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seastack
Apr-24-2007, 10:11 AM
Something different perhaps - grist for the whipping mill.

Whip away!

http://www.hydeimages.com/photos/146240608-L.jpg
seastack
Apr-25-2007, 07:26 AM
Crickets, I hear crickets.:wink
HarlanBear
Apr-25-2007, 11:43 AM
On first look, I like it. Looks like a still from a 1950's si-fi movie "Trip to Mars" kinda thing. And I like the general tones of the B&W. But the transition to sky (or black) looks a bit phony, especially for the darker rocks on the extreme left and right. There's a hard line which gives it an overlay look that distracts from the final feel, IMO. The drastic change rolls off the lighter colored rocks in the middle better and looks much more natural. Not sure how to fix this without some experimentation. Maybe someone else will have a plan. But with that said, I think it's cool.:wink And it's certainly a more creative use of a rock formation than most!
quark
Apr-25-2007, 05:16 PM
I like your black and white work - nice.

My first impression is "looks fakey". Perhaps you want that reaction, if not the post processing still needs something ... Not being an expert at the photoshop stuff I am not qualified to say what exactly.

Perhaps a nice green martian would pull it all together.
Scott_Quier
Apr-26-2007, 07:00 AM
My first impression when I saw this was WOW - nice B&W conversion (I'm loving B&W more and more as time goes on).

Second impression was that this reminded me of the movie set used in the James Bond flick (I think it was Moonraker).

Closer inspection shows what appears to be very hard transitions between the rocks and the dead black "sky". Granted, if this were on the moon, there would be little, if any, light dispersion at that interface, but it doesn't look real.
Marc Muench
Apr-26-2007, 10:42 PM
If you want it to look real, create some gradations in the sky or just drop in a sky and bring the opacity way down. Nature is full of teeny tineee gradations that our eyes have grown accustomed to. I think your half way there as the rocks look really good.:clap
MacLoyal
Apr-27-2007, 06:08 PM
That's a great angle on formations that are dear to my heart.