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Photo posted by Vance Gese in the Landscape gallery on 05/18/13 at 8:59 pm EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
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Vance Gese
Vance Gese Photography
Quilcene, Washington |
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I was merely there, a small, puny, awestruck man,
praising Almighty God, with camera in hand.
Make a few images, well.
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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on 05/18/13 at 9:32 pm EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
Crazy scene going on there. Lots of elements. Nice find.
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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on 05/18/13 at 9:39 pm EST
Registered on 06/16/12, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Vance,
This is a stunning image that to me has a ‘Mid-Evil Forest’ sort of feel to it. An inspiring location and well captured . . . 
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 05/18/13 at 10:19 pm EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Love the misty blue Vance. This surely is a quintessential PNW beach scene and mood. It must have been wonderful to witness this beautiful scene.
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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on 05/19/13 at 12:17 am EST
Registered on 11/24/08, 304 Posts, 3211 Comments
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I know this spot, but don't think I've seen a shot of this with that beautiful soft blue light. Really nice Vance!
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Joe Campisi
Federal Way, WA |
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"It's not what we make, it's what we make possible!"
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Comment posted by Greg AshworthFanch on 05/19/13 at 12:21 am EST
Registered on 12/14/12, 55 Posts, 67 Comments
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Nice shot Vance, I love the mood and colors. I like the shot as is, but, I was wondering if you have this shot without the trees in the foreground? For me, the trees ground the whole image, but if I look past them the image becomes very mysterious and dreamy. Well done.
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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on 05/19/13 at 01:10 am EST
Registered on 06/01/09, 372 Posts, 2282 Comments
nice, i love the mood of this image
i think the weather was cold?
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Hamed Musharbak
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take a "U" turn & be different
Hamed Musharbak
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Comment posted by Peter Richter on 05/19/13 at 04:32 am EST
Registered on 11/10/10, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments
A convincing visualization of "blue hour" for me, Vance.
Peter
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Peter Richter
Vienna, Austria |
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 05/19/13 at 10:55 am EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
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I like the blue tone to the scene without it being overdone at all, Vance. I feel the tone, TOD, and perspective on the view here really gives some feeling to this image. Wonderful capture from this beautiful park. I was only in this park once MANY years ago now, would love to revisit someday.
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on 05/19/13 at 12:37 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments
Its an alluring photograph Vance and the the blue tones are calming and also lend a sense of mystery to the scene. I like how you exposed it as well, but I am not resonating with your composition all that much. I think the strengths in this scene are the seastacks hiding in the mist. The foreground trees on the left obscure that for me. I don't know the area but if it was possible I might have stepped to the right a bit. Just my thoughts, maybe 2 cents, maybe worth even less. 
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Comment posted by Brad Clinch on 05/19/13 at 2:57 pm EST
Registered on 01/05/13, 37 Posts, 261 Comments
Wonderfully primeval and mysterious. Not sure what could emerge from the mist, dinosaur, a beachcomber, or even Big Foot. Nicely done. 
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Brad Clinch
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on 05/19/13 at 3:32 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/05, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments
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There is a lot I like about this and the mood and atmosphere is just a start. The view from up high instead of on the surf is an appreciated break from the norm here as well. My only critique would be that it feels rather busy on the left and if possible, I would have selected a perspective eliminating the size of the overlap between branches and the main island.
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If you find yourself photographing a place because others have done so, you have already missed the greatest things you can find as both artist and photographer.
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Although we travel the world in search of the beautiful, we must carry it with us always or we find it not - Emmerson.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 05/19/13 at 3:56 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Vance, This is wonderful. I just love the mood in this scene. The light, conditions and that blue tone are all fantastic! Beautiful work.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 05/19/13 at 6:14 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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I am not often a blue fan, but this one works really well. Great sense of eerieness (if that is actually a word). I am definitely liking it, Vance.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Morris McClung on 05/19/13 at 8:25 pm EST
Registered on 05/07/07, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
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The blue tones are exquisite, Vance! Such wonderful color and light, and a moment I almost can experience through your image.
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Morris McClung
Parker, Colorado
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"If it is more than 6 feet from the car, it is not photogenic." Edward Weston to Ansel Adams
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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on 05/19/13 at 9:37 pm EST
Registered on 03/13/07, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments
Nice fresh approach to coastal scenes. I love the light and the tones too. I do wish that the trees on the left were less dominant, and acted more like the trees on the right to frame the scene. Still, an impressive scene, and capture!
Chris
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Chris Chamberlain
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Comment posted by Vance Gese on 05/20/13 at 01:03 am EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
Thank you very, very much everyone for your kind words. Really appreciate it.
I agree that a camera position further to the right would have been better but to the best of my recollection, some trees immediately to my right sort of hemmed me in. I hope to get back to Ruby Beach sometime this summer, so we'll see what this years winter storms did to these trees. Maybe there will be a clearer view.
Thanks again.
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Vance Gese
Vance Gese Photography
Quilcene, Washington |
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I was merely there, a small, puny, awestruck man,
praising Almighty God, with camera in hand.
Make a few images, well.
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 05/20/13 at 10:00 am EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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Great job of putting this complex scene together. It's beautiful.
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Comment posted by Bill Reid on 05/20/13 at 12:51 pm EST
Registered on 01/27/13, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments
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Wonderful mood and blues in this Vance. Lovely mist in the rocks and nice comp. Beautiful!
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Bill Reid
Nanaimo, British Columbia |
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 05/20/13 at 3:20 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Vance,
This most certainly captures the mood and atmosphere so typical of the WA and Olympic coast. The large numbers of logs toss around the beaches are one of my clear memories of visiting this place some years ago.
The blues are classically Provia, but again capture the mood, time of day and conditions of the coast. Works beautifully for me.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on 05/20/13 at 4:19 pm EST
Registered on 12/19/08, 306 Posts, 4840 Comments
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This really captures the essence of the PNW coast - you've got it all: the trees, driftwood, sea stacks, and of course, that wonderful cool blue atmosphere. Lovely work!
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Seattle, Washington
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 05/20/13 at 4:25 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
I simply love the mood here with the fog and the cool blues, Vance. Beautifully done.
Ed
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Comment posted by Stan Rose on 05/22/13 at 7:09 pm EST
Registered on 09/15/05, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
I really like this Vance--real moody and very quirky--my kind of photography! I passed right by that beach a few weeks ago, it was just gray and rainy when i was there. 
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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on 05/23/13 at 3:09 pm EST
Registered on 11/17/03, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments
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Beautiful moody blues! I love hanging out around Ruby beach. Great shot!
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Phillip Noll
Raven Mountain Images
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Lost Almost, NM
"The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see." —Edward Abbey
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