Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island

Nice composition and good colors, the reddish hues at the bottom of the image nicely complement the blues and whites of the sky. The shapes and textures convey an abstract feeling.

Congrats on a "remarkable" shot!

Good to see you back, Mike. that's a lovely cluster of rocks which you've captured very well. I take it that you had the grad over the back rocks and then lightened in PS? The soft grads are wonderful things. I use a 2 stop extensively when I'm in NZ.

Great composition, Mike.  I like contrasts, and here the very sharp, angular, and irregular rocks contrast so nicely with the soft and flowing blues and whites in the sky.  It makes for a great composition, and the square (or nearly so?) format works very well.

thanks guys. No dodging here Jeff that's just the way it turned out although I may have nudged the shadow enhancement slider. The Singh Ray grads are very forgiving, it doesn't seem to matter where you place them, the results are usually good. The colour balance is amazingly good in this as it was a long exposure of around 4 minutes.

Yes Steven almost square -> 6x7 film.

Shame on me -- I didn't look at the camera information right under the photo.

A remarkable shot, indeed, Mike. I like the special shapes, color and soft/sharp contrasts. How do you meter for exposures this long to get them just right ? Or is bracketing and trial and error a part of the game ? That is what I do mostly for long exposures with film, but I have rarely taken long exposure shots with daylight appearance such as in the one you present here.

I like this one very much. An intriguing set of diagonal lines, interesting shapes, with tension coming from strong color contrast and vignette (?) - the bright center makes for the illusion of a backlight situation, but this was a very soft, diffused light after sunset, with 4 min exposure. Every time when I see such a masterful photo with MF film, I ask myself if it would have been possible to achieve with a digital back. Probably not. You have just inspired me to dust off my Fujica GSW690 :-)

Thanks Peter and Carsten for your comments. The popularity of this one surprises me.

Peter,  it's always a guestimate for me, especially when the sun is rising (as in this shot) and over the period of  the exposure the brightness has changed. Generally I meter for the sky, add three stops for the filter and another two to put it in zone 5.

Carsten, no vignette just the bright centre I think. From what I've seen of MF dig backs, the results are impressive in terms of matching LF colour negative film's dynamic range (10 stops or so) but I think they still struggle with long exposures. Then there's the cost.

Remarkable in any aspect - perspective, angle of view, balance and proportions regarding these awesome granite rock formation on Kangaroo Island are outstanding.The blue colors of the sky and the Indian Ocean are somewhat very special at this wonderful spot IMO - this maybe "genuine"  blue is reproduced superbly / very gracefully by your work.

How did you manage to capture the rocks without any bloody tourist? ;-)  Guess, long before the first busses had arrived... However, not easy at all... Do you have some more shots of KI (I do not mean the seals / sea-lions)?

BR / Volker

p.s. you put this shot into a folder "Coorong" - but Coorong is east of KI (in the so-called "South-East" of South Australia).