Curved Shadows + Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 16, 2013776 views19 comments

Curved shadows, created by a stand of white birch trees dance on fresh snow dunes in southern New Hampshire. Taken the day after the blizzard of 2013.

Canon 5DM2
Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L at 59mm
ISO100 1/160sec f/11

As always, thanks for having a look.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 16, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Eva, this is a really nice abstract. The beautiful look of the fresh powder coupled with the nice arrangement of shadows makes this a success in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on February 17, 2013 at 4:32 AM

Excellent abstraction, love it

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 17, 2013 at 5:28 AM

Eva, this is a beautiful abstarct with some nice curves,lines and patterns.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on February 17, 2013 at 6:29 AM

Nice! I like this one even better than the one with the trees in it!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 17, 2013 at 9:35 AM

Really like this Eva. The curved shadows look very cool. Now I want to come sliding down through there on one of those aluminum disk like I had when I was a kid, or maybe my old flexable flyer!...

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on February 17, 2013 at 9:44 AM

Beautifully seen! The composition works perfectly. I love the curves and lines created by the shadows.

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on February 17, 2013 at 10:46 AM

Fantastic use of lines and patterns in the composition.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 17, 2013 at 10:50 AM

The shadows are everything in this capture, Eva. Some very nice soft light makes for a peaceful abstract too.

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on February 17, 2013 at 3:34 PM

Cool.

Have you considered cropping away the bottom (to almost square) to make it more abstract? Because now, the foreground gives some kind of "anchor in reality" that prevents this from going really abstract. Just a thought...

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 17, 2013 at 3:50 PM

Thanks everyone for your comments. Here is a square crop as Basil suggested and indeed, it does look more abstract. Thanks.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 17, 2013 at 7:12 PM

This is absolutely wonderful. I had hoped for this type of abstract when I saw the scene which included the trees! Crisp, interesting, and totally lovely. Nice job

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 17, 2013 at 9:27 PM

The crop is what I was going to suggest, and it works perfectly, Eva! All about abstract lines, light, and shadow now.

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Comment posted by INGOMA on February 17, 2013 at 9:34 PM

Nicely seen and executed, Eva.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 17, 2013 at 10:39 PM

Hi Eva

Love the graphic qualities of this fine abstract

the square crop is even better

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 18, 2013 at 6:08 PM

Oh my! I love how the curves of the shadows change shape and pull my eyes in a big swing from the lrc to the left and back to the urc. The crop is nice, but I prefer the original because the foreground provides a good starting place for my eyes.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on February 18, 2013 at 11:48 PM

i really like this image Eva, wonderful pattern of the shadows

Hamed

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on February 19, 2013 at 3:15 PM

I'm getting dizzy! The bottom portion seems to be inconflict with the nice smoothlines above - I might suggest cropping it off. Wind and snow can be a great combo.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on February 19, 2013 at 3:51 PM

The shadows across the slope really set this up. I do prefer the square crop as it focuses more on the lines and curves. This should work well in B&W also.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 20, 2013 at 10:13 AM

Eva, the second image really takes the capture to a stronger abstract perspective. I like both, but prefer the second as a final product.

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