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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on July 27, 2014, 02:30:22 pm

Title: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 27, 2014, 02:30:22 pm: At Jökulsárlón, Iceland. More images here (http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2014/07/27/diamond-in-the-rough/).
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: bns on July 27, 2014, 02:58:44 pm: Warming and chilling simultaneously. Great!

Cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Chairman Bill on July 27, 2014, 03:12:15 pm: The blue of that ice is astounding. Nice photos as always from Rajan
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Post by: sdwilsonsct on July 27, 2014, 06:14:21 pm: Great composition and timing on #2.
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Post by: Chris Calohan on July 27, 2014, 06:18:47 pm: Like Kryptonite. Bad for Superman but great for you. +1
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: luxborealis on July 27, 2014, 07:26:03 pm: Quote from: Chairman Bill on July 27, 2014, 03:12:15 pm
The blue of that ice is astounding. Nice photos as always from Rajan

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Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Fine_Art on July 27, 2014, 11:04:39 pm: A very interesting shot with that amazing blue.

It reminds me of my foggy memory, from decades back, that there are 4 (IIRC) forms of ice, differentiated by the pressure that set them.
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 28, 2014, 03:43:03 am: Nature is amazing, what a beautiful colour. I prefer #1, as the "diamond" is given more prominence. In #2, there are many things going on at the same time: the wave washing on the sand, the wave breaking in the distance, all very nice elements, but together, they distract me from the blue.
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 28, 2014, 12:35:23 pm: Thank you, gentlemen. One issue is that the richness of the blue is killed by the conversion from ProPhoto to sRGB colourspace.
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Chris Calohan on July 28, 2014, 01:28:38 pm: Rajan,

When you set up your ProPhoto workspace did you also set up your convert to profile as I am showing here?
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 28, 2014, 01:30:31 pm: Chris,

Yes.
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Chris Calohan on July 28, 2014, 02:42:00 pm: Well, that eliminates one possibility. I had problems especially with blue translations until I made that discovery. Still, it is a fine shot.
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: maddogmurph on July 30, 2014, 06:11:20 pm: Rajan, did you use a grad filter on this? Curiosity. I'm thinking the sky would look more detailed with a stronger grad, but the shot is amazing don't get me wrong. Right place, right time, great contrast, nice composure with the wave of white. Looks like a gem washed ashore.
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 30, 2014, 06:31:27 pm: Quote from: maddogmurph on July 30, 2014, 06:11:20 pm
Rajan, did you use a grad filter on this? Curiosity. I'm thinking the sky would look more detailed with a stronger grad, but the shot is amazing don't get me wrong. Right place, right time, great contrast, nice composure with the wave of white. Looks like a gem washed ashore.

No filters were used. All shots were taken handheld. It is a rough, dynamic, windy environment and I had to be nimble on my feet. I did not want a replay (http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/03/02/contretemps-in-jokulsarlon/) of what happened to me in 2010 there.
Title: Re: Diamond in the Rough
Post by: maddogmurph on July 30, 2014, 07:02:20 pm: What happened in 2010?
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Post by: francois on July 31, 2014, 06:34:01 am: Spectacular, the opalescence of the beached "diamond" is stunning.
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Post by: Walt Roycraft on July 31, 2014, 07:10:24 am: Quote from: Chairman Bill on July 27, 2014, 03:12:15 pm
The blue of that ice is astounding. Nice photos as always from Rajan

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