Liquid landscape

I'm diggin this one, Lon. It looks like a painting of valleys.

Lon, pretty cool title... I'll echo your comment, doesn't necessarily look like water to me... this could well be an aerial of desert dunes or hills (except for the colours, that is)... in fact, if it wasn't for the colours I probably wouldn't think it was water...
very original work!

Lon,
I'm enjoying this recent series of yours. The way the blues and greens play off each other here is really a joy to look at. This is probably my favorite of the series so far as it emphasizes texture (which incidentally is beautifully rendered by your chosen shutter speed) as much as it does color.

Lon,

I like it. I have been very much enamored by water reflections lately in how they portray color in such a fluid manner. The colors just blend seamlessly and it all flows together chaotically but uniformly as well.

This is a particularly good example of it. Your corp was a good choice as it is strong compositionally and leads the eye well into the frame.

I've always seen these water reflection type images presented with silky smooth water but the way you'e done it here is very interesting and unique.....well done!

This crop works very well for me. It looks very fluid, and refreshing. This would print beautifully on Fuji Flex.

The title is excellent because it really feels liquid. I like the tiny specs of sharp detail on the water those are really nice touches. A wonderful image that can elighten a room in a big print.

Yep, definately works as well. Nice patterns, blues and greens, and textures.

Extremely well crafted, Lon, both in vision and processing. I love the patterns in the water and the beautiful verdant palette.

Guy

Another very beautiful image here, Lon! Cant offer any areas to nitpic...

Nice greens and blues here. It almost has a metallic look that I really like. Great scene, Lon.

I really like the structure here especially in the large view Lon. The blues and greens work well together on top of that. Nice abstract on many levels.

Is this the ocean or Yosemite? j/k It certainly looks like the ocean. Nice framing of the chaotic elements Lon. If I was scubba Steve I would hang this in the aqua green room.

What a fantastic series, Lon. Each image different, but each sharing many of the same color qualities. This is a finely crafted image, IMO. So well-crafted, in fact, that I don't see any "craft" at all. Beautifully done!

I find water reflection shots quite hard to pull off, but you did just that. Love the colours at play here.

This is very refreshing Lon. Both the qualities of the image and the concept meet that criteria, IMHO. This is breath of fresh air and a well constructed image. Great job!.

This is my favourite Lon. There is just a lot to explore for me and the title liquid landscape fits great to what the image conveys. This makes it so interesting.

Wasn't around to comment on your other images in this series, but this is stunning in my opinion Lon. the colors, tones, and the textures you have pulled out of the water all make this a captivating and mesmerizing image to me. Abstract fine art photography. Superb work.

thats my favorite of the 3 for now. I wasn't completely sold on the softness of the other 2 and here there is enough texture to hold the eye and let it wander over the waves. colors were great in all 3.
I hate to say it ( ) and I know its virtually impossible to avoid, but the little foam is the only thingy here, thats distracting in any way. could/would you clone it? I mean, for a fine print I want to sell, I guess I would. (eliminate all distractions)
but most of all: I just didn't want to let go with at least some kind of nitpicking!
georg

Thank you very much everyone for your comments and keen observations. I too like the details that show surprisingly well at a relatively slow shutter speed. I'm also glad to know that the colors and saturation seem ok.

I know its virtually impossible to avoid, but the little foam is the only thingy here, thats distracting in any way. could/would you clone it?

Georg, in full disclosure there already was a bit of cloning going on. If you take a look at the original I posted in the previous post and you look carefully, there are actually a number of areas where some white foam/streaks were cloned out. And in full disclosure, the larger bluish "mountain" closest to the right edge near the bottom, is actually blended in from a second transparency at 1/2s. There was a larger white wave that was distracting to me. I decided not to use the original or a crop that contained that portion, so I never mentioned it.

To make a long answer out of the question, Yes, I would clone. To your specific part of the image Georg, I liked that one little "white cap" as well as the swirly highlights to the right of that so I left them all in.
I've cloned out car head lights, orange cones, pink surveyors flags, etc. etc. I guess what I wouldn't do is insert a shark's fin in to this particular image....

Thanks again folks!

the processing certainly has altered the perception of this, transforming it from being instantly recongisable as water to the "landscape". this may be because it has "lost" some of the luminescence in the processing and looking back at the linked photo, i find the blues a little strong here. still, it's a very pleasing comp.

oh, this rocks, Lon! the thumb doesn´t do justice to this, glad you posted a larger version. the mix of blues and greens are great and the light on the reflections are cool too. I like this one over you´re previous, I feel it might be related to the water movement, more "alive" if that makes any sense. great work!

Superb composition, Lon. The repeating patterns are at once soothing, but there is much to explore here. I think my appreciation of this image grows the more I study it. a great example of borrowed light. Just beautiful.

This has a very painterly feel to it, and I love the texture of the waves. I really like ths type of shot and this is very enjoyable, but it does appear somewhat over saturated on my monitor. Excellent choice of shutter speed.

the colorful merced is truely enticing with it's deep green reflections. This looks like paintbrush strokes in slightly dried paint to my eye. It does have that "hard" look to it as you mentioned.

well, maybe not a shark fin but the shiloutte of a red coho salmon would sure look cool!
appreciate your full disclosure.

georg

Amazing, if I twist my mind a little *really* looks like mountains and grassy valleys.. sweet!

Sweet image, Lon! Looks like green and white mountains. Great eye to spot this abstract.

Ed

Landscape indeed, from a far off planet maybe, or... the blues and greens are gorgeous

Another beauty!

Works well to me.

Lon, the reflections and colors are wonderful. The comp works on several levels. Great to see you doing some abstracts. Best Regards.

I think it's a good series covering the full range of detaild to almost detailess. I like the colors in all as well. This one here is approaching battery powered for me though. That's the good thing about abstractions though too. They let us run a little.

Chris

This is great!

intoxicating blues and greens
conveys a harmonic and peaceful mood

Very appealing, and interesting perspective. I like the color scheme and patterns. Very unique.

Laura Stafford