Plum Island's Sand Art -redo

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 7, 20181,378 views11 comments

Plum Island is in Massachusetts, recently we had a huge Nor'easter storm that tore up the shore along the coast. I thought the colors in the sand at Sandy Point Beach was from pollution but when I posted the image to the Plum Island page I was told the purple is cause when storms beat on the sand and separate the heavy garnet crystals from the sand. Now I know why they call it Plum Island.

Also just installed the new version of Photoshop so hope I saved images correctly size wise.

Nikon D5300
2000 mm

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11 comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on March 7, 2018 at 9:03 PM

Very interesting abstract and explanation, Norma. For a bit more abstract approach you could also crop out or clone that lighter wedge at bottom right. Really nice find.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 7, 2018 at 9:36 PM

Very unique and creative! Nice history , too.
Love it -
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on March 8, 2018 at 8:37 AM

Norma, nice colors in this abstract, a good bit of seeing on your part. The diagonal flow to it is interesting. To my taste, the colors look natural, and not oversaturated.

I've been visiting Plum Island for almost 30 years and never knew the origin of the name. I always assumed it related to having some plum trees on the island, so thanks for the real origin of the name.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on March 8, 2018 at 10:56 AM

A nicely composed abstract.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on March 9, 2018 at 8:52 PM

Excellent abstract. The colors and texture of the sand are very appealing to me. I would probably clone out a couple of the dark spots. devil

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on March 10, 2018 at 7:23 AM

Interesting story, never would have thought that was the origin. Great colors and textures. Might crop the dark rigjt edge, or maybe try brightening it a little so it is more uniform with the rest of the image. Beauty.

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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on March 10, 2018 at 9:01 AM

I have taken out th black areas and lightened the corners and brightened it a bit. Thank you for those suggestions.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on March 10, 2018 at 9:51 AM

Beautiful image with good textures and colors. There's a nice flow to this. You could rotate this 90 deg CW as well.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on March 10, 2018 at 11:59 AM

Nice colors and patterns. My preference would the darker version but with the black spots removed as in your repost. Must have been a fun beach to explore for abstracts.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 10, 2018 at 6:34 PM

This is a fine abstract. The texture and especially the muted color is very nice. There are a couple of white spots top right, and a couple of dark spots on the left that you might clone out. Also, you might consider burning down that bit in the lower right corner. Nice image as presented, though.
--P

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on March 11, 2018 at 4:12 PM

WOW. Gorgeous colors and textures. Has to be seen large to be fully appreciated.

EDIT - I didn't see the report until after I had posted, but I like it much better than the original.

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