That's a nice composition, and looks like a good photo. I always think the sepia filter effect looks heavy-handed though. I would prefer a much lighter touch with the sepia.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: 22 July 2006 23:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: PESO - Lost Beach > > This shot was taken on a Kenai Fjords glacier cruise last > summer. It was a > little gray and overcast at the time. The original exposure > didn't thrill > me like the image I saw through the viewfinder. > > The dead tree stumps are the remains of trees that were > living and then > snapped off in the 1964 earthquake/tsunami that struck the > region. It was a > 9.2 magnitude quake. It caused widespread destruction of > property but > killed only 115 people in Alaska because of the low > population density and > because it occured at 5:36 in the afternoon on Good Friday. > > (I had a book about earthquakes when I was 8 or 9 and there > were pictures of > the damage done in this quake. It's always fascinated me for > some reason). > > On this version I desaturated the color, applied a sepia > filter to it, and > adjusted the curves. I was hoping for an old postcard > effect, which I think > adds some mood. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4714423 > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
