Impressionistic Landscape 5

Comments, ratings appreciated on an impressionistic landscape. This

particular spot, near Mt. Bachelor. was the noted Oregon

photographer Ray Atekinson's (known more his very pretty photos)

favorite place on earth. I've been trying to do some new approaches

to landscape.

Spelling above should be Atkenson.

nice:)

different, interesting and appealing. i'm intrigued to know what created the pale blue streak??

I really like this one. So soft and no detail distractions just shear impression. Perfect for what you were trying to achieve.

It looks more abstract then impressionistic, to me, but it is surely beautiful! A very good composition, I like the pastel tones in the top part of the picture as opposed to the more dynamic lower part.

I'm thinking... an evening storm. The greys at the top are dying rainclouds, the browns at the bottom, the golden evening light breaking onto a hillside. In others words, I like.

Really impressive picture!!! I like too much... Congrats...

Thanks, everyone for your kind comments.

 

Salvatore, I think you're right--this one has crossed the line over to an abstract . . .

I'd like to see a series of these. Any capture or postprocessing techniques worth sharing?

Carl, this was shot at ISO 100, f22, 1 sec. exposure, lens set at 300mm. To get this effect, I did a little bit of panning. In PS I used levels to adjust contrast and a little burning on top and bottom, and the healing tool to erase a few dust specks on my digital sensor.

 

I also shot this on my Hasselblad with velvia--it will be interesting to see how they turned out. I have 4 of these I like, and plan to get a series of 12-15 for gallery presentation. I plan to shoot several with my Hasselblad Xpan and see how this technique works in panorama format.

This is excellent, great colors and composition, Robert!!

I'm inspired to try a few myself. My pan/tilt head might work for this except that the gears would make a smooth movement difficult. I'm guessing you used a ball head which would also allow for nonlinear movement.

Carl, I shoot these handheld. I've also shot them on a tripod with ball head, but the movement was too linear for my taste. One other important note, which may be obvious. The scene needs to be fairly evenly lit. Good luck.

I like your set of whooshed landscapes, this one and the beach scene one particularily. Maybe 'whooshed' isn't quite the right word as the movement merges the colours into a peaceful dreamscape.