Gentle Beauty

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 28, 2013223 views13 comments

My wife and I went to the beach (Gulf islands National Seashore) yesterday in between rainstorms. I concentrated in the marshy areas because the light was rather dull. The rain created some super saturated colors, especially the greens. I had to reduce the saturation in this image quite a bit in order to make it look semi-normal and it's still quite saturated. I added a slight Orton effect to soften the scene somewhat.

Please view the LARGE version for better detail.

D2x w/35-70 @ 70mm
.6 sec @ f/11 - MLU and remote release
100 ISO
No filters
Tripod
Capture One 6 for RAW conversion, CS4

Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques always welcomes and appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on July 28, 2013 at 1:44 PM

Excellent capture here, Bill. I love the soft feeling it portrays. The one isolated white flower is the key character and a main focal point, but the painterly scene is wonderful to look at all the way around.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on July 28, 2013 at 1:47 PM

I like the mood of this - although it is cliche to say this really does have the look and feel of a painting to me. Just thinking out loud - did you take any using a wider aperture for shallow DOF? I would be curious to see how that would look - perhaps a bit too surreal for what you are going for but it would be interesting to see how it would look.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on July 28, 2013 at 2:16 PM

I wasnt sure at first, but i think this will grow on me--i really like the comp! The softness threw me a bit, but it's kind of weird and i like weird

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on July 28, 2013 at 2:51 PM

Thanks all for the comments so far.

Brian - I shot some limited DoF images of other subjects but not this one. Don't know why I didn't.

Stan - weird is as weird does!

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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on July 28, 2013 at 3:57 PM

Well done, Bill! I like the repeating lines and forms and subtle colors you have presented. Nice work. Chet

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 28, 2013 at 5:33 PM

I really like this Bill, especially the placement of the white flower. The Orton effect looks just right. Brian didn't say it but I will..... Very beautiful and very painterly!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 28, 2013 at 5:37 PM

I like your dof choice to bring the attention to the grasses in the foreground, and the great greens. There is also a rhythm to it I like. Beautiful work.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on July 28, 2013 at 7:25 PM

Nicely executed and well seen! Sharon

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on July 28, 2013 at 10:41 PM

Man, I didn't know how delicate and nice this was going to be from the thumb. Really beautiful, and well detailed. Are you channeling your inner Overacker? I mean that as a compliment in the highest regard!

Chris

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on July 29, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Bill,

You have such a knack for finding the subtle and taking it to the sublime. This is outstanding!

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on July 29, 2013 at 8:27 PM

Simple and sweet, Bill. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on July 30, 2013 at 1:03 AM

This has turned out really well, Bill. The rich colors and the softness courtesy of the Orton application make for a terrific statement. Sutble but powerful. I love it.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 4, 2013 at 5:01 PM

Bill, I'm really enjoying this image. Wonderful colors and light and I really like the feel this has. Nice work on this!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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