Island View
Yesterday I exposed you all to the horrible wasteland of an adhoc “seawall” at Island View Beach. Enough to deter one from visiting the place. Except, the view truly is terrific. It looks at James Island in BC and San Juan Island in Washington State in the distance, and in the far distance and on a clear day, Mt. Baker.
So, like most other visitors to this beach, just turn your back to the mini wasteland and soak up the fabulous view. It is worth a visit, regardless of mismanagement of the high water line. Then, when you get home, write to the local and provincial authorities to do something about the mess you had to turn your back on.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 100mm/f2.8 macro lens, ISO400, top f18, 1/400th, bottom f3.2, 1/8000th.
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burnt embers 
That first image is stunning. What a beautiful view. You captured it well. I especially like the light on the water and the distant snowy peak.
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Hi Ryan – thank you! I put a fair bit of processing effort into these, just trying things out.
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Profound by all interpretations of the expression. Great work!!
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Thank you!
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I really like your photography. The contrast difference here (low contrast at the top; high contrast in the ripples at the bottom) is beautiful.
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That is an interesting observation that I had not thought about before. I would think that is related to distance from the lens and things like the atmosphere – in the original shot, the mountain is pretty faint and obscured by atmospheric haze, so the processing has cut through some of that (which is what I was trying to do in post), and in doing so I think has made the foreground even higher contrast because it had less softening haze, (well none really), so it shows the full effect of the treatment. That is my guess, and I am sticking to it, till someone suggests a better idea.
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That fist image is the winner for me. Almost monochrome, great clarity and the foreground is well balanced
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Thanks Andy, that is my favourite too. The burned out area in the foreground of the second one has its attractions, but is too big and bright for the rest of the photo. It is an artifact of tonemapping that I could not find a way to get rid of and still get the effect I wanted in the rest of the photo.
I processed these initially as black and white, but then decided to add back a touch of colour in the brighter and darker areas, but not the middle tones. I liked the way it worked – the original images are so blue that I the colour distracted from what I wanted to emphasize.
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You’ve redeemed yourself admirably today. Now this makes me want to visit.
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Thank you Ken. You have to wonder why I even turned my lens onto the junk, other than it bugged me. But, in truth, there were people sitting on that concrete mess looking at this view, and a child playing on it too – which I have a photo of and am tempted to use though I don’t have a clue who he is. It is remarkable how we humans adapt to our environment, and especially to our own mess. In the child’s instance, tetanus shots need to be a part of the adaptation.
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