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Morro Bay was mega windy in the afternoons with gusts of 45-50 mph.... Every day for a week. As I was heading back to the car after another fizzled sunset I saw the beach grasses blowing and blowing. I created 40 images at shutter speeds varying from 1 full second to 1/15 sec. 39 were insta-deletes. This was the very first one.... Go figure. Canon 800 mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-5D MIII. ISO 100. Evaluative metering +1 stop: .8 sec. at f/32. Don't be shy; all honest comments welcome.
Artie, I like this a lot. I can feel the wind in the grasses and I love the lighting and the diagonal bands of color in the grasses.:S3:
Artie,
Why the long 800mm prime instead of the let's say a 28-135 for instance?
I like the flow of the grass and the diagonal comp. The green color of the grass looks a little unnatural to me. I converted it to a B&W with Nik Silver Efex. I kept the contrast low to go with the softness of the grasses, not sure if you'll like it.
I am a telephoto kind of guy. I like the narrow angle of view. I actually had the 24-105 in my vest but did not think about using it....Quote:
Originally Posted by Grady Weed
Besides the strong diagonal and the blur, it's the color that really does it for me in this image. Unnatural green, yes, but I like it, anyway. The colors pretty much work together to my eye. In fact, one of the first things I noticed was most of the parts of an unsaturated ROY G BIV gradation going from the bottom to the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by denise ippolito
Sorry Denise, my vote is for the color version. After all, the colors make it pop but allow the fog to subdue the look. I think the b&w version would be better with more dark to light tones and a bit more contrast. But the color as posted is best to my eye. A nicely seen and well photographed image here.
No worries guys, it's only my opinion.
Artie, I really like the glowing gold color in the grasses, and those wispy tops tossed by the wind.
I like the B&W version; thanks! I probably over-did the NIK stuff and saturation. Here is a much softer softly colored image that is much truer to what I saw.Quote:
Originally Posted by denise ippolito
I think it looks nicer.
Me too. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by denise ippolito
The repost really is they way to go, the colors in the original for want of a better word are "funky".
I know the feeling about going overboard on effects. Sometimes I work on an image and really don't know where to stop...
Topaz, CS5, Nik, Photomatix, etc., There are days I long for just being creative without all the help...not sure if you know what I am getting at.
Nice work
Agree. A Mr. Famous Bird Photographer once said, "Whenever we learn something new we tend to over-do it for about a month." Now all I need to do is learn that lesson :S3:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Lagasi
Always.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
Hi Arthur, the repost in pane #10 does it for me. Lovely amount of blur and the diagonal is nice too.
