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Photo posted by Harry Lichtman in the Landscape gallery on 12/14/17 at 6:29 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 12/14/17 at 6:31 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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A tighter view of the near flowers. The distant one are lupine.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/14/17 at 8:11 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Comment last edited by Igor Doncov on 12/14/17 at 8:29 pm EST
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 12/14/17 at 8:36 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Well composed near/far with gorgeous foreground. The flowers and foliage pop nicely and overall processing looks good. Only suggestion would be to dodge they hillsides in the upper right as they look too dark from the luminance of the foreground flowers.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 12/14/17 at 11:17 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
The flowers are the star and very well done.
I think the lighting is appropriately a bit over the top,...
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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on 12/15/17 at 12:47 am EST
Registered on 08/14/08, 293 Posts, 1250 Comments
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Sure looks like wild sweet pea vine. Comes in many colors. Found all over west sides of California, Oregon and Washington. Spreads rapidly.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 12/15/17 at 10:09 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
What an awesome view for you and your wife to sit and enjoy your takeout dinner, Harry. You filled up the frame rather nicely with the FG flowers, the MG coastline, all topped off with that wonderful sky. My only suggestion; and this is being super picky; would be a very small crop from the bottom to get rid off the empty space that is just starting to creep into the LL and LR corners. Love the title BTW.
Ed
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 12/15/17 at 7:22 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
This is a wonderful seascape. The light is gorgeous, and you did a fine job with the blend. Nice spot for dinner.
--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 Harry Lichtman on 12/16/17 at 12:09 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Dave - I didn't open up those hillside shadows more as they weren't exposed to the same backlighting that the flowers were.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 12/16/17 at 1:55 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Harry,
A beautiful and inviting coastal landscape. As someone has mentioned, a terrific near/far composition and clearly the flowers are the main story here - and quite beautiful. Sorry, can't help with the ID.
What I'm noticing might not be something others are observing, but it stands out to me. Most coastal landscapes, especially from California depict the ocean views in a grand scale, a grand and scenic vista. This does as well, but what's interesting to me is that the proportion or the scale of the ocean is actually the smallest main element in the scene; with the sky (great sunset btw,) taking up more space and then of course the flowers taking up the majority. Not sure if that makes sense.
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 Kathy Barnhart on 12/16/17 at 2:18 pm EST
Registered on 11/11/11, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
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This is a beautiful shot and has a nice story to go with it. I agree that it is a naturalized pea plant (not a native) and such a glorious color. Monkshood is indeed indigo blue and doesn't tend to grow on the coast, but in the mountains. The sky and light on the water is terrific as well.
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 12/16/17 at 3:24 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Lon, the set up reminded me of images I have seen of Calla lilys along the coast. I did get a more traditional close to the surf image up the coast, but felt this comp and lighting was a lot more unique with more layers ofvinterest.
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