Tom, Very effective. I think you nailed the mood. I remember the '64 event and the scary news footage constantly running on TV. Had to have been a unique photo and informative experience. We're fortunate you were able to take such a cruise.
Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
