone it out or partially crop and clone. May be a little much???

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 3, 2012 at 11:14 PM

What an incredibly strong comp, Jimmy, and great light to go with it. Definitely worth leaving the sky in, IMO. The colors in the water texture makes this extra special.

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on December 3, 2012 at 11:47 PM

I like your idea about cropping the sky, the image has more impact to my eye that way. Nicely seen.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on December 4, 2012 at 9:35 AM

Nice! That's a lot of white water, with nice detail and texture. The detail in the foreground rock is amazing. I especially like the puddles reflecting the blues of the sky. Excellent!

Chris

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 4, 2012 at 11:35 AM

I like this a ton, Jimmy! Great comp and the foam gives it such a feel of no time or space. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 4, 2012 at 4:21 PM

Outstanding Jimmy! Great vision, concept and execution, I love this! I actually didn't think of a whale, but a surfboard with a very textured deck... ;-)

Love everything about this! Kudos!

Lon

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 4, 2012 at 5:08 PM

Jimmy, This is a very cool shot! It is unusual and quite appealing to me. Beautiful colors and the water motion looks fantastic, and then all that detail and texture in the foreground rock just makes this a great looking image! The overall feel here is wonderful! Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on December 5, 2012 at 2:22 AM

A unique comp -- I like it.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on December 5, 2012 at 9:23 AM

This looks like the prow of some alien vessel! Very cool perspective.

I like the sky but a crop would really throw this into abstraction.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 5, 2012 at 10:29 AM

I like it better without the sky, more intimate with great balance in textures of rock and waves. It's also nice as is. an interesting capture

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Comment posted by Michael Cothran on December 5, 2012 at 6:10 PM

Powerful composition. Nice processing.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 5, 2012 at 11:23 PM

Beautiful shot, Jimmy, really like this comp!
No one else has mentioned it--so take this fwiw--but IMO i think this would be much stronger with some/most of the blue/magenta removed from the surf. Keep the warm colors there, but not the blue. As it stands, i think the blue in the water 'robs' the sky of some of its beauty. The texture is what makes the surf cool. Just a thought.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on December 6, 2012 at 1:45 AM

Stan...when I first saw this on the monitor, the texture of the water was what I was drawn to, as it was in direct contrast to the sharp foreground. I envisioned this as a potential black and white abstract, but the cool color combo in the foreground and then the nice sky suggested color was the way to go. I definitely will play around with your suggestion a bit more, as it has a lot of merit, especially since that was kinda the way I was initially headed. Here is a quick edit.

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