Raging Surf

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 29, 201090 views10 comments

After a less than stellar fall foliage season, I decided to pick through my archives. Over the summer I created a new B and W gallery section in my library of images. I've gotten into the BW "thing" this year and find it quite rewarding. This is from film back about 10 years ago. If memory serves me right, I believe the exposure was 6 seconds. I'd enjoy hearing some comments from this east coast dude who is so envious of you west coast dudes! Can I say dude? Didn't John Stewart just catch grief on FOX news for calling our president "dude"? Sorry if I've offended anyone.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on October 29, 2010 at 4:49 PM

This is very cool, dude . . . I really like the long exposure. If you're not familiar with his work you ought to check out Cole Thompson. Really inspiring long coastal BW exposures (particularly his "Monolith" series). This reminds me of his work.

Oh yeah, the horizon is slanted. My only nit.

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Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on October 29, 2010 at 4:57 PM

Thanks Phil for compliment and the lead the Cole's site. I just checked it out. WOW...what great images. This image was just dug up about two weeks ago, so it's fairly new to the library.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on October 29, 2010 at 4:59 PM

Dude-ilicious Dudely!!!! I agree it needs a slight ccw rotation.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on October 29, 2010 at 5:04 PM

This is very sublte black and white work, I like it!

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on October 29, 2010 at 5:50 PM

This has a timeless feel to it, Mitch.

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on October 29, 2010 at 9:41 PM

lovely, mysterious, and dramatic... very well done, Mitch. I agree the image needs a rotation, but I have to disagree with Kurt... I feel this needs a 1 to 2% clockwise rotation as opposed to a CCW rotation.. I also might clone out the small white wave in front of the farthest sea stack. Great composition. A little tweaking, and this is a real winner.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 29, 2010 at 9:52 PM

With a slight rotation, this is an excellent B&W dude! I started with B&W many, many years ago, and just love the contrast. Only minor nit (very minor) is the bright wave in the middle of the image. A touch of a burn down would make this perferct.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 29, 2010 at 11:10 PM

The water texture is unusual here so that adds to the appeal. I like the level of contrast in this, the dark shapes and the wispy lights.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on October 30, 2010 at 1:35 AM

Cool, man (too old for the dude stuff). Seriously, this is really outstanding. The wave motion combined with the contrast and tones is superb. Excellent composition. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 31, 2010 at 3:44 PM

More like "Ghost Surf". Love the effect in this one. Very creative.

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