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Photo posted by Roel Wijtmans in the Landscape gallery on 03/25/16 at 10:52 am EST
Registered on 09/30/12, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments
Post last edited by Jim Erhardt on 04/01/16 at 3:29 pm EST
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 03/25/16 at 8:04 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Really cool shot. The lighting, comp., and processing is just eye catching. The only very slight recommendation might be to clone a little of the dark area over the top-most blade of grass that is exiting the frame. That would keep a dark boarder around the image. Just works better for me.
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Comment posted by Vance Gese on 03/25/16 at 9:17 pm EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
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Love the strong graphics, with the deep dark background as a canvas for the wonderful lines and luminance of the grasses. Excellent work. The larger, detail image is a joy to view.
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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 Lon Overacker on 03/25/16 at 9:34 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Roel,
I'm surprised this hasn't received more comments. then again, it's been noticeably slower around here.... ;-(
I'm finding this fascinating! The green grasses and the subtle tree reflections help identify what we're looking at, and of course the graphic appeal is terrific here. What I'm drawn to are the brown grasses. It's near impossible to discern the line between the real thing and the reflection. The resulting visual makes the brown ones look like little streaks of something, like you caught small leaves floating with a 1/2s exposure. Very cool.
No nits at all, I love this.
I suppose if you were a fanatic, you could clone out all the little white specs of stuff floating on the water... but that would be quite tedious.. 
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 David Schoen on 03/26/16 at 1:18 pm EST
Registered on 11/06/06, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment last edited by David Schoen on 03/26/16 at 1:19 pm EST
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This image has some very nice abstract qualities and it's very different from what I typically see you do.I find it quite fascinating with the type of lighting you have employed and the dark background and foreground.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 03/26/16 at 5:34 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
This is a very intriguing and mystical abstract. I like this a lot, Roel. It is very different.
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
“If you want nice fresh oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse, well, that comes a little cheaper" Author Unknown |
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 03/26/16 at 10:29 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Wow, very unique and intriguing image! Has strong graphic appeal. Well seen.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 03/27/16 at 09:34 am EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Wonderful light abstract Roel! The faint reflections add some mystery.
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 03/30/16 at 2:13 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Been traveling and dinking off quite a bit lately, so my activity on NPN as been delinquent. I really like this Roel. Beautiful study in simplicity and reflection. Nice work.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on 03/30/16 at 9:22 pm EST
Registered on 04/18/07, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
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This combination of literal details and abstract forms is a work of art. I think that one of the keys to the success of the image is the way the central row of longer grasses lines up to form a an orderly form greatly enhanced by its mirror image. Congratulations on capturing and processing it so well, but even more, congratulations on seeing the potential of shit simple but beautiful scene.
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Wayne Jones
Upstate New York |
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The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. William Beebe, 1906 |
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 04/07/16 at 01:59 am EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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Congrats on such an interesting image with striking graphics.
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Agree with Lon.
the beautiful abstract qualities of this image should have received much more comments. . the symmetry of the grass, and the quality of light and color,and the reflections are mesmerizing. love it
