A Final Look Before I Slip Over the Horizon

Jeff, this is one of my absolute favorites of yours. What a fantastic mood. A superb black and white. The lighting, the angle, the composition, they are all right on. Way to go! This goes in my Favorite file.

There must be mermaids there...but "i don't think they'll sing for me".

compliments for the composition. -koushik

Comments/suggestions welcome.

Great composition, lights and treatment. 7/7 and kind regards.

You have caught the light transforming the water in to the walley of fading day, the compo serves the idea; what is realy in our grasp?

Great composition.7/7anon.Regards.Janusz.

Hi Jeff, Your titles are always fitting. I like the calmness I feel when viewing this beautiful waterscape. Peace to you and yours. 7/6a

Very well presented, Jeff. Attractive light and grey tones. ompliments, El

Love everything about this, Jeff, the tones, the composition, the whole ball of wax.

very good texture,bw....congrats

Lovely work Jeff....deserves all the praise it's been given....Regards

Jeff, what is that in the lower right hand corner of the rocks?

goodnight sun...i will be awaiting your return tomorrow

There is a feeling of wilderness to this image of quietness. Nice angle & choice of B/W

You are the sun spoksman....and skilled one you are, it is a calming moment of end day. Very good light, and conversion to B/W , as a symbol of the soon falling night.

Beautiful vertical composition, Jeff. The scene, clouds, textures and atmosphere are unique. High quality image. Congrats!

Mysterious and somewhat sinister mood you captured here. The distinctive layers with their sharp details are fascinating. Is that a dead bird resting on the rocks?

And black and white suits it beautifully.

 

I assume you burned and dodged a bit and it looks quite nice. I love it.

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

 

Jeff,excellent composition, very good choice of tones & play of light and shades,.You will come back to this same place,if you slip over the horizon.

Hey, Jeff...congrats on a great image...the tones are so well balanced. Well done, my friend. Have a great w/e. Regards, Lawrence.

A surreal landscape, the way the rocks reflect the light as brilliantly as the water. As almost as if the light has a life of its own in this one. Nice perspective which gives those rocks such an enormous presence and the photo such a grounding in getting started. The distant sky really does beckon, as if it's a world totally outside this cove. A sheltered vision.

Quite theatrical.It seems that you set a light source on the left.I like the fact that you included more rocks in the frame than the sunset.And i don't say anything about your choice of B&W.It multiplies it's surrealistic sense.Regards

Margaret: I was looking over my past photos and decided to post something more conventional. I don't know what is in the rocks. I think it's a bit of plastic netting that has washed up.

 

 

Koushik: Alas, the mermaids were on their 15 minute coffee break when I arrived.

 

 

Jose: Thanks for your review. Appreciatively.

 

 

Vladimir: The light seemed to naturally form a pathway across the water. I helped it along digitally, of course.

 

 

Janusz: Thanks so much!

 

 

Cynthia: Peace in return. Thanks for noticing the title.

 

 

El: I like B&W more than color photos most days. The color version of this one seemed a bit lacking in drama. Thanks.

 

 

Emmanuel: Thanks from me and my ball of wax.

 

 

Mehmet: I'm glad you like this one.

 

 

Keith: Thanks. I appreciate your thoughts, given your fine work.

 

 

Linda: And so it goes.

 

 

Cherlyn: This was taken in Ogunquit, Maine on the shoreline, facing the ocean. A lot of wilderness left there.

 

 

Pnina: The sun. I couldn't think of a better entity to represent. Photography is all about light, as they say.

 

 

David: This scene seemed to hold some magic. Thanks so much.

 

 

Adan: Do you really see something sinister here? Hmmm. I guess the shadows contribute to it. Thanks always for your poetic thoughts.

 

 

Jay: I put a curves adjustment level and did some selective masking just to heighten the contrast a bit. About five minutes of work, if that. The scene seemed to do the work for me.

 

 

A.K.: As you said, everything begins again. The title sounds more final than I intended. I was thinking of the sun's point of view.

 

 

Lawrence: Thanks so much. I hope your weekend is fantastic, too.

 

 

Fred: With these landscapes, I try to have three distinct parts with a place to step into (nicely put by you). The light seemed to do the work here, leading through the scene quite nicely. Thanks.

 

 

Apostolos: I thought the rocks were more interesting than the sunset, personally, especially with a B&W photo. The original color version lacked something that the B&W version captured. Thanks.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, I've been away for a while.

 

I love this scene, the B&W and lighting make this very tranquil.

This is a great composition,almost a painting.