I was on a short vacation with my local family last week and shot a fair bit. Here's my favorite from the dunes - obviously edited for dramatic effect, so my apologies to the purists.
That is some wild sky you've got there. Sand Dunes seems to be good for that. And you someone orchestrated the clouds to mirror Medano Creek which is pretty cool too.
Mel-
Posted by Doug Andrews on June 13, 2007 at 10:32 PM
I would say dramatic is an understatement. I'm diggin' it.
Posted by Todd Caudle on June 13, 2007 at 11:44 PM
Really nice collection of images, RL. The photo above has a real Marc Adamus thing going on, and that's a good thing in my book.
It may have been Box Canyon and my memory is faulty... it's a $3 entry fee thing just south of Ouray on the way to Silverton.
The thing I don't like about the first one in the essay is that there's a little barrel distortion from the super wide evident in the grass line below the dunes, and I haven't yet figured out how to fix that in CS2.
Most of the editing on the posted photo was a combination of shadow/highlight and Photomatix tonemapping, may have been a curve or a levels in there, too. Conversion was a gradient map layer, fine tuned with a monochrome channel mixer layer. Obviously, I tweak a lot.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on June 13, 2007 at 11:57 PM
Awesome work Becky. The silky quality of the sky and that of Medano are a match made in heaven. Todd is right about the Adamus like quality of this shot - which is a very good thing!
It's been so long since I have been to the dunes - and this shot makes me want to get in the car tonight.
Wow! Killer sky - looks like something from Harry Potter movie. The adjustments aren't obvious, which is a good thing; looks believable based on the storm clouds.
Original capture was color?
Nice mouse strokes.
How will you print this?
What's the smallest and largest dimensions?
Silver Bromide, FCA, or IJ?
Good luck.
DT
Posted by Dan Walters on June 14, 2007 at 10:37 PM
Original capture was color?
Yes, not unlike the first photo in the link.
How will you print this?
Undecided, probably through Mpix. I'm not fancy.
What's the smallest and largest dimensions?
It can probably go quite big, coming out of a 10mp camera.
Silver Bromide, FCA, or IJ?
I only recognize one of those terms, and so I can't really say. I'll probably do something nice through Mpix and leave it at that.
Dave can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe FCA stands for Fuji Crystal Archive paper and IJ stands for Ink Jet. I've not done much B&W, but I think Silver Bromides are used specifically for B&W prints.
I really enjoy the composition, clouds and B+W treatment of your favorite shot. I've seen some pretty wild clouds in the SLV but never anything quite that dramatic (in person anyway)!
Discussion
18 repliesThis is the link to the rest:
http://www.highdesertarts.com/PhotoEssays/Durango2007
Just be warned that there's a fair bit of family in there, too!
Mel-
The thing I don't like about the first one in the essay is that there's a little barrel distortion from the super wide evident in the grass line below the dunes, and I haven't yet figured out how to fix that in CS2.
Most of the editing on the posted photo was a combination of shadow/highlight and Photomatix tonemapping, may have been a curve or a levels in there, too. Conversion was a gradient map layer, fine tuned with a monochrome channel mixer layer. Obviously, I tweak a lot.
It's been so long since I have been to the dunes - and this shot makes me want to get in the car tonight.
John
Nice mouse strokes.
How will you print this?
What's the smallest and largest dimensions?
Silver Bromide, FCA, or IJ?
Good luck.
DT
Yes, not unlike the first photo in the link.
How will you print this?
Undecided, probably through Mpix. I'm not fancy.
What's the smallest and largest dimensions?
It can probably go quite big, coming out of a 10mp camera.
Silver Bromide, FCA, or IJ?
I only recognize one of those terms, and so I can't really say. I'll probably do something nice through Mpix and leave it at that.
Dave can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe FCA stands for Fuji Crystal Archive paper and IJ stands for Ink Jet. I've not done much B&W, but I think Silver Bromides are used specifically for B&W prints.
I really enjoy the composition, clouds and B+W treatment of your favorite shot. I've seen some pretty wild clouds in the SLV but never anything quite that dramatic (in person anyway)!
Thanks for posting,