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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on August 01, 2014, 06:29:36 am

Title: Soft Rock 2
Post by: churly on August 01, 2014, 06:29:36 am

Two more from the Soft Rock series.
Critique welcome.

Chuck

Title: Re: Soft Rock 2
Post by: maddogmurph on August 01, 2014, 07:15:01 pm

I like the first one.  Although I'm wondering about the colors in the shadow in the center.  Whether the post process has washed out the texture a bit, regardless I like the bottom delta effect, the fact that the viewer really has to guess at scale, whether this is miniature or very large from a distance, and how the single rock at the bottom of the shadow looks like one of the wandering stones from la playa.

The second is good but for some reason doesn't speak to me personally nearly as much.

Title: Re: Soft Rock 2
Post by: churly on August 02, 2014, 07:27:53 am

Quote from: maddogmurph on August 01, 2014, 07:15:01 pm

I'm wondering about the colors in the shadow in the center.  Whether the post process has washed out the texture a bit,

Good catch.  I lifted the shadow a bit after the conversion for the web because conversion seemed to block it up.  That decreased the contrast in the shadow.
Thanks for your comment.

Chuck

Title: Re: Soft Rock 2
Post by: luxborealis on August 02, 2014, 08:48:12 am

Yes, the first is compelling - very three-dimensional with some good movement.

Have you considered B&W for any of these. They would be gorgeous!

Title: Re: Soft Rock 2
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 02, 2014, 10:52:30 am

I like the movement in #1.

Title: Re: Soft Rock 2
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on August 04, 2014, 05:59:04 am

Indeed #1 works well, as the rock is intersected at different angles, resulting in different exposure surfaces and erosional shapes.