Steve Uffman
12-14-2012, 10:46 AM
" A light in the deep darkness" ...
This image was taken deep in the mysterious Louisiana swamp lands not far from my home where dark swamps, draped in spanish moss abound and sunbeams are rare. To some, the autumn beauty of a relatively solitary early morning sun ray piercing the darkness and highlighting the cypress swamps with as many colors as a rainbow is joy.
Too other in Cajun culture, the darkness of the marsh holds many myths and mystery..... with visions of voodoo, snakes, gators, spiders and even tales of lost crazed marsh men.
I tried to capture both moods in a single image and used Nik to accentuate some drama....not sure how this audience will react...might have to be cajun to appreciate the contrasts between the light and the "darkness". Although a non cajun described it as something out of Hobbit land.....
C & C welcomed.
for larger view which this image needs IMO http://blackpearl.smugmug.com/Favorites/Favorite-Images/23735869_Rp3QK9#!i=2271625209&k=qMLwKhx&lb=1&s=X3
1dx, 70-300L, 1/400, f/8 ISO 800. handheld from a boat.
LR4, CS6 including Arash's Sharpening strategies, Nik Color efex pro 4 with a number of stacked filters for effect
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This image was taken deep in the mysterious Louisiana swamp lands not far from my home where dark swamps, draped in spanish moss abound and sunbeams are rare. To some, the autumn beauty of a relatively solitary early morning sun ray piercing the darkness and highlighting the cypress swamps with as many colors as a rainbow is joy.
Too other in Cajun culture, the darkness of the marsh holds many myths and mystery..... with visions of voodoo, snakes, gators, spiders and even tales of lost crazed marsh men.
I tried to capture both moods in a single image and used Nik to accentuate some drama....not sure how this audience will react...might have to be cajun to appreciate the contrasts between the light and the "darkness". Although a non cajun described it as something out of Hobbit land.....
C & C welcomed.
for larger view which this image needs IMO http://blackpearl.smugmug.com/Favorites/Favorite-Images/23735869_Rp3QK9#!i=2271625209&k=qMLwKhx&lb=1&s=X3
1dx, 70-300L, 1/400, f/8 ISO 800. handheld from a boat.
LR4, CS6 including Arash's Sharpening strategies, Nik Color efex pro 4 with a number of stacked filters for effect
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