Tidal Pool Sunrise + B&W

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 15, 2011782 views23 comments

Ocean Point, Boothbay, Maine at sunrise. I have not posted much from this place lately. This is from June 2010. Unfortunately, when my laptop was stolen from my car in December during our move to NH, some of my small portable external hard drives were also stolen. Most of my images were backed up on 2 larger drives (2X)in a different location except for some of summer Maine images. Luckily, I found this on one of my CF's that I did not reformat. Lesson learned.

Thanks for looking. Thanks for any comments or critiques.

B&W version below.

Canon 5DM2
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II at 16mm
ISO50 1sec f/16
SR Color Combo + 2-Stop reverse ND

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 15, 2011 at 11:14 PM

Beautiful Eva. The colors in the rock just bowled me over! Hope you'll go back there sometime and do some abstracts of that. The clouds add a great menacing touch to this. Well done!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on April 15, 2011 at 11:16 PM

This is a beautiful shot, certainly worth retrieving! I especially like the reflection in the pool, and the greenery floating in it. Also, the earthy tones in the rocks are nice. I imagine you were hating life without your laptop! I'm without mine right now as it was infected with a virus!!!!! I hope to get it back in a few days. Hence my lack of participation lately. Right now I'm on my old machine that is nauseatingly slowwwww. I can't believe I used to process images on this thing.

Chris

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 15, 2011 at 11:19 PM

This is beautiful, Eva, and has your signature in the pixels. I really like the reflecting pool and the textured rock that surrounds it.

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Comment posted by Tom Dobrzanski on April 16, 2011 at 12:05 AM

I think you should visit OZ, Eva :) It would be amazing to see your great take on our twilights, beaches.
I like this one a lot! The colour, details, rocks, reflections all works very well for me. The only tiny nik would be 5 dust like looking spots on the clouds. Nevertheless, it is a great capture. The colour of the sky is very attracting :)

Registered on September 27, 2010, 17 Posts, 164 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Myers on April 16, 2011 at 1:32 AM

With all the great elements in in this scene so beautifully rendered, I really appreciate how the all sight lines move toward the sun and unify the image.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on April 16, 2011 at 6:01 AM

nice light Eva, overall a good image

Hamed

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

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 16, 2011 at 9:45 AM

Eva, another of your wonderful NE images. Full of the textures and color of a hard, but beautiful land, I always enjoy how you see it. As I spent several years in Nova Scotia, this brings it back for me.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 16, 2011 at 10:02 AM

Thanks everyone for your comments and critiques. Here is a B&W version.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 16, 2011 at 10:45 AM

Beautiful shot. I especially like the balance between the rocks in the lower left and the colorful sky on the middle right. I'd sure like to be sitting on those rocks listening to the wave and watching the light change.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on April 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM

The sky is nice, but I really love the foreground. I like it better with a little of the top cropped off to give more emphasis to the foreground.

- Dan.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on April 16, 2011 at 11:16 AM

I like the transition from warm to cool tones in the sunset sky which are complimented nicely by the color in the foreground rocks and vegetation. For me this image is all about the color. The B&W is technically strong and would stand well on its own. However, having seen first the color image there is no comparison for me. The color image seems much more warm and inviting to me. The B&W seems to create some tension as the storm clouds look much more menacing. This isn't necessarily a bad thing depending on the mood you want to evoke. However, for me I would go with the color all the way.

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on April 16, 2011 at 11:57 AM

Beautifully captured scene. The light,colors, lines and textures on the rocks put this one over the top IMO. The BW is very nice but the color version rocks.

Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments

Comment posted by Jesse Estes on April 16, 2011 at 12:32 PM

I like this scene and composition Eva. My only nit is the dark areas just below the horizon; almost as if you had a grad pulled down too low or something.

Registered on April 13, 2011, 20 Posts, 174 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on April 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM

Beautiful shot Eva. Both work well for me, but I prefer the color. It's such an enjoyable part of the scene.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on April 16, 2011 at 3:18 PM

Eva, great placement of the pool amongst the rocks under the colorful sunset! The moss takes the scene so much further by adding just one extra color!

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on April 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM

Wow, lotta colors in this one. Really wonderful image. I like the bw but it doesn't compare to the color.

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on April 17, 2011 at 1:22 AM

Very nice image - I definitely prefer the color version. The contrast of the small area of green with the warm tones in the rocks and sky make the image for me.

Registered on May 10, 2009, 127 Posts, 970 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Richter on April 17, 2011 at 7:49 AM

Eva, I like the color version a lot, especially the delicate green spots!

Peter

Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on April 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Nice capture Eva, I really like both versions. The color presentation is very nice, and I like the color in the rocks as well as the green in the tidal pool. The bw version is very rugged and the textures/tones are excellent.

Sorry to hear about your laptop, that is a hard lesson learned. I always worry about stuff like that when I'm traveling and have all my rescent shots from the trip on laptop/external hard drives until I get home...

Registered on June 30, 2008, 203 Posts, 2641 Comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on April 17, 2011 at 4:13 PM

very dramatic sky....i like the reflections in the pool. Well done

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on April 18, 2011 at 7:22 PM

Simply Gorgeous! Color all the way...

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on April 19, 2011 at 10:18 AM

Wonderful shot Eva, love the reflections in that pool and the distant sunbeams on the horizon.

Registered on January 28, 2010, 343 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 20, 2011 at 8:00 AM

LP looks very nice Eva. Excellent DOF, love this comp.
This one pulls you in, makes you want to see more
The B&W works very well, but I'm spoiled with the colors here

Well done!

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