Armageddon

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 27, 2010445 views14 comments

I'm not a very artistic person but every once in a while I just feel the urge to do something crazy with an image, to relieve stress I suppose.

Anyway, here's the result of one such time.
I can't remember exactly what I did but it's a HDR from one image processed a few times at different exposures.

I'm ok now, I've been taking my medication

Sony A350
Sigma 10-20 EX

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Tom Kualii on December 27, 2010 at 10:25 AM

Yes Geoffrey, why not...the wonders of photography and creativity you can produce. It is definitely healing. Sometimes when you go out of the box to create an image, it turns out being an awesome piece like this one.

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on December 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Hi Geoffrey
Perfect title for th ephoto, it's really dramatic. I like your processing of this shot a lot. Well done!

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on December 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM

Very end of the world with all that dramatic light.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on December 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM

Fantastic results Geoff!!

Registered on March 2, 2009, 984 Posts, 2518 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 27, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Great image. the light, comp and depth are really good. I too am not very artistic and when I come up with a image from time to time that has some artistic qualities I get excited about it. I like this image a lot.

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

Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on December 27, 2010 at 12:58 PM

Very moody and dramatic! Get off the medication and do this again--I like it!

Lori

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Comment posted by richard remington on December 27, 2010 at 1:00 PM

I love the title and results. When I first looked I immediately thought of a sunrise millions of years ago during the dinosaur era.

Registered on March 12, 2010, 105 Posts, 368 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 27, 2010 at 8:09 PM

You need to let go and express your creative side more often, Geoff. This turned out great. Very expressive image. Seriously, if you start letting it out in your pictures you won't need the pills any more. Trust me on this.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 27, 2010 at 10:36 PM

Yeah, tequila works just fine for me

This is pretty psychotic--looks like the surface of Venus--i love it!

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Comment posted by Richard Wong on December 28, 2010 at 1:45 AM

Not sure how realistic the light is with such a strong orange tint but it looks very pleasing to the eye!

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on December 28, 2010 at 11:59 AM

Very striking and engaging.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 28, 2010 at 4:02 PM

Geoffrey,

First of all, this is a beautiful seascape. I really like the dark cloud in the upper corner that frames the scene as well as helping to create a very moody scene.

I really, really like the colors on the beach - not quite sure what I would call it... copper? And the beach itself is laid out beautifully including the tidal pool.

The only suggestion I have would be either toning down or changing the hue slightly of the bright yellow/orange clouds above the sun. But that's minor and of course a personal artistic choice at this point.

You might want to consider the PhotoArt Gallery next time, although I wouldn't have considered that had you not emphasized the "artistic" points.

I like this very much - great job with this one.

Lon

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

Comment posted by Doug Roane on December 28, 2010 at 7:15 PM

I think your processing really paid off on this one - what a great alien landscape!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 5, 2011 at 6:13 PM

Fantastic work , love the effect you chose really suits the image!

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments