Blue Mood Abstract

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 3, 2011199 views16 comments

I was shooting sunset over a bayou, but I didn't like it very much. I did, however, love the reflection in the water, so I just made a fairly major crop and came up with this.

LARGER version available too.

D2X w/ Tokina ATX 12-24 @ 12mm
1/50 @ f/11 - MLU and mc-30 remote release
100 ISO
No filters
Tripod
Capture One 6, CS4, TK's wonderful actions

Critiques, suggestions, and comments always welcomed and very much appreciated. Thanks for looking and sharing.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM

Bill: More lemonade from you. I like what you've seen and captured here. Well done. >=))>

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on February 3, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Great job Bill. Im in a very relaxed state viewing this one. Sits well with the eye and the natural gradient is quite nice.

Thanks for sharing

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on February 3, 2011 at 9:05 PM

Simple made elegant, great work Bill!

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on February 3, 2011 at 9:12 PM

It seems "simple" but I keep staring at it. really nice work and great eye. I've been trying to shoot some of the bayous around here but the weather really blows lately - hopefully it'll get better soon.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on February 3, 2011 at 9:14 PM

The large version is very nice.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 3, 2011 at 9:20 PM

A lovely mix of patterns, tones, and colors, Bill. Very nice indeed.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 3, 2011 at 9:33 PM

This is so simple and beautiful that it almost makes me cry. At some level, this takes abstraction in a different direction. This is also totally real to me. A very fine image, IMO.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 3, 2011 at 11:32 PM

This is simply gorgeous, Bill, but one has to look at the large image to truly appreciate all the nuances of color and tone. Love the diagonal patterns. Fantastic.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 4, 2011 at 1:13 AM

Bill,

About as simplistic and subdued as you can get - yet quite engaging actually. Simple shades and gradations of pale blue; just lovely.

Looks like the large version picks up some noise, probably because you said this was a major crop? Do this again, only next time arm yourself with a longer lens.

Lon

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on February 4, 2011 at 1:48 AM

Simple but very engaging and pleasing to me, nicely cropped!

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Comment posted by Genny K. on February 4, 2011 at 2:52 AM

Cool, Bill.

I like it a lot! There's really neat graduated changes across the diagonal that really hold my eye.
Besides, it's way nicer to look at than the snow I plowed today!

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 4, 2011 at 5:54 AM

Bill, this is just perfect. Such a beautiful, clear blue.

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on February 4, 2011 at 3:31 PM

Really cool. Something I probably would never think of... but now I will.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on February 4, 2011 at 4:06 PM

Ooo, great abstract. My kind. I like to do motion blur on these by moving the camera to create streaks. My default when the conditions arent doing much. Nice look!

aF

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on February 4, 2011 at 5:41 PM

very nice abstract .. look like a water color effect

i suggest to crop the top right corner

good job

Hamed

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 5, 2011 at 12:43 AM

A simple and lovely abstract. My only nit is the loss of printable pixels from the crop!

Chris

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