Looking Across The Great Salt Lake, Utah

Other than cropping, I have done almost nothing to this image. The light and the haze created an almost pastel like quality. It would have been possible to include some foreground detail, but my initial visualization of this image was as a pure, simple, fairly light panorama with the subtle colors that existed in the scene before me. I've played with a couple of different treatments, but my original previsualization seems to please me the most. I would be interested in how others respond to this, as it is somewhat different for me.

Posted by Dave Geyer on Mon, 07/07/08 17:38
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Comments by Dave Geyer on Mon, 07/07/08 17:40

Oh, I would have posted this larger, but the site has a hard limit of 1024 pixels wide, so this is the best I can do.


Comments by Claudia Heathington on Mon, 07/07/08 18:43

Hi Dave, I love what you saw. My actual feeling is PEACE.
The composition is Bold, but Peace still reigns.



Comments by SteveZ on Mon, 07/07/08 19:38

This is beautiful, a perfectly layered landscape from top to bottom.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Mon, 07/07/08 19:44

This is a pleasing image of a site that I've photographed also except that mine was done at sunset further east towards Salt Lake City. I like the mentioned layering of muted colors (one almost has the sense of a slight haze between yourself and the distant island). A picture I will add to my screen saver I've created for the state of Utah.


Comments by Jeff Dye on Mon, 07/07/08 19:51

Yep, subtlety rules. It's beautiful even though I'd like to see a side by side comparison with a well done B&W.


Comments by Dave Geyer on Mon, 07/07/08 20:57

Thank you all for your kind comments.

Jan, I will be honored to be a part of your screen saver!

Jeff, This is a difficult image for me in black and white, but as per your suggestion, I gave it my best shot. Perhaps you can do better. The problem is that the light coloration was such a large part of the interest, and that is lost in grayscale. I converted using channel mixer, 68% red and 32% blue. Then, since the image was so flat in B&W, I added a bunch of contrast in selected areas, mostly the sky and the beach in the foreground. The sky was also darkened a bit on a gradation from bottom to top. This is really a completely different image than my original intent. I'll put it out there to see if you like it, and to get any other reactions one way or the other.



Comments by Angie Taylor on Mon, 07/07/08 21:02

Beautiful landscape Dave... it is a very calming and peaceful photo!! I don't really like the
B&W


Comments by Jeff Dye on Mon, 07/07/08 23:12

If I had to choose between the two I'd take the color. I like the B&W but it seems kind of flat which you already noted. Maybe the shadows on the mts. need to be deeper. I still think it has great potential as a B&W but I'm not good enough at it to make it happen so color it is.


Comments by Rory Hudson on Tue, 07/08/08 05:27

Lovely layers of subtle colour, Dave.


Comments by Mark Rothwell on Tue, 07/08/08 11:13

I prefer the OP. Those pastel shades really are something else!

The B+W seems to add movement, as if one is viewing the landscape through the tinted windows of a train.


Comments by Michael Meek on Tue, 07/08/08 12:31

Love the clouds and the aqua layer especially, but the whole scene is well serene, well seen, and well done!


Comments by Maria Salvador on Sat, 08/02/08 10:33

I like both, color and B&W, but surely the OP would get the 'prize'... Those subtle, smooth colors are beautiful. Love the layered soft look.