Moonscape

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 24, 20082,804 views43 comments

Since I haven't been doing much shooting these past two months, I have revisited some older shots. This one was taken about a year ago on the Ottawa river.
Nkon D70s, Sigma 10-20, probably a cokin G120.

Comments

43 comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 24, 2008 at 12:13 AM

I really dig this one. It has a very desolate yet dramatic feel to it. The conversion is perfect.

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Comment posted by Benjamin Glatt on January 24, 2008 at 12:14 AM

This is superb, Younes! Excellent work!

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on January 24, 2008 at 12:21 AM

Beautiful image. Really amazing effects you've created with this shot.

Registered on January 22, 2007, 212 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by Eric Good on January 24, 2008 at 12:53 AM

Wow this just oozes with mood. That crack in the ice just leads the eye into a seemingly otherworld. Excellent all around work!

Registered on March 17, 2007, 116 Posts, 4764 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Carroll on January 24, 2008 at 1:18 AM

Awesome. Beautiful contrasts. The conversion accentuates the mood already present in the subject matter. Bravo.

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Comment posted by Ashutosh Rajekar on January 24, 2008 at 1:25 AM

You've batted this one out of the park! Probably your best shot IMO ... love the feel and atmosphere ... I guess you could darken the top part of the sky a bit more and add more drama!

Great work!

Registered on June 8, 2006, 51 Posts, 910 Comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on January 24, 2008 at 2:00 AM

This is excellent, I love the vastness and depth, really a very effective composition. The bw-conversion is also very well handeled.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 24, 2008 at 2:32 AM

I love the earie cold dark feeling it has to it. It doesn't look safe at all either.

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Comment posted by Michael E. Gordon on January 24, 2008 at 3:28 AM

Wow.

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Comment posted by Steve France on January 24, 2008 at 5:11 AM

Younes... thats awesome. The textures are fantastic and i love the conversion. Desolation conveyed very well indeed. Love the lead in and how is snakes into the distance.

Registered on September 26, 2007, 89 Posts, 1477 Comments

Comment posted by Winnie Ho on January 24, 2008 at 5:29 AM

Younes. This one is really spectacular! Infinity is a word that comes up when I look at it. Love the layered textures also.

Registered on January 6, 2008, 93 Posts, 1788 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Stacey on January 24, 2008 at 7:32 AM

Dramatic and enticing work Younes. The slight toning works very well and it looks like the kind of place I want to go to.

Registered on February 7, 2007, 93 Posts, 297 Comments

Comment posted by Julian Barkway on January 24, 2008 at 7:58 AM

Impressive. Really impressive.

Registered on January 18, 2007, 344 Posts, 1961 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Pelton on January 24, 2008 at 8:47 AM

THis definitely has an otherworld look. To me it communicates cold and desolation. very effective. The centered crack works fine.

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on January 24, 2008 at 8:47 AM

This is fantastic. I love the mood and your BW conversion.

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Comment posted by Matt Dallos on January 24, 2008 at 9:16 AM

Great shot, I don't think a scene could possibly be anymore dramatic than this.

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Comment posted by Tomas Kaspar on January 24, 2008 at 9:50 AM

Stunning !!!

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM

Cold, desolate, lonely and beautiful.

- Dan.

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

Comment posted by Marc Dilley on January 24, 2008 at 11:04 AM

Younes: I wish I had taken this. One of the most evocative frozen water images I have ever seen. Your toned B&W presentation is masterful. Centering the trough is perfect - it is riveting. And the dark processing is perfect. Incredible. Wow.

Registered on November 21, 2007, 57 Posts, 1494 Comments

Comment posted by Laurent Baig on January 24, 2008 at 11:09 AM

Awesome!

Registered on January 12, 2005, 206 Posts, 6784 Comments

Comment posted by Ryan Shain on January 24, 2008 at 11:46 AM

Talk about ENGAGING AND STRIKING!! This image has both of those amazing qualities, and so much mood to it.

I feel like i am out in the middle of nowhere. The desolate and isolated nature to this scene is great. Fascinating vision, and capture!!!

Registered on February 20, 2007, 226 Posts, 4571 Comments

Comment posted by Wade Hardy on January 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM

Extremely dramatic and moody - your comp really draws you deep into the scene. Very, very nice work!

Registered on May 2, 2006, 121 Posts, 1824 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Gordon on January 24, 2008 at 12:07 PM

The centralised comp works a treat. Im soaking up the drama right now. Beautifully done...

Registered on May 31, 2007, 224 Posts, 1490 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on January 24, 2008 at 12:31 PM

Very powerful and evocative image. Perhaps my favorite of your work, Younes. Outstanding!

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Comment posted by Kerry Leibowitz on January 24, 2008 at 12:53 PM

Wow...this is one powerful, powerful image. Tremendous comp and a great conversion. There's a palpably eerie feel to this.

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Comment posted by Chip Phillips on January 24, 2008 at 1:04 PM

I love this! Very powerful and dark!
Chip Phillips Photography

Registered on November 26, 2007, 128 Posts, 1436 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on January 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM

Being from Florida this is somewhere I love visiting only through your photo. What an amazing scene, cold as it is. Love the conversion.

Registered on November 27, 2007, 250 Posts, 2468 Comments

Comment posted by Edward Nunez on January 24, 2008 at 2:49 PM

Beautiful. Excellent B&W treatment. I like the leading lines, and your composition is perfect.

Registered on April 19, 2007, 65 Posts, 711 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on January 24, 2008 at 7:25 PM

Wow, excellent composition and very powerful mood. A superb image.

Guy

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Comment posted by Mike Dawson on January 24, 2008 at 9:36 PM

What a spellbinding and moody composition, the tones and textures of the foreground are outstanding

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 24, 2008 at 10:19 PM

Incredibly strong composition . . . and the coloration is perfect. I like this a lot.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 25, 2008 at 4:14 AM

younes, wonderful - love the blue tinge remaining in the water. makes for great conversion.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 25, 2008 at 11:45 PM

This is excellent. Great compostion, amazing sky and light. Very, very well done!

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Comment posted by Jeff Jessing on January 26, 2008 at 3:54 PM

This is composed so strongly, IMO. Very nice.

Registered on May 25, 2005, 14 Posts, 175 Comments

Comment posted by Younes Bounhar on January 27, 2008 at 10:33 AM

Thanks everyone for such an awesome feedback! I guess you never know sometimes as this has been sitting on my computer for the last year...

Registered on November 25, 2007, 81 Posts, 1234 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 27, 2008 at 2:31 PM

Younes,

Incredible photograph. An alternative title could be called "Moodscape." I love the dark, erie feeling to this and the gap in the ice seems to go on forever, leading the viewer in to the depths of the unknown.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 29, 2008 at 3:09 AM

Wow, I thought this was a macro shot until I paid attention to the bg and noticed the sky. Then I saw your shooting info...

Congrats on the EP!

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

Comment posted by David Clapp on February 12, 2008 at 9:41 AM

Go Younes, your a dood.. Congrats on the EP what a belter of a shot, looks like Mordor!

Registered on November 28, 2005, 137 Posts, 441 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on February 21, 2008 at 4:13 PM

I'm a little late, but what a stunning shot. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Cezar Mart on February 21, 2008 at 7:50 PM

This is an excellent, spectacular photo.
I love the coldness and the hostlity of the environment. The depth and perspective are outstanding.
Fantastic image.

Registered on January 31, 2007, 65 Posts, 444 Comments

Comment posted by Waleed Marhoum on February 29, 2008 at 10:36 AM

AMAZING VIEW!
excellent shot Younes

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Comment posted by Doug Dolde on March 28, 2008 at 1:51 AM

Don't know how I missed this. Its a very powerful image !

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Comment posted by Jay Defigh on April 4, 2008 at 11:24 PM

One of the best B&W conversions I've seen. Looks like it could be film. Congratulations on a beautiful and evocative image.

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