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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: stevenfr on April 08, 2019, 03:44:42 pm

Title: Spring reflections
Post by: stevenfr on April 08, 2019, 03:44:42 pm

Trees reflected amongst lily pads

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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 08, 2019, 03:46:36 pm

I like that a lot.

Jeremy

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Post by: stevenfr on April 08, 2019, 03:49:36 pm

Thanks Jeremy.

For some reason viewing on a ipad 1/3 of the image is hidden, you have to slide to the right.

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 08, 2019, 05:10:30 pm

A real beauty.

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Post by: rabanito on April 08, 2019, 05:38:42 pm

Beautiful

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Post by: francois on April 09, 2019, 09:10:22 am

The colors are combined very elegantly as are the reflections/lily pads.
Bravo.

Title: Re: Spring reflections
Post by: stevenfr on April 09, 2019, 01:32:50 pm

Thanks for the kind feedback Eric, Rabanito and Francois

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Post by: OnlyNorth on April 09, 2019, 01:47:10 pm

I like it.

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Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on April 09, 2019, 08:10:43 pm

Now that really is quite a beautiful image.

Bravo!

Dave

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Post by: Arlen on April 09, 2019, 08:28:05 pm

I love the soft subtlety.

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Post by: stevenfr on April 09, 2019, 10:32:35 pm

Thank you Arlen, OnlyNorth and Dave.

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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 10, 2019, 04:53:01 am

Well done.

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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on April 10, 2019, 09:16:59 am

Wonderful.

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Post by: Jonathan Cross on April 10, 2019, 01:12:34 pm

Lovely! Variation on Monet?
Best wishes,
Jonathan

Title: Re: Spring reflections
Post by: stevenfr on April 10, 2019, 01:45:56 pm

Thanks for the kind Feedback Jonathan, Paulo and Rajan. Definitely, the Monet idea passed through my mind when I saw this scene.

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Post by: HSakols on April 14, 2019, 04:21:33 pm

Yes, it is paint like.  I like the colors. 

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Post by: luxborealis on April 14, 2019, 05:09:17 pm

While I agree, it’s a fetching image, I find the colours too saturated, too ‘candy’. However, if that’s what floats your boat or sells, then who am I to complain.

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Post by: John R on April 14, 2019, 06:22:07 pm

Superb!

JR

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Post by: stevenfr on April 14, 2019, 07:42:58 pm

Thank you Hugh and John R

Title: Re: Spring reflections
Post by: Arlen on April 15, 2019, 02:43:12 pm

Quote from: luxborealis on April 14, 2019, 05:09:17 pm

While I agree, it’s a fetching image, I find the colours too saturated, too ‘candy’. However, if that’s what floats your boat or sells, then who am I to complain.

Terry, are you sure? The colors look pretty unsaturated and natural on my color-managed monitor and browser.

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Post by: stevenfr on April 15, 2019, 03:32:04 pm

Thank you Arlen. I agree, The colours are fine for me. To be honest until I start printing the image, the image can change a bit until finished. It might take multiple print strips and proof prints to get a final print. How an image looks as a very small jpeg compared to a final print is very different. I am currently using a Phase One XF IQ4 150 camera. Until  you see these images printed at large sizes you have no idea how amazing they look. The prints are sharp with incredible detail with very smooth colour transitions due to the 16 bit files.

My work is sold in numerous fine art galleries around the world as large prints, and I try and be very careful about the saturation levels in my photographs. I want the images to feel real. I have some of my images that have taken years to get the right conditions to get the image in camera. I used to show my Horseman film slides with my prints when I did shows.

I am ok with anyone that doesn’t like my images. Everybody has an opinion and taste in imagery they like. It is very subjective. I have been very fortunate to have a photographic career selling prints.

This image was short listed for the BBC photo contest numerous years ago. I had to provide the raw file for the image.

 Steven

Title: Re: Spring reflections
Post by: RSL on April 15, 2019, 04:23:51 pm

Well done, Steven.