Sun Dried

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 3, 2013679 views14 comments

Taken at low tide in the Dee estuary, Wirral, UK.

The last of the sun just catching the mud made this shot stand out from the others taken that evening.

All feedback is welcome and thanks for looking.

Gary.

D700, 16-35mm. 1/30 sec, F/8, iso 200.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 3, 2013 at 12:14 PM

Nicely done Gary. I've seen a jillion of these, but never seem to tire of them. I love the pale blue/gray color and the small highlights add a nice touch.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on May 3, 2013 at 12:24 PM

Very well seen Gary .. as Bill says ..Ive seen many of these , but then the grey adds a new angle to this ..well done

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on May 3, 2013 at 3:01 PM

I like it! Nice tones and patterns. Glad you didn't convert to b&w. I'm a bit on the fence about the light striking on the right.
I actually find it to be a bit distracting from the interesting patterns. Still, well seen and captured!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 3, 2013 at 7:02 PM

Very nice, Gary! The patterns look great but I think the light and color really make this one special. I really like the extra interest the highlights and glow add to this. They start on the right and fade off so nicely across the patterns.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 3, 2013 at 7:37 PM

Wonderful abstract, but with a graphic element well seen.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 3, 2013 at 11:22 PM

Yep, seen a ton of em too. But it's okay, I like em, and this is a good one. I like the thicker chunks of mud and the wider cracks. Nice tones too. Maybe wish there was more of the light for balance, but it's a nice color and light contrast.

Chris

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 4, 2013 at 4:08 AM

This works great Gary. Love that touch of light.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM

Very nice patterns and pastel hues. The light, while of a nice quality hitting so close to the right seems distracting.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on May 4, 2013 at 9:00 AM

Beautiful abstract Gary. Love the tones in this and the textures are just great. Nice.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 4, 2013 at 10:07 AM

The subtle color or lack there of makes this capture. Good cop

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 4, 2013 at 10:53 AM

WOW, got me looking on this one, Gary. A very fine intimate closeup of this very static dried up mud flat. You're attention to capture with falling sunlight made this one work so well.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 4, 2013 at 2:53 PM

I sure do like all the shades of blue and the "intensity" of the cracks. The touch of sunlight adds a nice bit of surprise. This is really nice. It also gets me wondering if you tried other placements of the sunlit bits?

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 4, 2013 at 5:10 PM

Nice shot. Love the texture and color balance.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on May 5, 2013 at 1:18 PM

Thanks for the feedback everyone,

Mark, I do have a few others with differing proportions of sunlight, but not different enough from this one. Thanks.

Cheers, Gary.

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