In Footsteps of Giants

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 19, 2012395 views23 comments

Cornwall, UK

This is an often photographed location but all the photos I had seen were ambiguous is scale regarding the size of the rock stacks. I set about finding a way to convey how large they actually were.

Canon 5DMkII, 16-35mm, f13, 20s, GND filters.

Larger version is better!

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 19, 2012 at 2:27 AM

As always your work has a sublime surreal quality to it. Nice shot here Kah Kit!

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on March 19, 2012 at 2:52 AM

Very nice indeed.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on March 19, 2012 at 4:43 AM

The pink and blue colour combination is beautiful here, Kah Kit. The rock stack looks massive compared to the surrounding beach. Wonderful glow to the light as well.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 19, 2012 at 6:22 AM

Lovely capture Kah Kit! The colours soft light are just great here and the scale of the stacks is quite obvious from the composition!

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on March 19, 2012 at 8:07 AM

Beautiful
The size is apparent in the shot and the colors are outstanding

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 19, 2012 at 8:38 AM

You conveyed the size of these stacks very well, Kah Kit. And you did it in a very beautiful way! These colors are wonderful.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 19, 2012 at 10:16 AM

Gorgeous mix of cool and warm colors Kah Kit. I like the tranquility of the scene as well as your conveyence of scale.

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on March 19, 2012 at 10:35 AM

Beautiful mood. It's a difficult light situation and your process handles it well.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 19, 2012 at 11:50 AM

Message received. The first thing I thought when I opened this was that the rocks were massive. Very nice light and color and this view must be impressive in person.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on March 19, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Lovely composition, Kah,

Regards,

Carol

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on March 19, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Your perspective and composition really gives one a sense of scale and accomplishes your goal in my opinion. The far seastack seems to be literally towering over all else. Wonderful light and color as well.

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on March 19, 2012 at 2:46 PM

Kah Kit, I have never seen shots from this location, but the far rock certainly comes across as huge in your composition.
what I really like is the wondersult soft light in the sky, with the transition from blue in the upper left towards the pink tones above the sea...

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on March 19, 2012 at 4:43 PM

Reminds me of the Pitons on St Lucia.
Your timing of day looks perfect given the palette of colors you've presented here.
Well done.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on March 19, 2012 at 6:25 PM

The colors here are wonderful Kah Kit. I'm a little indifferent about the amount of shore on the left though.

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Comment posted by Sebastian Kraus on March 19, 2012 at 7:33 PM

Berdutham Steps... fantastic place! Greate capture here Kah.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 19, 2012 at 7:36 PM

Pretty cool--looks like a giant shark's tooth...too bad there isnt a shark in the water to match

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 19, 2012 at 9:26 PM

The overall pink glow with the contrasting blue sky makes for some excellent contrast. Light is perfect, as usual in your images.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on March 19, 2012 at 10:20 PM

I believe that you succeeded in portraying how large the rock stacks are. Great
color also.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on March 19, 2012 at 11:30 PM

I thought it looked like a sharks tooth too! Definately get the sense that the stack is huge. Love the soft moody light that you capture so well.

Chris

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 20, 2012 at 2:20 AM

Beautiful! I love how the sky color is echoed in the shore and those stacks look huge. The blue sky on the left really sets off the scene. Was this a colored grad used sideways?

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on March 20, 2012 at 4:21 AM

Great conditions and execution, Kah.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on March 20, 2012 at 12:50 PM

very nice light & colors

i like it

Hamed

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on March 21, 2012 at 12:10 AM

The abrupt color transition seems a bit odd but I wasn't there..other than that this is wonderful, great comp. I do see some slight haloing around the stack, but could be from the web sharpening.

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