Nebula

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 15, 2010122 views14 comments

Thanks for your comments on my last post. I do appreciate your feedback

Sandstone is what I call a study session. It takes a lot of absorbing and mental compositions before shooting. I do appreciate such sandstone masters that contribute here as it takes a very careful eye to find interest. In an effort to engage the eye, I tried to keep this as natural as possible. The color version or hence natural color was appealing but I knew the shades would work better in mono. The various levels and tonal contrasts worked quite well at enhancing the "purity" of rock.

The web version may be a hard sell due to compression but the details are there.
Let me know if my efforts worked

Come on Fall

Canon 40D
35mm
CPL
3.2 sec @ f 18

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on September 15, 2010 at 8:12 AM

Works for me. I like the placement of details, and various textures complementing rough and smooth.

Hey, it's not too late if you want to join me on a week tour to the Tetons... Oct 1 Depart Madison, Oct 2 Black Hills, Oct 3-7 Tetons-Yellowstone, Oct 8 Maroon Bells back Oct 9. Although, 22 hours in a car with me is a prison sentence no person should have to endure ...

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on September 15, 2010 at 9:35 AM

nice range of tones and textures, and pleasing comp. Works well for me too!

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on September 15, 2010 at 9:58 AM

"Sandstone is what I call a study session. It takes a lot of absorbing and mental compositions before shooting. I do appreciate such sandstone masters that contribute here as it takes a very careful eye to find interest."

You've got that right! I think I'm going to make sandstone work my winter project, when everything else is dead and unphotogenic in this part of the country.

I like the tones and the composition quite a bit. I wish it had a bit more depth, perhaps that is a result of the small size though

Registered on February 18, 2010, 26 Posts, 556 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 15, 2010 at 10:29 AM

Looks like amazing detail and texture, Anthony. I can feel all the thought you put in to the comp. because it really seems to work. The b/w also works very well. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 15, 2010 at 11:53 AM

Anthony,

This is awesome! I think you were right on in your assessment of tones because this conversion is excellent. To me though, sandstone doesn't pop in my head right away - this could be black hole or nebula in space, could be tree bark, could be a satellite image - could be anything! That's what makes this one so intriguing. Great job studying your subject before clicking away - it paid off.

Lon

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on September 15, 2010 at 2:26 PM

Matt- I wad wondering where you were headin. I was planning a weekend jount the 1st to badlands. I'll drop you an email. Oh and it would probably be more like 216 hours if we did the entire trip so I might need a shrink when I got back

Taylor- Ya there great subjects although most horizontal shelves are covers in the winter. The vertical walls are nice subjects however

Lon- hey man thanks, Ill get back to you later about the slides.
Appreciate your thoughts on the image it's just as fun composing the shots as well
thanks again everyone

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

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on September 15, 2010 at 3:06 PM

Works great. I love intimate scenes in photography anyway and this one is a very good one. Strong abstract feel to this one although it is not too hard to make out what is depicted.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 15, 2010 at 8:30 PM

Wonderful B&W Anthony! Nice detail and tonal range. Fooled me! I thought this was rocks on the Maine coast.......

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

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 15, 2010 at 10:23 PM

This takes abstract sandstone to a new level, Anthony. Sandstone with out being overly sandstone-y, if you know what I mean. Wonderfully seen and presented.

Sandstone is what I call a study session. It takes a lot of absorbing and mental compositions before shooting.

Amen, brother!

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Comment posted by Eric Good on September 15, 2010 at 10:33 PM

I probably wouldn't have guessed sandstone, if you hadn't mentioned it. I'll be the details captured here would be fun to explore in a large print. I'm sure this web version isn't doing this image any justice. Well seen!

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on September 16, 2010 at 4:36 AM

Abstract painters would be amazed in front of such a creative photo! Extraction at its best, Anthony!

Registered on April 30, 2007, 122 Posts, 3086 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 16, 2010 at 5:13 AM

I like this much more than the 't-bone', the balance of textures and shapes here is just more appealing. Cool abstract.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 16, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Is this a Rorschack test?

If it is, it says to me, I really like Anthony Vincent's work!

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Comment posted by John Williams on September 16, 2010 at 6:53 PM

This one's fun to stare at for awhile. I think the comp and conversion worked well!

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