Rock and Sand

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 12, 2015607 views9 comments

I wanted to bring out the grittiness of the rock and sand in this small scene from a local river. For a sense of scale the reddish rock near center is about 6 inches across. This is 7 shots stacked for dof, then processed in ARC, NIK CEP4 and PS6. Compression is killing the larger version what can I say. Thanks for looking.

Tech info:
exp. mode_manual
24mm w/CP
f6.3 @ 1/10 sec.
ISO_100

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 12, 2015 at 10:22 AM

Bruce, The soft light here looks wonderful and the colors are beautiful. What really stands out in this for me is the textures which really show in the large version. The only thing I might do would be to crop the right edge just enough to eliminate the brighter rock on the upper right. A pretty small thing but it does seem to draw my eye to that edge.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on January 12, 2015 at 12:19 PM

Some really interesting shapes you captured here, I am a real sucker for this type of stuff. I agree with Nick about the brighter part in the urc, and I might increase the brightness a bit.
I am a bit puzzled about the texture of the sand, which is far from smooth. Is this after rain maybe?

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Comment posted by Bruce King on January 12, 2015 at 3:11 PM

Roel yes the texture of the sand is what motivated me to shoot this image. First, it is very coarse sand and earlier that morning the sand was frozen and both rocks and sand were covered with thick frost. I've seen this before where freezing can affect sand or soil in interesting ways when it thaws.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 12, 2015 at 4:08 PM

Some really interesting forms and shapes that you photographed in this image. Beautiful use of soft light and also the colors llok nice and natural. I agree with Nick on cropping out the bright rock in the upper right corner

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on January 12, 2015 at 4:25 PM

This is a really unusual image for me. Aside from what it actually is it suggests many other things. The sand looks almost organic - alive. With the light and colors there is almost a science fiction sense to this image. Great seeing and interpretation of what is basically just rocks and sand.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on January 12, 2015 at 5:25 PM

This quite the interesting capture Bruce. I will echo the idea of the sand looking alive. In this image, the sand seems to have pores and it looks to be enveloping the rocks. The textures and graphic nature of this image are very strong, and I am enjoying this unique capture very much.

Very well converyed

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Comment posted by gary phillips on January 12, 2015 at 10:02 PM

Unique texture and comp., Bruce. Very nice. I agree with the crop suggesstions.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 13, 2015 at 2:01 PM

The details here are amazing, Bruce, and yes, much of that is from the texture in the sand. I also really like all of the subtle colors. While I wouldn't crop that rock edge near the top right, I would burn it in to reduce how much attention it pulls.

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on January 13, 2015 at 2:09 PM

Love the details and textures of this image, Bruce, expertly rendered. I like the black blacks and I don't have a problem with the rock on the right edge at all.

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