Hell on Earth

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 19, 2011328 views13 comments

For a few minutes, the sky lit up like fire over Lake Superior, after a storm had passed through last night.
Everything appeared orange for a brief moment, it was very surreal. It was like standing in a field of color cast.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - 4 seconds - f/16.0 - 21 mm - iso50 - 3 Stop Hard Edge Grad ND

All comments and critiques appreciated.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Navin Sarma on August 19, 2011 at 4:28 PM

Shawn,
An interesting composition. I really like the textures in the rock, and how the rock is leading me to the horizon. I think you can use a bit more contrast in the sky to make that low atmosphere white cloud stand out.

Nice capture!

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on August 19, 2011 at 7:35 PM

Quite a few keepers from this day huh? EPIC :)

aF

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Comment posted by Jonathan Heywood on August 19, 2011 at 7:36 PM

Nice composition. I do agree with Navin that the clouds could use a slight contrast increase.

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Comment posted by Mark Zemmin on August 19, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Amazing light. Great shot

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on August 19, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Amazing colors and light. You should feel honored to witness such a light show. Thanks for sharing it.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on August 19, 2011 at 10:18 PM

wild clouds and color, the rock looks great and really leads into the scene

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Comment posted by Alister Benn on August 20, 2011 at 3:52 AM

Intense light again... I am seeing the same barrel distortion on the horizon as on the previous one I commented on...

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 20, 2011 at 8:34 AM

Wow, some intense light! Looks like hell!

I am seeing a nice second abstract comp in this one, with a little over half the top cropped off, leaving the rock and some background water. I find the light on the rock with the textures and shine to be excellent by itself.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 20, 2011 at 5:17 PM

Shawn,

This is closely approaching surreal and even abstract for me. I don't want to assume too much in terms of processing, but I can certainly say that the results are quite striking. I love the comp with the pointed rock obviously putting the viewer right in the middle of this almost mystical scene. Combine this with your previous and I'm assuming other images and you have a wonderful series going.

Lon

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Comment posted by David Edwards on August 20, 2011 at 7:03 PM

An amazing image, Shawn. The sky looks like a wall of fire. Love the strong triangular fg rock... it has an almost forged appearance, like it's been hammered out of metal. In fact the whole scene has a rather metallic feel to it's texture. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Shawn Thompson on August 21, 2011 at 12:49 AM

Thanks for the comments everyone.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on August 21, 2011 at 2:01 AM

Surprised this doesn't have more comments, what an amazing display of light you had here Shawn. Comp looks good, I like that pointed rock leading the eye into the scene. Sky looks like it could use a little more contrast as others have noted. Also wish there was a little more detail in the water, but still very nice as is..congrats.

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Comment posted by Shawn Thompson on August 22, 2011 at 8:44 AM

Thanks for the feedback

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