A Canyon's Rythm

Bishop Canyon
Shot this while waiting for Mat Malone to finish shooting down at the creek. Just trying to catch the wind's rythm.

Let me know what you think of the saturation here.
Too much? Just enough? or make it more subtle?

Steve,

Sat, color, contrast - all the technicals look spot on to me.

Let me know if you want an opinion on the image..... :-)

Lon

Ok, just kidding...

Actually great job of making something out of... well, being bored. Actually I like this quite a bit, but I'm just wishing that the front line of trees had stayed calm like the background trees... I think that would have made for a very interesting and artistic nature capture.

The more I look at it though, the more it looks like some warp filter in PS.

Congrats for taking what was given you though...

Lon

Boy Steven ,

The wind must have been blowing pretty hard to get that much movement in the mid ground. Sometimes you just go with a gut feeling. When I was in the Canyon the Saturday before the "Gathering" I spent more time composing in the view finder and waiting for the wind to subside for just long enough for most of the movement to stop. I think the gradiations in the colors are what make this image, plus the lines almost like a swath of paint going from one side of the image to the other. Most wind shots I've taken just look fuzzy and blurry, but somehow you captured the impression of the wind, maybe it's the mixture of moving trees and non moving trees.
The colors don't seem overdone

Paul

When creating this I did want to keep some of the stationary objects in the frame so I agree with you Lon. It was pretty tough to catch a still moment from the road. With no stationary item in the fg it is pretty anchorless.

Here is the uncropped version that doesn't help it much. Sure would have been nice to find some nice still trunks for a foreground.

Hmm,

I actually like this uncropped version more as the front right trees seem to anchor the moving trees a bit better. And the comp seems less cutoff. Normally I like to see the trees trunks in the foreground whenever possible.

Derek

Nice shot Steve.
I think the saturation is just right. I agree with Lon, calm trees in the front line would've made it better but still a very nice shot.
Alejandro

Wind rustling through the leaves is one of my favorite things... except when photographing. As for the saturation, it looks very good to me. Lon stole the words out of my mouth in terms of the fg movement. Maybe a contrast boost to just the fg might give a sense of less motion?

If you're keeping tabs, I like the original cropped version the best. It has the nicest balance to my eyes (even though the fg isn't the most detailed). Nice experiment... I like it.

I would have been happy to just to see some fall color, Steve! I also would've liked to see the foreground remain still. I admire your tenacity and willingness to experiment.

You might play around with some blurring techniques to see what pops up. This image has a lot of potential for such a treatment.

-P

The colors look good. I agree with Derek that the uncropped version works better, at least for me its a better looking scene then the cropped one.

- DMP