Golden Stone

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 18, 2009410 views20 comments

Sw. Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Natural Park
Portugal

Stones intimate shot in a Wild bay in the Southwest with an overcast sky. Curious about your thoughts on this image

Thanks.

Exposure:
4x5 crop 24mm f/13 1/45s ISO400

shot in D300 w/grip, no filters

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Cam Held on December 18, 2009 at 6:41 PM

Helio,
I'm very partial to macro images with a simple color scheme. I think this is a really cool image. Did you find it like this, or is it posed? Thanks for sharing!

-Cam

Registered on November 12, 2009, 59 Posts, 398 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on December 18, 2009 at 6:50 PM

Love it, love it, love it! Great cool tones and texture with that beautiful little spot of warmth. Well done!

Registered on June 11, 2006, 113 Posts, 2116 Comments

Comment posted by Koveh Tavakkol on December 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM

I love the color contrast. =)

Registered on September 1, 2009, 41 Posts, 608 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolas Belokurov on December 18, 2009 at 7:49 PM

Beautifull scene, nicely composed

Registered on July 22, 2009, 41 Posts, 533 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 18, 2009 at 8:34 PM

Fantastic intimate view Helio! I like the little splash of color in the gray.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Miro Susta on December 18, 2009 at 8:35 PM

Excellent! Very impressive colour contrast and well mastered composition. Nicely done Helio.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 18, 2009 at 9:05 PM

Classic!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on December 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM

Nicely composed Helio
great job

Registered on February 5, 2009, 199 Posts, 2775 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Cunliffe on December 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM

The composition and color contrast is great, but I might tone down those bright colors, and the white on the same pebble, just a little

Registered on May 25, 2009, 62 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on December 19, 2009 at 12:21 AM

Excellent! I don't think anyone could look at this and honestly say they didn't like it. I guess my only wish might be that the stones were wet. Very nice!

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Michael R Reynolds on December 19, 2009 at 12:33 AM

Helio,
Love the color contrasts and the 4x5 crop. Did you have to shoot at ISO 400? Best Regards.

Registered on February 26, 2008, 54 Posts, 812 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on December 19, 2009 at 4:55 AM

Very cool! Nice colours combination for this classic shot.
Costa Vicentina is a really beautiful place that we remember with great pleasure.

Regards

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Paulo A.Lopes on December 19, 2009 at 8:36 AM

you know how i fell about the lack of the Blues

Registered on October 14, 2008, 122 Posts, 836 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on December 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM

This is absolutely superb, Helio! Great use of color and patterns, and the presentation is perfect.

Guy

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on December 19, 2009 at 11:48 AM

Wonderful abstract full of nice details. What's not to like about this one?

Registered on November 14, 2007, 322 Posts, 6101 Comments

Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on December 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM

Hi Helio,
Outstanding in every way. I love the contrast of the bolder rock against all the curves and shadows of the rest of the the rocks. Very nicely done!!!

Registered on November 20, 2009, 56 Posts, 748 Comments

Comment posted by Helio Cristovao on December 19, 2009 at 12:41 PM

Thanks for all your comments guys.

Cam: This is completely natural, except for the golden one, as soon as I found it on the rocky bay I immediately grabbed it and kept it. I continued shooting my scenics making use of an interesting sky, and saved it for later. Then my challenge was to find a spot where to shoot what I had in mind... and I guess this was absolutely it

Stephen: about toning down some white, I understand what you mean, but that´s again a consequence of working in mode Lab on PS on adobeRGB color space. When preparing for Web, converting to sRGB modified some of the tones, mostly noticed on the golden rock, original file is more pleasant to the eyes on that aspect.

Michael: shot at iso400 due to having very low light, and to maintain aperture and shutter speed at those values.

Daniele & Loana: Indeed! Each time I travel there, I get confused about selling my house and consider moving

well... not so dramatic but That a place that really fascinates me.

Paulo: Initial processing had an bit cast of yellow, guess I matched the tones right...

thanks for opinion in 1st hand

Registered on September 15, 2009, 83 Posts, 434 Comments

Comment posted by Shane McDermott on December 19, 2009 at 1:08 PM

A pure joy to look at, so simple yet powerful!

Great work!

Shane

Registered on November 12, 2007, 49 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on December 20, 2009 at 2:16 PM

Beautiful to look at, Helio, I love the gray tones and the spot of color, well done

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Comment posted by Varina Patel on December 20, 2009 at 7:05 PM

Beautiful. Love that rock. Great find!

Registered on August 22, 2008, 45 Posts, 1578 Comments