Emerald Bay at Sunrise, Lake Tahoe, California

Any comments or ratings are appreciated! :-)

Another discussion of Velvia? I left in the wee hours of the morning darkness to be at Emerald Bay at sunrise. I am not happy with the results that I got, though. The images seem to be lacking in any kind of interesting color for the most part. This one, though, had nice silhouettes that I like. I changed it to duotone using black and a nice blue. What do you think?

a fantastic and magic image!!!!!!

nice moody pic.

 

Wonderful. Peaceful and I like the overall tone. Good eye on this!

I like it, Lou Ann, a fine photo, a Velvia (Velvet) Revolution in your landscape photography. (Can't help playing with words here) :D

Lou Ann you made a winner! I love the composition and the contrast. Fantasic.

Very nice, Lou Ann! I love the contrast in this one and the nice lines. Works for me!

Nice capture, Lou Ann. Are you going to post the color version too? How do you like Velvia?

I like the atmosphere, the light, the tone, I like everything here. Well done!!

This one is a winner by my book! Terrific composition, nice detail along all the silhouette lines, value gradation of near to far, the reflection that adds an extra dimension (especially like those ripples along shoreline,) and regardless of what the original color version looks like, this version is something that I wish I can call my own. It has a graphic design look to it. Well done!

Serene...

One of your best, Lou Ann. Great feel to it!

xxxxxxx

Yes, this is good. Lou-Ann, we like it a lot!

YES ... I like this very much ... great mood, nice color tone and good composition. Must be a very beautiful place ... peaceful.

Thanks, y'all, for the positive feedback!! I was away all day long, and it was a nice surprise to come home to such rave reviews. :-) Here is the original. I thought that the color of the mountain in the background and the bland color of the sky took away from the image. I like the duotone on this.

 

Steve ... velvia is frustrating me, because I'm not yet good with the exposure and drawing out the best parts of a scene. I'll get there. The learning curve will need to be in place, too, though!!

Beautiful, moody shot!! excellent exposure and great comp.!!

 

One of your bests!!!

 

Cheers, allon.

The orginal has more details. It's a proof that you do well with Velvia. It's just takes too long to develop. I dropped a Velvia 50 to the lab today, and I have to wait for 8 days to get the slides and another 7 days to get it on CD.

Ray - really? You think the original has more detail? Interesting....

 

By the way, Ray, you ought to try Penn camera. They have a store in Springfield and another at Tysons. They usually have my slides AND CD ready within a few days. They're VERY quick on the turn around for print film, because they do that on site, and it's often ready in 24 hours, or even the same day if I bring it in on a Saturday morning.

Sure, see the yellow highlighted area in the original, which creates better perspective, imho. :D

By golly, you're right! I was SO focused on the island, and the detail that I captured in the trees there (I was psyched about that!) that I didn't notice the trees on the hill. VERY interesting....

Lou Ann, this is a masterpiece, and one of the very best that you have ever done, in my opinion. The duotone is very effective. Congratulations, and well done! Your foray into the wee hours of the morning was worth it.

Hi Lou Ann! The foreground silhouette of the trees and island makes this really cool. The only thing I can think of that could improve this would be a little color in the sky and the water reflection. I like this a lot, my kind of shot, nice work!

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