'Meltdown'
Northern California Coast, June 2006.
(This one is for Eric Fredine. We miss your participation here in ESS)
Over the last several months I have thoroughly enjoyed viewing many wonderful coastal photographs, courtesy of our friends in Oregon. Here is a less dramatic offering from my favorite playground - Northern California's San Mateo Coast.
Pentax 67ii, 105mm, UV + 81a (warming) filters, Fuji Astia 100F.
As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this photograph.
Kind Regards.
Comments
27 commentsAnyway I really do LIKE this one. It just all seems to work together: light, composition, feeling.
Very nice! Such a peaceful scene.
Pete D.
Guy
A really nice image. The composition is perfectly balanced with wonderful leading lines and diagonal elements. Of course the light also contributes to its quality
Steve
much of your photography tends too much towards the "picture perfect" for my taste...not enough of nature's unruly messiness...
that said, and looking at more of your work on your website, i would also venture the opinion that your photographs of rocks/rock get beyond the merely "picture perfect" and into a more transcendent state of photography...
this photograph is a prime example...
Mark: This is perhaps the first time I have received a comment from you (for work shown here in ESS). Thank you very much for the feedback.
I nearly commented on the last one without prodding...
I think intimate portraits of natural objects are very challenging. For example, for myself, I find I most often end up with something that just looks well composed - the subjects are nicely placed in the frame, the forms and colours are pretty, but the photograph has no soul or emotion. And for me, I find this to be the case with the vast majority of photographs of this type.
I think Mark Hobson and Adam Gibbs are two photographers who frequently succeed. Which is interesting because their approach and even intent is quite different.
For me, these two recent photographs rise above 'mere composition'. One the one hand, the rocks do seem to have a 'personality' - perhaps suggested by your title. More importantly I think, I get a sense of place and wonder - I want to be there and explore. And a sense of organic forces at work.
Cheers,
Eric
As always your intimate compositions are very well thought out, well executed and have a special qaulity to them that really touches on the heart and soul of the subject. I am always amazed at how you accomplish this.
Somehow I missed it before, but now found it on th EP gallery.
Congratulations!
Verena
I like the strong lines that the water has cut into the sand in contrast to the half-buried mounds of rock, so smooth and grounded. The colour is very nice as well. Another great photo, Anil.