Band of Gold II

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 16, 201178 views9 comments

This is a follow up to my previous post using a different image and processing. In this one I've kept the dark gold band toward the center where shadow and light meet. In the FG, I tried to get rid of the slight blue FG cast in the first image. Almost cropped out the far BG, just thought it helped convey a sense of continuing on...

Larger posted, all C&C welcomed.

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9 comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 16, 2011 at 12:58 PM

I like this one a lot, including the top. Nice abstract.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Andrew Morrill on January 16, 2011 at 6:37 PM

I bet this would be great in print - as its hard to get the feeling of how the colors interact online. I think leaving the top blue is a good decision -- its does make it seem to continue, as well as help to balance the right/down slope in the comp. I also like the "gold band" as it adds some variation. Great job.

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on January 16, 2011 at 7:01 PM

Nice scene, Bill. I like the contrasting colors and the even light.
'Development' is right on.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 16, 2011 at 8:34 PM

I like this better than the last one. Maybe just crop the top edge of blue and it becomes a very nice abstract.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 17, 2011 at 12:30 AM

Hmmm, it works well for me as an abstract. I have to say that I really like the pano version in the M&N Gallery!

Chris

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 17, 2011 at 1:04 AM

The larger version of this really shines.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on January 17, 2011 at 1:09 PM

This is very nice Bill; I much prefer this over the previous one. I might crop just the uppermost part off, but that's just my personal taste.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on January 18, 2011 at 12:27 AM

Thanks fellow NPNers. I like this better than the previous. Obviously, that's a limited viewpoint.

As for what Chris says about the M&N, exactly IMO. That's the winner, although it was not the intention I stopped for--this abstract was!

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on January 18, 2011 at 10:23 AM

Should have gone with the original thought of cropping the top, thanks for the suggestion(s). And yes John, I've had some good processing lessons lately.

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