Coastal Rock Design

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 13, 2010204 views16 comments

Was able to get away with the camera for a couple hours on a recent family camping trip along the Oregon coast. Found these interesting rocks. Liked how the upper rocks, that appear to be encrusted with some sort of mineral or salt, contrasted with the yellows and oranges of the rocks below.
Hope there is enough here to hold interest.
4x5, 150mm, warm polarizer, Provia100F, f32.6, 2secs. M1scan, TK masks.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts, suggestions, comments. Always appreciated.

Large image provided.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 14, 2010 at 12:05 AM

I lke the cascade effect here Vance. Nice mix of warm and cool colors. As my last post (30% to get it under the pixel limits), I think ths is suffering from the same compression issue but that is a guess and only a minor nit. The upper diagonal left looks like an evil Picaso face looking down on me / us. I would love to see this printed large since it is obviously filled with delightful details only meant to be printed.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on September 14, 2010 at 2:34 AM

Very nice Vance. The colors mixed with all that texture, fantastic! I love these intimate views. Only thing I would consider is cropping off the left side. That vertical piece up there in the upper left corner takes a little away from the flow of the image. Great piece of art Vance.

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Comment posted by Benjamin Glatt on September 14, 2010 at 5:09 AM

Stunning. Lovely art work. Great abstract and the color palette is beautiful. That white splash on the right makes it for me. Great work, Vance.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM

Lovely image Vance! The color pallette in this is just fantastic, and the texture adds a lot to it as well. Great job.

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on September 14, 2010 at 9:40 AM

Nice abstract closeup.
I wonder if there is not too much contrast on the darker tones?
the fisch

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 14, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Great abstract image Vance, I especially like the contrasting cool and warm tones here!

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on September 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Beautiful tones and detail Vance, really nicely composed.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 14, 2010 at 6:09 PM

I really like the very rustic look and feel to this scene, Vance. Nice work with the LF scan and post processing overall.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on September 14, 2010 at 7:40 PM

Some might see a rock and think ya cool....... but there is a lot going on here in a good way
The upper left portion is almost frozen frosty looking. Im also enjoying the yellows and oranges as well.
The image flows nicely in terms of patterns. It sort of looks like a black eye up there too.
Great job Vance

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

Comment posted by Eric Good on September 14, 2010 at 8:17 PM

Great mix of color, texture and details captured here. This would look great hanging in a modern architecture building. Very nice work!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on September 14, 2010 at 9:04 PM

Nice colors, nice contrast, incredible detail! I really like the darker areas that look almost coated with frost.

Chris

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 14, 2010 at 10:00 PM

Fantastic rock/abstract image, Vance. The colors and textures are totally cool. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on September 14, 2010 at 11:01 PM

Thank you everyone for the great feedback. Really appreciate it.
Dean, I did try a crop on the left side during processing, but lost too much of the crack in the rock that arcs down to the left lower corner so decided against it. May try and burn the left upper area a bit to as to avoid any distraction. Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks again everyone.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on September 15, 2010 at 1:41 AM

This is a strong rock abstract imo. Really interesting color combination and texture!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 16, 2010 at 10:55 AM

The upper left does have a reptilian looking eye appearance to it. Great abstract with excellent contrast in color and in texture. The detail is superb. Fascinating shot.

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Comment posted by John Williams on September 17, 2010 at 9:36 AM

Really well seen and captured Vance. This is a way above average rock abstract.

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