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December 6, 2013. Sonoma County, California.
This shot had been and also-ran from a shoot that has produced a couple of other pictures that I’ve posted here. It just seemed that it was too much like another one that got a lot of attention. But, as has been happening fairly frequently, I saw it with different eyes last night. This is a distillation.
As with my last post, tonal balance was a challenge, but I believe all the pixels ended up happy.
(Sony RX-100. RAW processing and initial editing in DxO PhotoLab 3.3; Final editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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– and so did we
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What distinguishes this view is the light diagonal trace across the band of water.
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I’m glad you noticed that. It’s an element of the overall symmetry of the picture.
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💙👌peace. Have a joyful day Michael. Smiles Hedy ☺️
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🙏😊
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If you can mess with pixels, I can mess with lyrics:
“Light’ll come and then slip away ~
You’ve gotta move, bring it back to stay ~
You just roll with it, baby.”
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Touché!
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I am much happier than your pixels and the hint that something moving was there just a few minutes before taking that shot makes me even happier! 😉
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I like the strong central bands contrasting with the soft tones and subtle gradients upper and lower.
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Thank you. That was a bit of work. Balance is everything.
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Yes and as someone who has lost his it is very valuable.
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Haw!
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There’s something about the slight texture in this that’s really beautiful. And the depth. And that subtle band of warmer colors. Wonderful!
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Thank you. This one took a fair amount of work. I’m glad that you like it.
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I bet it took a lot of work – those gradients are so smooth.
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Thank you. And it was the tonality. I had to get the sky and the water to harmonize. And they didn’t want to cooperate for a while.
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