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Guillotine Sky - Linc
The White Sands often reflects strong colors. I could see this strong blue cast developing in the shadows of a dune and knew that Provia 100f could record it faithfully. My timing was a little off, because the scathing sun rays that highlighted the top of the ripples were moving quicker than I could get my tripod set up. Even though, I find the resulting slide interesting, as is. Linc
| Camera: | Contax G2 |
| Lens: | Carl Zeiss Biogon 28mm f/2.8 |
| Film: | Provia 100f |
| Exposure: | Not recorded |
| Flash: | |
| Support: | |
| Filter: | None |
| Adjustment: | Normal PS workup, slight cropping to center |
| Posted: | 10-Jan-2004 |
Rating: 0.00 (0 rating)
Comments
lovely...
shame some of the mid-tones were lost
mike wing 10-Jan-2004 at 03:09Beautiful
Linc. You are just getting bettet and better. My kind of image :_).
Knut Skjærven 10-Jan-2004 at 03:36Adorned with Illumination
Light is everything in photography.
Anker Heegaard 10-Jan-2004 at 07:47This is perfect
I would rate it '10' but I can't. It's pure simplicity and essence. I never expected something abstract like this from you. Congratulations!
Wilfred van der Vegte 10-Jan-2004 at 10:05Lunar
I love the white stripe on the horizon and the sky gradations. Great abstract!
Robin Kleb 10-Jan-2004 at 10:20Delight. . .
Lincoln its perfect enough for me. Even the disallowed rating box adds to the understatement.
Jerome Belthrop 10-Jan-2004 at 10:24well done, linc
This is superb. On my Mac, it looks more purple than blue, and now I'm wondering which of my monitors is calibrated correctly...
glen 10-Jan-2004 at 11:03Wow
Linc, This is beautiful on my iMac. Very well done. I'd hang it up in my house for sure. I have to go 9.98 on this one. I really love it. Gary
Gary Eden 10-Jan-2004 at 11:18-
Linc, I am speechless. This is utterly fantastic. Since you've been back you are clearly showing that you have clearly raised yourself a few notches in your abilities and artistry. I mean, you were good before, but this is just wonderful. Your composition and framing, scanning abilities, presentation. All a cut above. Congrats.
Richard Sintchak 10-Jan-2004 at 15:01Yeah!
Very very nice Lincoln. I like this alot.
Kevin Conville 10-Jan-2004 at 16:17Just
... tried the comment window just to see if I still can't rate it. Alas!
BTW, Glen, on my Mac (monitor calibrated some time ago) the sand looks a bit purple (yet not unnatural) but the sky definitely doesn't.
Wilfred
The sand does look a little on the purple side on my iMac too but I do know that color down there can take on some very different and pretty hues so I think we're seeing the right color on our monitors. The light there is always changing. I happen to think that the hues might be in part to the reflective properties of the sand which is not really sand but gypsum which is just crushed rock with different mineral content. It may take on and reflect light diferently then sand because of the mineral content. White Sands was created 200 million years ago when this whole area was an inland sea and then evaporated leaving the gypsym we see. 20 miles wide and 40 miles long of this stuff. It really is a photograpers playground. I just thought I add a little tid-bit. Gary
Gary Eden 11-Jan-2004 at 14:11stunning...
fantastic colour and the highlights just right!
rachel miles 12-Jan-2004 at 00:38De-light, indeed
Smashing composition as well as use of, indeed command of, light. Your affinity for White Sands and its moods is what clearly makes your shots of this area stand out. Nice to have your passion recorded for us in colour and B&W.
Charez Golvala 12-Jan-2004 at 01:18Not bad, old boy....
not bad at all. Shame we can't rate it though as its a beauty and deserves praise heaped on it.
James Symington 12-Jan-2004 at 05:40Wow!
Gosh, folks, I feel overwhelmed with all this praise! I come back from a hunting trip to find all these wonderful comments! I can't see any purple, but this may be because my own monitor is not properly calibrated. The White Sands *can* deliver some decidedly purple casts, but the original slide for this image does not show any. The bottom sand pattern area that is more well lit could be seen as slightly purple, but you really have to look for it. I'm glad to read that Wilfred finds no purple in the sky, since that would certainly be a tip-off that my calibration is way off. Mike, the histogram for this image is very strange, and basically there was not much change from the original scan and the resulting jaypeg, with the exception of some dark area clipping(red). Reds spike from 24-70, greens spike from 45-80 and blues spike from 145-180 with a smaller volume blue "mound" from 180 to 250. These sand pattern type images seem to "stratify" the color channels. In a way, this image is a "child" of this list. Wilfred's comments on my "Minimalist", Rich's comments on my "Morning Light" and Knut's comments on my California beach sand images (as well as other thoughtful commenters) caused me to look at my subject selection in a new way. I "saw" this image, which is not always as simple as it sounds. Also, thanks so much for all your kind remarks, by other list mavens. Jerome, always good to read your loquacious remarks(I keep my dictionary at hand :-)) Anker--where you been? :-) I always like your thought-provoking remarks. Robin/Kevin, the true pillars of the list. And, of course the feisty list lawyer, Charez. Would I be remiss to leave out captain Glen? :-) Please don't be offended if I missed you! Linc
Linc 13-Jan-2004 at 17:49Guillotine Sky
Very minimalist. Love it. At some point you may not need the camera to do this.
Peter Kapa 17-May-2008 at 00:16Thanks Peter,
I think I am not in your league yet- and need a camera to capture those hues. :-) Linc
Linc 17-May-2008 at 07:12