Fractured+ Repost

Hey Bruce- Sorry to hear about your equipment loss - this is way cool, I mean hot! Reminds me of a slot canyon shot. Beautiful tones in the lava. I would have bagged out on getting this close about a mile earlier! Alway appreciate your unique images from the islands.

Bruce, I really like the S-curve, and the strong contrast between warm (actually hot ) and cold colors. A very unique image.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your 24-70.

Fantastic work Bruce. Comp and colors just pop on this one. I can imagine that heat just rising straight up into your camera gear....

Dang, this small abstract evokes powerful emotion and strikes a chord of fear in me, yet so intriguing and beautiful.
I just might want shoot with an entry level SLR and kit lens for this risky and thrilling work.

Gorgeous capture Bruce - been missing your images! I don't know that I'd want to get this close to that much heat, especially on unstable ground . Glad you did though! I love the richness of the orange in this. The solidified lava looks a bit on the bluish side - accurate or for artistic effect?

Fantastic image! I like the contrasting colors and the shape of the fracture. Sorry about your 24-70.

//Anders

Wonderful image. I am always fascinated with lava images... great composition, full of energy.

This is truly awesome Bruce!! Sorry to hear about your equipment loss, but I'm sure you're used to it by now. I can't imagine the adrenaline that must come from a shoot like this, sounds pretty intense. The image is unique and just incredible. Love the warm/cool juxtaposition, and you got glow I've only seen in SW slot canyons. Love this one

**I think cropping from the left and right making this a vertorama would also work well**

BRUCE! Howzit my man!! Great to see you posting, and you know how much I like this... especially the print in the gallery. The cool and warm tones are just absolutely epic. One of my favorites of your incredible collection. I still don't know how you kept this sharp with all the heat shimmering out of here, but that's why you are you, and I'm not.

Hope the lava starts flowing soon, and can't wait to see you out here in Rainier country. Mahalo!!

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Bruce, I'm really enjoying the the contrasts in color & texture in this! Loving the curve to the fracture as well. Well seen!

Thanks for the very kind words, everyone! And for the condolences as well... yes, tough environment to shoot in, but we all do it sometime or another, take that chance to get the shot. That's what makes us photographers!

Bill, regarding the blue hue of the hardened lava, it was shot during those few minutes of early morning blue light. Harry and Jared, especially appreciate the comments regarding the similarity to a slot canyon, as that is what made me look twice at this shot... the glowing textured rock draws your eyes in. Also, thanks for the suggestion of a vertical pano, as I've never considered it but will definitely look at that option!

Howzit, bruddah Miles!! Yup, keeping fingers crossed for the crater to overflow! Will let you know the minute it does, as I'm lookin' forward to our next adventure, buddy. And, Rainier would be a dream come true!!!

Very intriguing but I may have been scared of a lava squirt at this moment? Great image!

Wow, that's excellent. The glowing orange against the cool blue is superb.

Wow, bummer about the gear but the image is certainly awesome. This is my favorite of those you've posted so far. Excellent.

The image is great, but probably can't do justice to the intensity of being there. You know, I still worry about you every time I see one of these pictures.

Bruce,

I love the color contrasts in this photo. It makes it very appealing to the eye.

Wow, Bruce, that glow is really cool! As others have mentioned, I really like the contrast between the fire-like glow and the cool blue tones. The only tiny little observation that I have is that I wish the two intersecting pieces of cool lava were either completely touching or completely separate. Otherwise, this is excellent and quite intriguing.

very evocative - for our viewing pleasure, it might be slightly sharper! but the colours are very compelling.

Incredible visuals. Awesome abstract shot.

Awesome!! Sorry about the gear, Bruce. This is facinating to look at.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Killer shot Bruce. I love everything about this. It doesn't even look like a photograph. Spectacular.

Michael

Nice abstract. Gotta love the color separation. Sure your insurance company loves ya ;)

aF

loce the color contrast and the graphic simplicity of this

Bruce,

Phenomenal nature image. The molten core is of course glowing, but what a nature story this tells. The color combo is wonderful, but for my taste a little strong. but then I wasn't there so it's more opinion than anything else. Awesome image, I love these lava images you guys keep coming up with.

Lon

Thanks all for the feedback! Appreciate it very much.

The cool blue hue (created by the early morning light) of the lava's surface, actually wasn't very cool at all, as it was in fact radiating a lot of heat... enough to melt the carbon fiber legs of my tripod (rubber feet long gone) and smoke the soles of my Merrells! The really cool thing, umm, fascinating, I should say, were the glowing rock walls... they looked almost translucent. Much different from reflected light, as the source was the rock itself. Pretty cool.

Anyhow, here's a repost incorporating some of the suggestions. Toned down the colors a little, sharpened a tad, and cropped to a vertical pano. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

Nice abstract Bruce!

Could you get the lava god to activate the Mt so I can shoot over there soon?

Hahahaha... I'll ask and will let you know what she says! Looking forward to our next adventure, my friend!!

This is amazing bruce! Great composition and the warm vs cool contrast is really appealing:)

I would have said from the thumbnail that this is one awesome cool shot. But obviously it's as hot as it gets! The colors totally pop, and it's a study in many shapes and textures. Love it.