Travertine Dreams

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 21, 20062,912 views22 comments

Another image from my recent trip to Yellowstone. I was drawn to the starkness of the dead trees against the colorful travertine formation of Mammoth Hot Springs

D200
Nikkor 80-200 D f/2.8
raw processed with lightroom and CS2

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Nye Simmons on September 21, 2006 at 6:19 PM

Stephen - this has the same feel as your LF work which is to say - superb - not to slam digital because I am partway there but that equipment often leads in different directions - still rooted in old school I guess - classic image

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on September 21, 2006 at 6:32 PM

I agree with Nye. A beautiful intimate composition of an unusual scene.

Guy

Registered on November 1, 2003, 566 Posts, 15507 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 21, 2006 at 7:12 PM

Very nice Steve. I like the varying colors of the travertine. Nice shapes and lines.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on September 21, 2006 at 7:33 PM

Stephen,

I love this. It's great.

- Dan.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments

Comment posted by Rina Kor on September 21, 2006 at 7:34 PM

Wonderful composition! I like the way the brown streaks on the rock mirror the shapes of the branches. Great eye to see this!

Registered on August 25, 2006, 8 Posts, 56 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Mearig on September 21, 2006 at 8:20 PM

I wonder, was this hard to isolate? So many times in a intimate scene like this something ends up in the frame that doesn't belong, but it looks like you did a wonderful job. Great work!

Registered on September 4, 2006, 237 Posts, 4748 Comments

Comment posted by Jose Suro on September 21, 2006 at 8:44 PM

Outstanding image. Hard to say how it will go large compared to LF but it definitely has the look of it. Excellent!

Best,

Jose

Registered on June 24, 2006, 267 Posts, 2273 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 21, 2006 at 8:51 PM

Outstanding color & textures overall, but the detail in the burnt sticks is very impressive.

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Comment posted by Mike Dawson on September 21, 2006 at 9:03 PM

the stark contrast is very nice, I can see why you were drawn to this.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on September 22, 2006 at 12:43 AM

Wow, what a special rock surface and colours and indeed the tree fits in nicely

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on September 22, 2006 at 2:47 AM

Good eye to see the opportunity and a superb shot, Stephen! I love the color and texture contrasts. Very nice image

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Comment posted by Juza on September 22, 2006 at 5:58 AM

Hi Steve,
I love the textures of this photo!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 22, 2006 at 7:10 AM

Well done Steve. I love the subtle color variations and textures of the wall. Absolutely gorgeous! Great eye.

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Comment posted by James Milligan on September 22, 2006 at 12:51 PM

A very dramatic image of this dynamic geological area. The stains in the rock gives me a feel of shadow from the branches. Or is it a shadow?? I hope you spent some time zooming in on the patterns and texture in the scene.

Jim

Registered on November 1, 2003, 39 Posts, 109 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Dolde on September 22, 2006 at 5:44 PM

Real kewl !

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Comment posted by Eric Hahl on September 22, 2006 at 7:49 PM

Love the tones and detail!

Registered on November 23, 2003, 33 Posts, 107 Comments

Comment posted by F Timothy Kingst on September 22, 2006 at 8:49 PM

Man I love this one. I'd like it even without the wood, but I agree it adds something special to the scene. Tim

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Comment posted by Brian VanDenzen on September 26, 2006 at 8:36 AM

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on September 27, 2006 at 2:53 AM

Aaaaahhh, I thought this might be Yellowstone. Love the place and love your image with its color texture and trees. Congrats on the EP.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on September 27, 2006 at 6:08 AM

Beautiful textures. Congratulations.

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Comment posted by Todd Caudle on September 27, 2006 at 5:16 PM

My gosh, Steve, this is surreal! And I would've taken this to be a LF image, the way you've cropped it. Are you having similar problems to mine, in that you're having a hard time composing in the "panoramic" format that digital gives you? I still prefer 4x5-in./6x7cm, but don't want to waste sensor real estate and compose short and crop all my images.

Registered on November 9, 2003, 472 Posts, 3705 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on January 6, 2008 at 11:28 PM

Stephen, This is such an awesome image. I know you posted it eons ago but I just had to comment.

The light is fantastic and the colors are right on.

The subtle black traces on the right really make the image.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments