Tidal abstract and a nice cup of tea

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Not taken on a day with very inspiring light, but what the heck, sometimes you have just got to make the most of what you are given.

There I was, sat in the car drinking a cuppa and looking down at this "abstract" type of shot from a high point. As I watched the tide continue to go out and began to think to myself "that is starting to look quite interesting, so why the hell not". So I put down my tea, threw on my 70/200 to shoot it hand held, got out of the car into the cold to fire off a few shots and here is the result.

..turned out fairly well I think.

Dave

[degrub]

good colour palette, the graininess makes it different and seals the deal for me.

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

good colour palette, the graininess makes it different and seals the deal for me.

The graininess look in the shot, is due to there being lots of small sharp edged rocks in the sand and the sand itself, being sort of muddy coloured, dark and rippled, yet lighter where it's had time to dry out.

So yes, I never thought about it looking grainy, but now you've pointed it out for me, I have to agree that it does indeed, look grainy

Dave

[francois]

Turned out very well? Yes, more than 100%
Bravo.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Good one (albeit grainy)! 

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Good one (albeit grainy)! 

Ah but..!

Is it really grainy, or is it granular detail?

 

Dave

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... Is it really grainy, or is it granular detail?

If the latter, remind me to have my hiking boots on when visiting the place 

[Arlen]

It's bigger than grain. I'm going to call it gritty.

But a good sort of gritty. Well seen, I like it a lot.

[degrub]

maybe it's the shingle effect 

[Dave Gurtcheff]

Sony A7RIV with 100-400mm lens. I was playing with the fact that such long lenses compress distant objects to the point I could make an abstract image of reflections of big commercial fishing boats. I made the original image at 285mm, f13, ISO 400. Then as an afterthought, I decided to have some fun by including the yellow rubber duck. The image was a real hit on our Facebook page. I also shoot a lot of medium format and I have come to like the 4:3 format, so I extended both sides from 3:2 to 4:3 using Content Aware Fill. PS did an excellent job changing formats here. At age 87 I guess my sense of humor is getting warped.

Thanks for looking

Dave in NJ

[Mark Nadler]

Dave and Dave, I like both images. 

mark

[Dave Gurtcheff]

Thanks Mark. My warped sense of humor made put in the rubber duck.
Dave

[francois]

Less abstract but I like this lonely duck too!

[langier]

Nice, Dave!

[Dave Gurtcheff]

thanks guys.