Beachstones III

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 14, 2010269 views19 comments

Brought out the color and details in these rocks found in something of a nook along the Olympic Coast of Washington. Would appreciate your thoughts on this.
4x5, 210mm, warm polarizer, Velvia 50. Flatbed scan, Tony Kuyper's remarkable masks.

Large image provided. Detail maybe better, compression maybe not better.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions, comments, thoughts, ideas.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Rick Gomez on December 14, 2010 at 8:55 PM

This is really unique. I love it! Those contrasts and colors are awesome.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on December 14, 2010 at 9:24 PM

Excellent! There is an amazing contrast in color and forms here, as well as warm and cool. Very nice!

Chris

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on December 14, 2010 at 9:35 PM

Vance,

The detail is astonishing. It feels like I can just rub the monitor and get a good back scratch. I really like the variety of the rocks.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on December 14, 2010 at 9:36 PM

This is all about contrast, shapes, colors, textures, it's got a wide range of everything and there's a lot to explore here. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on December 14, 2010 at 9:56 PM

Man, Vance there is soo much imagery in this. Let me explain what I see.....
In the extreme upper middle there is an eye of a raptor type bird. Wings tucked forward as if maybe guarding the (blue) eggs beneath. A sort of "Guardians Nest".

Fantastic Best rock abstract I've seen in a while

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Comment posted by dean hebert on December 14, 2010 at 10:11 PM

Beautiful. From the sand to the rocks to the bedrock-nice progression.Great colour and textures.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 14, 2010 at 10:41 PM

Yowza! You may have "brought out" the color, but it looks totally real and very beautiful. I really like the contrasting colors. It takes a lot of skill, I think, to work the computer as good as the camera. You do them both very well and this picture is a fine example of that. Well done!

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Comment posted by Pramod Viswanath on December 14, 2010 at 11:20 PM

Signature Vance Gese composition written all over the frame. Love the image to the core! Awesome!!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 14, 2010 at 11:23 PM

I love the mix of Blue and warm colored rocks here Vance. The contrast in the upper half of the image is also interesting. Excellent capture!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on December 14, 2010 at 11:24 PM

This rocks! It really is very 3-dimensional.

As Tony said, 'Yowza!'

--P

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on December 15, 2010 at 12:19 AM

Vance, this is truly an excellent image all the way around. With that said, from the original capture, to processing, and then the post processing, all of it came together extremely well.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on December 15, 2010 at 2:10 AM

Wow very nice. There's a lit of unexpected depth to this - foreground, midground and perhaps most interesting the background rocks and their wonderful textures.

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on December 15, 2010 at 6:30 AM

Complex and intimate composition. This is clearly the work of a creative mind augmented by great skill. Detail and color are exquisite.

Guy

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 15, 2010 at 10:41 AM

Amazing work, Vance. Wonderful colors and textures, along with a very creative composition. Love it!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Barbara Lee on December 15, 2010 at 11:17 AM

This is lovely, so well seen. You have taken a very simple subject and brought out the complexities and dimensionality of it all. I am appreciating the jumble of stones at the bottom and the blues are particularly pleasing.

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Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on December 15, 2010 at 12:09 PM

Wow, I love the tactile quality to this! The colors and textures in the rocks are remarkable. Beautiful intimate landscape.

Lori

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on December 16, 2010 at 1:02 AM

This is excellent Vance! The composition is very engaging. Colors, light, subject matter - all work tremendously well together.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on December 16, 2010 at 12:20 PM

Great colors and depth to this one, Vance. Bet this will look insane as a big print!

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Comment posted by Yan Zhang on December 16, 2010 at 1:46 PM

Great details and colors.

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