The Stepping Stones

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 21, 2010265 views23 comments

Just a simple seascape with rocks and a sunset from a campground just north of Ventura, California.

Really I'm just board out of my mind waiting on the sky to open up for the lunar eclipse right now! C'mon! Kind of bummed, just got news California Photographer Don Gale passed away over the weekend.

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Gino Cortez on December 21, 2010 at 3:56 AM

This is excellent! Did I tell you that the detail, color, processing, focus, reflection/ tonality and composition are superb? The foreground elements are also killer. I won't even go into the shadow areas and whites. I think this is not only over the fence, it's out of the park! Congrats!

Registered on November 23, 2010, 57 Posts, 396 Comments

Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on December 21, 2010 at 6:24 AM

very nice exposure Steve

i like the warmth & cold colors

the horizon level abit is not straight

Hamed

Registered on June 1, 2009, 372 Posts, 2282 Comments

Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on December 21, 2010 at 8:51 AM

Excellent composition, but its the reflected light in the middle that really does it for me...Wonderful, Steve!

Registered on October 13, 2010, 27 Posts, 378 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on December 21, 2010 at 9:02 AM

Gorgeous color and wonderful detail. Nothing to criticize here.

Guy

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Comment posted by Todd Liotine on December 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM

Steve, nice image and nice S pattern created with the rock. I knew Don pretty well and assisted him on a few workshops over the past couple years. It's a real bummer he was a great person, great teacher, and had a hell of a sense of humor, he'll be missed.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on December 21, 2010 at 11:56 AM

Thanks Gino, easy there you're going to make my head explode!

FYI: At Wrigley field they have stands across the street on the roof tops. Imagine catching a homer out there!

Mohamed, thanks for checking. It is off .07 but I fixed it before by a lot more then that. Thanks.

Thanks Arild, Guy & Rich!

Todd, I never met him but he did leave some funny youtube videos behind. That's how I came across his humor and his California landscape was excellent too!

Registered on January 2, 2008, 360 Posts, 5321 Comments

Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on December 21, 2010 at 1:27 PM

Beautiful seascape. We were socked in for the eclipse --hope you got to see it.

Lori

Registered on November 15, 2003, 90 Posts, 2033 Comments

Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on December 21, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Steve, I like the moodyiness and simple beauty. The details are fantastic. It's been raining for 5 days here in Dana Point, nice job getting a sunset. Excellent work!

Registered on June 15, 2010, 29 Posts, 605 Comments

Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on December 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM

Simple and very effective image Steve.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 21, 2010 at 3:37 PM

Beautiful image. No nits at all.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Joshua Hardin on December 21, 2010 at 3:48 PM

Fantastic color and composition with the curve of the rocks and setting sun in the distance. I think the shutter speed selection was perfect to give this a nice, serene mood as well.

Registered on July 29, 2006, 40 Posts, 414 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on December 21, 2010 at 5:38 PM

Great use of the shapes in the foreground. The midground is often an area of weakness in seascapes but the reflected light here is just gorgeous.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Jason Kim on December 21, 2010 at 5:57 PM

Your composition here works really well, very effective seascape.

Registered on July 1, 2006, 60 Posts, 1233 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 21, 2010 at 6:45 PM

Awesome seascape/sunset Steve. Couldn't ask for a better comp or balance. I love the reflected color right in the center of the image.

Say, what are those three specs on the horizon? Oil rigs? ships in the night?

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 21, 2010 at 6:56 PM

Beautiful, Steve. Colors and comp are wonderful. Love the reflection.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on December 21, 2010 at 7:01 PM

Ya it was snowing like a hockey stick by me, no visual of eclipse. Oh well, at least I can enjoy a nice seascape by Steve Sieren.

Love the colorful swirl mid stream.

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

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on December 21, 2010 at 7:06 PM

Lon, ha ha! I didn't even notice those giant steal sea stacks! Might have to move this one over to man and nature.

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Comment posted by Adrian Klein on December 21, 2010 at 9:18 PM

Love the Z shape line that takes me out to see here Steve. Great eye as usual!

Registered on June 10, 2007, 112 Posts, 1506 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 21, 2010 at 9:58 PM

Simple, but very elegant. The light is as appealing as the comp.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on December 21, 2010 at 10:54 PM

Beautiful colors punctuated by interesting formations.

Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on December 22, 2010 at 12:44 AM

cool Steve - That red reflection adds a nice dimension to this

Registered on December 12, 2008, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments

Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on December 22, 2010 at 2:13 PM

Cool colors and shapes. Nice find.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on December 22, 2010 at 3:44 PM

This is gorgeous Steve, especially the reflected light and colour.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments