The Ranges

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 11, 2010114 views4 comments

The formations of the rock and their simlarity to mountain ranges from the air attracted me to this shot. I had to do a little housework on site to try and remove a few leaves that gave it obvious scale. I used the conversion process to further enhance the abstract nature of the shot.

D700
16-35mm @ 20mm
f9.5 1/45 ISO400
PP levels, TK luminosity and sat masks, conversion to something akin to quadtone :)

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Scott Smorra on September 11, 2010 at 11:22 AM

This is an interesting abstract image Andrew. I like the curing lines and the lighting which helps to bring out the texture of the rock. It really does look like a series of mountain ranges as seen from above.

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Comment posted by Nicolas Belokurov on September 11, 2010 at 11:24 AM

I've been browsing Nasa online galleries yesterday and this shot definitely looks like you intended. Perhaps a very slight crop on the right would help to accentuate the light in the central part of the image.
Great textures as well.

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

Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 11, 2010 at 5:54 PM

Mountain range or small rocky ridges, the pattern is intriguing. I like your toning.

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on September 11, 2010 at 11:38 PM

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.

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