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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Mark Nadler on July 20, 2019, 10:34:13 pm

Title: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: Mark Nadler on July 20, 2019, 10:34:13 pm

The moment I saw this scene I knew how I wanted to develop it.  Love to hear
your views on this style of development and what you think of this particular image.

mark

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: Rob C on July 21, 2019, 08:21:42 am

Well, did it "speak" to you?

There's one on Lanzarote, too, and but it remained mute.

I think that I built a little stone pyramid on it whilst waiting for the girl to put on something different. (Nope, it's not faster because it's less.)

:-)

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: degrub on July 21, 2019, 10:20:34 am

Was there seaweed floating in the water ?
Otherwise, very “painterly”.

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: Mark Nadler on July 22, 2019, 02:45:49 am

Rob C, I once spent a month in Taipei and I spent most of day time in the National Palace Museum.  Incredible place.  Chaing Kai-shek knew what he was doing when he left China with the nation's art treasures.  Getting to my point, the jade work in the museum is jaw dropping.  If I remember correctly artistis allowed each individual jade piece to determine its final form.  This scene spoke to me in the same way.

degrub, no what you are see is not seaweed.  I left these blemishes becuase it gave the final image a bit of a 3D effect.

Mark

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 22, 2019, 10:23:06 am

Monet’s Haystacks come to mind.

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: Rob C on July 22, 2019, 11:46:47 am

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 22, 2019, 10:23:06 am

Monet’s Haystacks come to mind.

In Britain we had Giant Haystacks.

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: John R on July 22, 2019, 12:50:11 pm

A very soft dreamy palette.

JR

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: Mark Nadler on July 24, 2019, 03:38:48 pm

Slobodan and Rob C thanks for your comments.

John R, I am easily seduced by the soft, dreamy, look.

Mark

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: 32BT on July 25, 2019, 02:01:19 am

The painterly look works really well. The lack of subject doesn't (for me personally, imo, ymmv, etc...).

I'd love to see for example a sailboat somewhere in there. That would really make this fly. The processing is btw a good method for obscuring the disgraceful placement of those ugly windturbines.

Title: Re: Golfo de Papagayo
Post by: Mark Nadler on July 25, 2019, 03:25:38 am

32BT, I'm with you on the sailboat.

mark