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Photo posted by Vance Gese in the Landscape gallery on 03/18/14 at 6:23 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 Michael Cothran on 03/18/14 at 7:34 pm EST
Registered on 12/05/12, 31 Posts, 730 Comments
I like the overall composition and processing. The band of sunlight really adds some nice impact.
However, the background trees and ground greenery are less sharp than your foreground. Tilting (either front and/or back) from the front logs to the tips of the trees should have brought everything into good focus. Not to mention using f45.
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Michael H. Cothran
Nashville, Tennessee |
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Comment posted by Genny K. on 03/18/14 at 8:10 pm EST
Registered on 06/05/06, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments
I like the angles and light in this. I actually really like the logs in the FG; they add lots of depth and angles that accentuate the trees and sunlight.
I am on my tablet, not the big monitor, but the sharpness all looks fine to me. That misty fog adds to it, too.
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 03/18/14 at 9:18 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
I think the mist hurt you a bit, the BG is hazy and the sky color is a bit off for me.
The FG is very nice, sharp, excellent reflection, I would like to see a cropped version of just the FG, cropped at the tree line.
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 03/18/14 at 10:02 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Wow Vance, I think this is an amazing photograph . The side lighting is sweet and the foreground driftwood adds to the arrangement of many triangles that compliment the composition . On my monitor everything appears to right on the money. Had to have been a really pleasant morning to work your magic. 
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Comment posted by Vance Gese on 03/19/14 at 12:19 am EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
Michael, Genny, Dan, Gary, thank you very much for your comments. Will admit that the colors of the posted image look a bit off from my master file, and the whole image seems to be a little darker than I would have liked. Don't know if the conversion to sRGB was a problem or what.
Michael, thank you for your suggestions. I did use a good degree of tilt of the front standard to place the plane of focus from about midway up the distant trees to the logs in the foreground. I use a Sinar C that I purchased over 30 years ago that now has a P-2 front standard so getting the plane of focus just right works pretty good. I think perhaps the difference in apparent sharpness may be due to my processing as I increased the contrast of the foreground logs a fair amount; that or it may be an issue with my scanner, which doesn't always hold the 4x5 flat. Fortunately, the 4x5 transparency is tack sharp throughout. Again thanks for your comments. Really appreciate all the feedback.
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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 Stuart Williams on 03/19/14 at 06:56 am EST
Registered on 12/07/07, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments
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nice one vance. i love the foreground and you controlled what i reckon should have been a challenging exposure very well.
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Stuart Williams
Lilongwe, Malawi
"one's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" - henry miller |
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 03/19/14 at 11:04 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful, Vance. Lovely warm light and I love the bit of mist. The foreground works for me. This turned out really good.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 03/19/14 at 11:10 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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The lighting here is wonderful, Vance, and your view works very well. The details in the foreground logs are also great. I'm having mixed feelings about the touch of mist at the right edge, with part of me liking the gentle sense of mystery and part thinking that a bit of burning in and contrast enhancement would remove a distraction....The longer I look, the more I like keeping that subtle touch of mystery.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Doug Roane on 03/19/14 at 2:40 pm EST
Registered on 12/12/08, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments
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Pretty sweet image, Vance. I like it. I agree with you about the drift wood - the zig zag pattern makes it work and brings order to the scene. Nice light and reflection!
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Comment posted by David Chauvin on 03/20/14 at 06:53 am EST
Registered on 08/05/04, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments
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The comp works well and the line of warm light in the tree line looks so inviting standing in those cool shadows. For some reason the URH corner seems a bit dark for the conditions but that might be the way it was because of the fog.
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David Chauvin
South Louisiana |
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"Thunder don't wet the ground" -unattributed
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Comment posted by Matthew Goldsmith on 03/20/14 at 11:51 am EST
Registered on 06/29/10, 37 Posts, 286 Comments
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One of my favorite locations. Makes me want to go back. The golden light on the trees is gorgeous.
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Matthew Goldsmith
St. Louis, MO USA |
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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on 03/21/14 at 12:07 am EST
Registered on 03/13/07, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments
A busy, but effective and engaging comp. The band of warm light on the tree trunks is really amazing! Nice!!
Chris
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Chris Chamberlain
Vacaville, CA. 95688 |
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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on 03/21/14 at 04:22 am EST
Registered on 07/17/11, 233 Posts, 1373 Comments
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Nice, balanced composition Vance. Every inch has a nice amount of interest. I think the subtle light complements the many elements to this photograph well, perhaps a more colorful sunrise would overwhelm.
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Navin Sarma
Washington, D.C. |
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Comment posted by Bill Reid on 03/21/14 at 1:18 pm EST
Registered on 01/27/13, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments
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Beautiful light and colors in this Vance and a really nice fore ground also. The mist adds a wonderful back round. Beautiful.
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Bill Reid
Nanaimo, British Columbia |
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