Dark Orbit

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 3, 20142,653 views20 comments

Moeraki, New Zealand

These boulders are becoming ridiculously popular among landscape photographers. Each year
I try to do something different to portray them. In 2013 I think I came up with a new composition. BW is in the heavy brooding style popular among French landscape photographers.

Canon 5DMkIII, 16-35mm

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on June 3, 2014 at 5:38 AM

Such awesome lines. Yum.

aF

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 3, 2014 at 9:08 AM

This is a beautiful b&w image, Kah Kit! Love the flow around the boulder and the wonderful textures. Very Nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 3, 2014 at 9:37 AM

Excellent! Great lines and tones. Maybe do a slight CCW rotation? I like this a lot.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on June 3, 2014 at 11:06 AM

Very cool, Kah Kit. Love the sense of extreme motion in this shot anchored by those impressive boulders. Sweet.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on June 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM

Wonderful flow with the FG leading lines, especially with the 3rds down framing, Kah Kit. I don't see the need for rotation as Harley suggests. Very dramatic and nicely composed.

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 3, 2014 at 11:40 AM

Looks great! Even though they are ridiculously popular, most of the world has never seen them, so this looks as original as anything I have seen.

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 3, 2014 at 11:57 AM

The wonderfully round boulder makes a great centerpiece that's emphasized nicely by the flowing surf curling around it. Great view!

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 3, 2014 at 12:23 PM

Black and white magic. I like it a lot.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 3, 2014 at 1:26 PM

Love the sweeping surf line, brings my eye through the image nicely. They are unique boulders, for sure. I do like your take on them. I might clone out, or tone down considerably that hot spot on the left distant rock.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on June 3, 2014 at 3:02 PM

Love the flowing lines Kah Kit, and the shutter speed is just right. I agree with Harley about a slight CCW rotation.

Registered on November 24, 2008, 304 Posts, 3211 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on June 3, 2014 at 3:06 PM

Looks great to me! Nice tones and shapes. I agree with Harley regarding the slightly tilted horizon. The composition is well seen.

Good job!

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Navin Sarma on June 3, 2014 at 5:58 PM

Beautiful comp... and i love the blurred crashing waves on the right. Nicely converted

Registered on July 17, 2011, 233 Posts, 1373 Comments

Comment posted by Wesley Picotte on June 3, 2014 at 9:00 PM

I lose the top of the boulder in the white water behind it just a bit, but that's easy enough to live with. This is a lovely image.

Registered on December 10, 2013, 4 Posts, 40 Comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on June 4, 2014 at 12:35 AM

good unique take on what is, yes, becoming an iconic site. i wonder whether a step ladder and having your tripod extended as high as it could go might have separated the elements even more? nice tones here though and love the smooth curve of flowing water. well done.

Registered on December 7, 2007, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 4, 2014 at 10:53 AM

Sweet as usual

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 4, 2014 at 4:16 PM

Great lines and well processed. Black and white really works great for this one. Excellent image

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on June 4, 2014 at 5:57 PM

love the waves here ! Stunning

Registered on March 14, 2013, 100 Posts, 643 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 4, 2014 at 11:45 PM

Stuart, it's not possible to separate the elements out anymore. There's a reason why I don't think this composition has been shot before. Firstly this rock is one of the less impressive ones on the beach and is always ignored; one has to get quite close and low to make it look big. Secondly, a step ladder would not me advisable given the high tide needed to shoot this boulder with water around it ;)

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on June 6, 2014 at 4:50 PM

Stunning image Kah Kit. And pretty unique take on these boulders, I agree. The dark bw rendition looks great too.

Just one tiny nit. It is better noticable in the larger version: On that rock that comes in from the left side, close to the water, there is a white spot. I think you should clone that one out. It just looks like a pixel defect, at least in this websize.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on June 9, 2014 at 12:54 AM

Incredible, Kah Kit, simply incredible. The curves of the water wrapping around that rock ..... amazing.

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