Hourglass

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 26, 20071,611 views23 comments

From Rattlesnake Ledge that morning the clouds rolled in. I jumped back and forth between color and black and white for this. I've got another similar version that I left in color, but only because I've been going b&w a lot lately.

C & C's always appreciated!

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by beth summer on June 26, 2007 at 4:28 PM

This is awesome, Brian. I love the B&W treatement. I feel like I'm just floating through on a cloud between the ledge. The branch is critical IMO to the image for balance and eye catching. Wonderful...

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on June 26, 2007 at 4:31 PM

Extremely strong image, Brian. One of your best. The positioning of elements is amazing. Great depth. B&W treatment is perfect.

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Comment posted by Mary Dennis on June 26, 2007 at 5:18 PM

Wow, my depth perception gets thrown out the window here Brian! Something very Rorshachy and other wordly going on here too... Excellent and very wild feeling image.

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Comment posted by Michael Anderson on June 26, 2007 at 5:29 PM

AWESOME B&W image!! Fantastic composition and processing.

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Comment posted by Steve Bunn on June 26, 2007 at 5:32 PM

Brian, this is a very intriquing image. At first glance, I was thinking I would like to see more shadow detail, but when I considered the title, I think you exposed this perfectly. The small bush/tree really helps make the image.

Registered on February 5, 2007, 34 Posts, 320 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Dawson on June 26, 2007 at 5:33 PM

Fantastic perspective. Hard to tell if one is looking down at the clouds or a mirrored reflection. Very nice

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Comment posted by Laurent Baig on June 26, 2007 at 6:28 PM

This is really cool. I sort of wish there were a little more detail in the cliffs on the side, but I'm not that concerned about it really. Very interesting image.

Registered on January 12, 2005, 206 Posts, 6784 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 26, 2007 at 6:59 PM

Loving this one. Great perspective, B&W treatment great choice. I really like the dark sides. Too much shadow detail would detract from this one. The dark to light is great.

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Comment posted by Mike Veltri on June 26, 2007 at 10:01 PM

Great perspective and the B&W looks great. Nice job.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 51 Posts, 1077 Comments

Comment posted by Eric Good on June 27, 2007 at 12:02 AM

I love everything about this... particularly the fact that it is not the typical shot and a well done one at that. Absolutely no nits here. Well seen, captured and converted.

Registered on March 17, 2007, 116 Posts, 4764 Comments

Comment posted by Anil Rao on June 27, 2007 at 12:36 PM

Amazing work, Brian. Moody and fresh at the same time. I am loving it.

Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Mearig on June 27, 2007 at 1:12 PM

This is a strange perspective, and wonderful. I really like the choice to use black and white. Taking information away just makes this photo more of an enigma.

Registered on September 4, 2006, 237 Posts, 4748 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 27, 2007 at 6:28 PM

Beautiful image, Brian. I like the feeling of being suspended between the walls.

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Comment posted by Brian Rasmussen on June 27, 2007 at 9:46 PM

Thanks for the comments guys! Glad to hear the b&w works--I am really seeing everything in b&w these days. Appreciate the thoughts, particularly on the wall detail--I thought about how much to include for some time while processing.

Registered on July 26, 2005, 121 Posts, 1884 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Dark on June 27, 2007 at 10:48 PM

Outstanding, Brian! I really like your composition, and the BW conversion is well done. Nice...

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 28, 2007 at 2:43 AM

I love the feeling of floating on clouds. Amazing.

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Comment posted by Gabi Lach on June 28, 2007 at 12:53 PM

Very clean and artistic looking. If my house were B&W I would put it on the wall.

Love the composition and overall presentation.

Registered on May 1, 2007, 101 Posts, 3187 Comments

Comment posted by INGOMA on June 28, 2007 at 7:43 PM

Very nice Brian! Love it!

Regards,
Christoph

Registered on July 2, 2004, 231 Posts, 3110 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on July 2, 2007 at 8:42 AM

Brian, I missed this in ESS and just now caught this very fine image here in the EP selection for this week. Congratulations on this shot having been picked for this weeks ESS category.

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on July 2, 2007 at 5:02 PM

Brian,

Congratulations on the EP choice. Yes, the B/W treatment really works. Both the clouds and the growing tree bridge the gap between the dark cliff walls.

A great window onto the world.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on July 3, 2007 at 7:15 AM

Wonderfully creative and beautiful composition. Congratulations.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on July 5, 2007 at 2:39 PM

Congrats, Brian.

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Comment posted by Chris White on July 5, 2007 at 4:30 PM

Wow. And just enough shadow texture to keep it "material" rather than sliding abstract. Love it.

Registered on February 27, 2007, 61 Posts, 945 Comments