Ancient

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 2, 2011296 views11 comments

My first real try at a composite image with a night sky, this was taken in Cappadocia, Turkey where the rock formations are heavely eroded to give all sorts of shapes and sizes, making it an area fit for a photographers dream!

One shot at sunset for the superb glow on the rocks, and one an hour later for the stars. We had to almost run back through the (very) dark canyon to catch our ride back but it was worth it!

7d, 30 sec for the stars & another exposure for the rocks

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Beatriz Boucinhas on May 2, 2011 at 7:15 AM

Hi Jorne,
I really like it and I think you did a great job here! The color of the sky and the rocks are great, love the light and the stars. It works for me, but I'm just a beginner, so am interested to hear what the others have to say :-) Well done!

By the way? Any rock climbing in this area?

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Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on May 2, 2011 at 9:22 AM

I like the light in between the shadows on top and bottom. Really pleasing scene.

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Comment posted by David Thomas on May 2, 2011 at 10:27 AM

Beautifully captures the mystery of Cappadocia, much better than anything I did last October. I find the rapid transition from dark to lighter blue a bit distracting, but maybe that's the way you actually found it.

Dave Thomas, Leesburg, VA

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on May 2, 2011 at 1:45 PM

whoa! almost creeping into photo art mixing day and night! interesting forms.

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on May 2, 2011 at 1:50 PM

Great shot, looks alien.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on May 2, 2011 at 1:59 PM

I love the minimalism of this shot Jorne. It is just pure color and form. Lovely processing too. Very impressive work.

Michael

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on May 2, 2011 at 2:03 PM

Wonderful! Ordinarily a blend like this wouldn't work for me (that is, sun and stars together), but here it just looks like it was light painted.. so in that sense it comes across naturally IMO. Great work!

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on May 2, 2011 at 3:30 PM

Really beautiful
the stars are awesome

love the light in the bottom

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on May 2, 2011 at 5:12 PM

Very nice! I would not expect this concept to work, but it does here. I see some slight halo'ing I would correct along the rock near the middle before I sent it off to print. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 2, 2011 at 8:01 PM

surreal. warm on cool. I like it

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on May 3, 2011 at 2:04 AM

This qualifies as surrealism in my book, making the obviously unnatural combination of sunlight and stars look as though it is real. I enjoy the image a great deal.

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