Thermophile Abstract

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 18, 2018144 views8 comments

I'm still going through my YNP hot spring pictures and found this one among the archives. I was able to deepen most of the colors via tone-mapping. The original colors were quite pale due to the strong sunlit conditions. I brightened and increased the overall exposure and ran some adjustment curves on luminosity masks for darks, lights, and midtones. K5 IIs 35mm (1/1600 sec at f3.5, Iso 250), panorama crop for comp.......................................Jim

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on February 18, 2018 at 2:13 PM

It has been 20 years since i have been to YNP. The colors look good in your image. Maybe a slight crop to rid the darker area along the top left edge? I like the gentle S flow of the pool.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 19, 2018 at 10:24 AM

Excellent image, Jim. The colors are great. Nice work on the processing. All things being equal (i.e., final ratio does not matter), I agree with Doug's suggested crop.

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Comment posted by Bo Chen on February 19, 2018 at 10:35 AM

I like the contrast of blue and yellow. the colors are muted but attractive. Very interested in How you did this by tone-mapping. the colors are beautiful!

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on February 19, 2018 at 10:56 AM

I'm with Doug's crop idea. Think it would make a big improvement in this image, for some reason. Just beautiful tones and flow of the image.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on February 20, 2018 at 6:01 PM

Really good colors, textures, forms, and shapes. Well done abstract that needs to be seen large. I agree with the crop idea.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on February 20, 2018 at 11:48 PM

Those hot springs are amazing, aren't they. I like the gentle sweep of color in this. Kinda neat that there's no sense of scale. Nice one.

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Comment posted by Ry Birge on February 21, 2018 at 8:46 PM

Like this image a lot Jim! Great colors and composition. Good job keeping the image on the diagonal. Keep up the good work!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on February 24, 2018 at 1:15 PM

This is nicely done. I like the pano crop since it showcases the nice curving lines. You did a fine job processing this for the abstract look.
--P

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