Sand and Snow

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 6, 2014158 views13 comments

Taken yesterday along Lake Michigan, this photo is from an ongoing personal photography series of B&W images along the Chicago lake shore. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Jon Daining

Canon 5dmkii
24-105mm @ 47mm, f/11, 1/50 sec

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on January 6, 2014 at 8:21 PM

Very nice work, Jon. This reminds me of a pencil sketch. Lots of interesting contours and texture to keep my eye engaged throughout the frame. Fabulous work, Jon!!

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Comment posted by Chris Brookhart on January 6, 2014 at 8:37 PM

Cool abstract. I would have had no idea what this was depicting without your explanation. I love the grainy rough feel and an almost woodgrain sort of feel. My eye is drawn to the incomplete pattern in the top left. I wonder how it would look if that was a complete pattern?

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Comment posted by Wieslaw Poltorak on January 6, 2014 at 9:07 PM

Great find, Jon. Very interesting pattern and pleasing to the eye.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on January 6, 2014 at 9:08 PM

Love it. No nits from me.
(well maybe one... I think it's upside down )

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 6, 2014 at 11:27 PM

nicely seen; I have taken extravagant liberties - which I usually don't and really shouldn't for it is not my place to tell you how to process your images - please forgive me - but here's an alternative view of your image. it is simply different - not better.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on January 7, 2014 at 12:18 AM

Beautifully crafted image Jon ..very nice

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 7, 2014 at 8:15 AM

Beautiful abstract Jon, love the patterns, B&W definitely suits it. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 7, 2014 at 11:52 AM

Very interesting pattern and great textures and curves. Good eye on that one

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Comment posted by Jon Daining on January 8, 2014 at 1:04 AM

Thanks all for the feedback.

Christopher, I don't have a photo with more of the top left pattern to compare to.

Stuart, I agree that the photo could use a little bump in contrast as you have done. The web version doesn't convert the finer details in the original image, and therefore needs more contrast to compensate.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 9, 2014 at 1:12 AM

Wonderful abstract Jon. Love the lines, but I too vote for a bit more contrast

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 9, 2014 at 10:10 AM

Wonderful abstract. I've been looking at this series and really like them a lot.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 12, 2014 at 4:01 AM

Good series, I'm most partial to this one with its beautiful swirls.

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Comment posted by Tim Mulholland on January 25, 2014 at 3:57 PM

I love the simplicity and the flow of the image. I just want to stare at it and be drawn into it...

Tim!

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