What Lies Beneath?

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 16, 2010158 views10 comments

I haven't gotten out at all to photograph for about 3 or 4 weeks and it was killing me. Been in the basement doing reno's and sticking close to home for family reasons. I finally got a chance to go out today and headed down to the lake, it looked promising but about an hour before sunrise the clouds upped and left.

So instead of sticking with my comp I went for a stroll down the shore and this is what I found. Something totally different for me. This is a long exposure through a thin layer of ice that was moving and catching the first light. Let me know what you think.

Canon 5D 40mm f22 8sec I believe. Dodge and burn with TK's luminosity masks and saturation masks.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on December 16, 2010 at 9:31 PM

Fascinating! The multicolored shapes beneath the ice/water are really intriguing. I think this has tons of potential for a really neat abstract, but to make it pop you'll need to push the processing (contrast and local saturations) quite a bit further. I'd be happy to post a quick edit of what it could look like if you push it in the direction I'm thinking - let me know.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 16, 2010 at 9:32 PM

This is fun, Raymond. The trapped bubbles are as much fun as the translucent rocks. Just curious, what does "doing reno's" mean

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on December 16, 2010 at 9:44 PM

Floris by all means please post a an edit. Tony we ripped everything out of the downstairs to the brick walls, we cleaned and paint the ceiling, we put a sub floor down, we insulated, rewired,studding now I am about to drywall.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on December 16, 2010 at 10:02 PM

Here's a quick stab.. mostly some significant curves adjustments, and locally saturated the rocks, and warmed up the white balance everywhere a bit.

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on December 16, 2010 at 10:49 PM

Thanks Floris when I get a chance I will reprocess it with your edits in mind. I am never sure how far to go and this sure does lead me in a new direction. Thanks again.

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Comment posted by Jason Kim on December 17, 2010 at 12:22 AM

This is pretty interesting - definitely a creative shot that invites you to look and think. I like it.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on December 17, 2010 at 5:30 AM

Definitely an interesting approach, but for me a bit to unlinked from reality. But that's just my personal taste of course.

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on December 17, 2010 at 10:02 AM

Interesting shot - different - keeps me looking. I do like the re-work with the added contrast. Nice work.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on December 17, 2010 at 1:32 PM

I definitely like this.No offense but I think Floris has gone too far. The original has a subtle quality that I find very appealing.

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Comment posted by Yan Zhang on December 17, 2010 at 3:02 PM

Both versions are very nice, but I like Floris' version better.

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