The Abyss

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted April 22, 2014264 views7 comments

Would like to hear your thoughts on this one. Took this up in Death Valley. There was a brief moment of crazy light that illuminated some hikers. Felt it was an opportunity too good to pass.

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As always, your feedback is much appreciated

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7 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on April 23, 2014 at 10:17 PM

Quite an intriguing image, would love to see the specs.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on April 24, 2014 at 12:41 AM

Thanks John!

Basically took three exposures, both underexposed at different values between 1/40 and 1/125 sec, all shot at f/22. I then blended the three using layer masks before converting the blended image into B&W. My main goal was to preserve the shaft of light in the image, so I went for a "dark" development idea.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 1, 2014 at 9:03 PM

Well seen and processed Sairam,
Congratulations on the WP . . .

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on May 2, 2014 at 1:51 AM

thanks Mike, didn't realize I got a WP until I got your comment. Wow, this is awesome!

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 23, 2014 at 10:13 AM

Congrats on the pick, for having the vision to recognize the potential, for the skill to capture it and then to present it this way. Quite the process, and you handled it so well.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on May 23, 2014 at 10:56 AM

Thanks Dietrich. That's so very kind of you to say

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 9, 2014 at 11:38 PM

Congrats! Very cool image!

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