Orange Skies

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted March 9, 2010478 views14 comments

I went out to the ocean after work today in hopes of seeing the rare harlequin ducks (see my latest avian post) which are in the area. They were gone, but there were about 10 harp seals in the calm ocean waters which was very odd. They are always in the bay or the inlet, but this evening the seals were "persicoping" in the gorgeous colored water. Between the seals and the sunset (and the unseasonably warm temps) I was quite content. I took some photos of the setting sun and corresponding sky with my 300 f/4 + 1.7. The colors are totally natural.

I went through many many iterations of this, and still am unsure.

Liquified (a lot), noise reduction, watercolor

- Luke

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by bill meikle on March 10, 2010 at 8:15 AM

An impressionist painting of a sunset, good work Luke! It speaks of sunset to me!

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on March 10, 2010 at 3:50 PM

May favorite of your series so far Luke.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 10, 2010 at 4:16 PM

David,

Happy to hear that compliment! I seriously tried about 6 different things on this and was unhappy with all of them... it was getting late and I decided to do some simple work while keeping the layerd look

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on March 10, 2010 at 7:57 PM

I think this is my favorite of these so far Luke. Beautiful color palette and i like the solid dark border of land along the bottom. I think this one is certainly the most painterly feeling.

Pat

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on March 10, 2010 at 8:27 PM

Luke,
I have to agree with everyone's comments... the best of the series. Wonderful colors and flow.

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on March 11, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Great colors. I think I like this the best so far as well. Nice!

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on March 11, 2010 at 10:55 PM

Hey Luke,
It's been fun to watch the evolution these!
cool stuff, all.......but this is the best yet.
Keep 'em coming.
Neil

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on March 12, 2010 at 12:13 PM

This is very nice. I love the colors and the way they seem to flow out of the sun and up into the sky.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on March 14, 2010 at 4:32 PM

This looks like a work from Picasso or Van Gogh! Love the eye-popping color. Really a fine painting of photo art, Luke!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 16, 2010 at 1:26 PM

Luke, congrats on a great EP!
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on March 16, 2010 at 4:42 PM

I was so hoping this would get picked!

Congrats on a great work of art, Luke!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on March 16, 2010 at 8:55 PM

Hey Luke, Way to go! Big congrats on the pick.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 17, 2010 at 10:49 AM

This is terrific! Congrats!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 21, 2010 at 6:12 PM

Cool, Luke. I don't look at the photo art forum much, so missed this one. Well done EP.

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