Desolate Beauty

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted February 18, 2014309 views6 comments

One of my favourite road shots which I made during one of my 2012 New Zealand workshops. I had driven through the Lindis Pass many times without ever encountering the right conditions that I had envisioned till that point. When I saw the snow-capped peaks and moody sky, we made an unscheduled stop which turned into a couple of hours shooting some changing light.

Canon 5DMkII, 16-35mm

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Comment posted by Rebecka on February 18, 2014 at 2:05 PM

The light is just amazing here. I clicked on the thumbnail, and when the page came up, I said Wow... and then another Wow when I looked at the larger version. This is an image that would probably be best appreciated on a very large scale!

The curvature of the road lends itself perfectly to the image, drawing the eye in, in a serpentine way. And all the light in the center of the image keeps it there. Questions: what software did you use to process this? And if you could describe a little about what you did, that would be great. I really like the way it came out. And did you add a bit of vignetting to the corners, or did it come out of the camera this way? I couldn't tell.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 18, 2014 at 3:35 PM

This is really a cool image! Great comp and the light and conditions you caught are fantastic. I like this a lot!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by gary phillips on February 18, 2014 at 4:40 PM

I'm usually not a big fan of road shots, but this is very sweet. Wonderful light and sky .

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Comment posted by Zhoen on February 18, 2014 at 11:32 PM

Boy is that alot of detail. Another bold processing with this image. Seattle weather is like this most of the year, I am inspired to try something like this.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on February 19, 2014 at 3:11 AM

Rebecka, I under-exposed this one deliberately as I pre-visualised this as a dark presentation with an area of natural spot lighting in the centre. Processing in photoshop mainly for contrast and some vignetting applied.

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Comment posted by Rebecka on February 20, 2014 at 2:29 PM

Thanks so much for the reply, Kah, and sharing your expert technique to achieve this look.

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