TEXERE: fabric of life
Seaside ii
Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 10 June 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom
great shot, works realy well with the dark background
10 Jun 2008 8:30am
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Oh wow! this is a fantastic shot Ron, the starfish looks amazing on the dark background.
10 Jun 2008 9:04am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Beautiful, excellent composition! Well done, Ron!
10 Jun 2008 9:41am
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Another great shot for this series. Looks like it's doing push-ups!
10 Jun 2008 12:27pm
Liz from Cape Town, South Africa
Bold colours, great shot. Looks like it is posing for the camera. Lovely contrast.
10 Jun 2008 1:00pm
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Great composition, beautiful light, and the processing is perfect. Well done! :)
10 Jun 2008 3:36pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Beautiful shot - the simplicity is magical. I wish I could see a bit more detail though....
10 Jun 2008 4:13pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
You are a star :) wow what a photo, texture is exquisite
10 Jun 2008 4:16pm
Observing from Chester, United Kingdom
Another beauty Ron, this is an excellent series.
10 Jun 2008 4:24pm
Marcie from United States
WOW! These are stunning. Where are you finding these lovely sea creatures?
10 Jun 2008 4:26pm
@Marcie: I wish I could say I've just come back from a two-week stay at the beach, but the truth is that would be a brazen lie! My colleague has a great nautical theme going on in his office, and I came up here (to the office) Sunday evening and shot this series using late afternoon, filtered sunlight. I read a story in PhotoPro magazine (by Dave Willis) with black and white advice from Greg Gorman and John Paul Caponigro, and I wanted to try my hand at Gorman's B&W technique with tinting. Basically, the shots all week will be high-contrast images that I've converted to B&W and tinted ... so they're really B&W duotones.
The sea creatures are courtesy of my colleague, Brian Kirk ... who just so happens to be away all week at church camp with about 50 teenagers ... better him than me!!
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Great capture and technique Ron. I really enjoyed your explanation to Marcie. You should be with those kids, think of the photographic skills you could teach them. ;D Kidding aside, I look forward to the rest of the series.
10 Jun 2008 5:12pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Beautiful shot and great processing on this one. Look forward to the series
10 Jun 2008 7:01pm
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
Go ahead and lie. Say that you were in the South Pacific.
That is excellent. On the black background makes it stunning.
10 Jun 2008 10:43pm
Margie from Auckland, New Zealand
I don't know how to explain but this seems full of energy somehow. I like it, well done.
10 Jun 2008 11:02pm
Bonj from Jefferson City, United States
Very stark. Judging by the shot I would say it must have been a good story.
14 Jun 2008 3:08am
Canon EOS 40D
1/25 second
F/18.0
ISO 100
190 mm