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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Andres Bonilla on November 26, 2008, 01:06:17 pm

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Andres Bonilla on November 26, 2008, 01:06:17 pm

Valley of Fire, Nevada. I would appreciate your input.

Andres

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: deeyas on November 26, 2008, 02:42:22 pm

Was this taken with an IR filter?

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Tim Gray on November 26, 2008, 06:57:36 pm

I like the processing.  This is the elephant from Valley of Fire, Nevada, right?

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Andres Bonilla on November 26, 2008, 10:46:27 pm

Quote from: deeyas

Was this taken with an IR filter?

Hi, no it was taken in color and post processed in Photoshop CS2. I thought it looked better in Black and White.

Thanks,

Andres

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Andres Bonilla on November 26, 2008, 10:48:11 pm

Quote from: Tim Gray

I like the processing.  This is the elephant from Valley of Fire, Nevada, right?

Hi Tim, Yes it is elephant Rock in Valley of Fire Nevada,  awonderful place to take your camera. It is my second trip there.

Thanks,

Andres

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: wolfnowl on November 27, 2008, 01:50:11 am

Nice rock!

I like the treatment you've given this image, but every time I look at it my eye starts on the brighter left side and then sort of tumbles through the image and out the right side of the frame.  Sort of a domino effect, I guess...

Mike.

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Andres Bonilla on December 02, 2008, 02:03:41 pm

Quote from: wolfnowl

Nice rock!

I like the treatment you've given this image, but every time I look at it my eye starts on the brighter left side and then sort of tumbles through the image and out the right side of the frame.  Sort of a domino effect, I guess...

Mike.

Thanks Mike, would a tighter crop help the domino effect caused  by the light coming from the left?

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: JDClements on December 02, 2008, 08:34:23 pm

Ohh... nice rock. Did you say that was taken here on earth?

Re: Wolfnowl's comment about the domino effect... I wonder if that is a bad thing? Your eye gets drawn across the photograph, then... what? I go back for more.

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Silver Birch Studio on December 02, 2008, 11:39:43 pm

Gorgeous capture, love the texture of the rocks. The whole thing has the feeling of being lit by the full moon...

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: wolfnowl on December 03, 2008, 01:05:43 am

Took another look at it, and I withdraw my earlier comment.  I wouldn't change a thing.

Mike.

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Andres Bonilla on December 08, 2008, 07:01:40 pm

Quote from: JDClements

Ohh... nice rock. Did you say that was taken here on earth?

Re: Wolfnowl's comment about the domino effect... I wonder if that is a bad thing? Your eye gets drawn across the photograph, then... what? I go back for more.

Thanks, I just came back from Vegas again, was there for the fight. I did not have time to go back to this local. Unusual and beautiful place.

Title: Unusual Rock
Post by: Andres Bonilla on December 08, 2008, 07:02:56 pm

Quote from: Silver Birch Studio

Gorgeous capture, love the texture of the rocks. The whole thing has the feeling of being lit by the full moon...

Thank you! The rocks are very peculiar here, I will post some color ones.