Timeless Blue

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 4, 2013462 views13 comments

A few days ago I stumbled upon this shot from 2011 that I had initially started processing but then forgot about. I remember liking the shot a lot, but due to extensive noise I didn't really bother. This time I took a closer look at the noise (high temperature noise, random hot pixels - nothing that standard noise reduction handles very well) and decided to give it another try. In the end it turned out to be an easy fix: used duplicates of the original layer applied noise reduction and median filter and blended the result with darken blending mode. The resulting file is more or less noise free and thanks to the blending almost no detail got lost.

I have been thinking about an 1x1 or otherwise more squareish crop, but decided to stick with 3x2 - what do you think?

Jeffrey's Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Canon 5DMKII, EF 17-40 @ 17mm, GND, Lee Big Stopper
ISO 100, f/11, 331 seconds
single exposure processed in LR + PS

cheers,
joerg

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on August 4, 2013 at 6:00 PM

Both crops work. Dig the feel here :)

aF

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by James Fougère on August 4, 2013 at 8:19 PM

A Very Interesting image, makes me feel I am being drawn into the Abyss

I agree, either crop would work, if you crop the bottom, it would make it 50/50.

I like it the way it is

Registered on October 25, 2010, 41 Posts, 831 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on August 4, 2013 at 9:07 PM

Great color here, Joerg. The water looks like dry ice vapor all over the scene. The sky is amazing too and really adds to this fine capture and overall processing.
I do also like the idea of at least some crop off the bottom area.

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 4, 2013 at 10:56 PM

An otherworldly look to this one. Very cool. Although there seems to be some splotchyness in the clouds. Probably easy to smooth that out.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on August 5, 2013 at 12:55 AM

Very surreal. The color adds to that surreal look. I see the face of a wolf in the LRC.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Anderson on August 5, 2013 at 12:57 AM

I love the way you saved the image. I don't see any noise. It is a bit cyan, but that is probably a personal taste- but I wonder if it would compliment the pinks better if the cyan had more of a magenta shift? Great scene!

Registered on January 31, 2006, 228 Posts, 3072 Comments

Comment posted by Neale Dyster on August 5, 2013 at 1:43 AM

Nice work on this one. I like the crop as is, and hey, I see the wolf!

Registered on February 19, 2008, 94 Posts, 738 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 5, 2013 at 10:15 AM

Joerg, I'm enjoy the surreal mood of this and these colors really emphasize that. Very cool looking. This comp works quite nice I think.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on August 5, 2013 at 10:56 AM

I think both crops work well, I wouldn't know which one to prefer. But this is fantastic, and I like your noise reduction. I might have a go at one or two of my pictures. Thanks for sharing the info!

Registered on September 30, 2012, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Reid on August 5, 2013 at 1:29 PM

Very surreal and the colors are wonderful Joerg. Wonderful mood to this and I really like the misty water. Well done.

Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments

Comment posted by Jared Warren on August 5, 2013 at 6:18 PM

I love this. Wonderful mood, light, and execution. I like the thought of cropping part of the bottom, and just a little off the top, leaving the horizon at roughly 2/3 or 3/5 of the way up. Really nice work.

Registered on May 11, 2012, 84 Posts, 931 Comments

Comment posted by Shantikara Valuska on August 11, 2013 at 5:56 PM

I wouldn't change a thing. I love as it is. Very mystic and ethereal.

Registered on July 25, 2011, 38 Posts, 451 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 15, 2013 at 12:37 AM

Sunsual and emotional capture - stunning colours and water flow -
congrats on the WP!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments