Comments on: Rock collecting http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/ Nature photography, art, environment Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23504 Mark Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:25:29 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23504 Thanks folks! I am glad you liked this one. Thanks folks! I am glad you liked this one.

]]> By: Michael Brown http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23502 Michael Brown Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:39:42 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23502 Putting it simply, ... this is a knock'em dead image! And thanks for the processing info. Those plugins I'll have to take a look at. Putting it simply, … this is a knock’em dead image!
And thanks for the processing info. Those plugins I’ll have to take a look at.

]]> By: edvatza http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23500 edvatza Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:47:09 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23500 Excellent, Mark. As soon as I looked at this image, my mind raced to Topaz Adjust. I recently did an image with larger rocks that, when I used Adjust, just exploded off the screen. Exactly as you said, you feel you can just reach into the image and touch the the stones/rocks. Very well done. Excellent, Mark. As soon as I looked at this image, my mind raced to Topaz Adjust. I recently did an image with larger rocks that, when I used Adjust, just exploded off the screen. Exactly as you said, you feel you can just reach into the image and touch the the stones/rocks. Very well done.

]]> By: Earl http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23498 Earl Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:41:19 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23498 Mark, wonderful job in processing this image. From my opinion and all those I've read above, I'd say you definitely achieved your goal. Wonderful job and beautiful results. Mark, wonderful job in processing this image. From my opinion and all those I’ve read above, I’d say you definitely achieved your goal. Wonderful job and beautiful results.

]]> By: Aswirly http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23496 Aswirly Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:25:34 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23496 Sooo true! Gotta love nature. I am surprised when I meet someone not fascinated by the beautiful details that surround us. They are gifts like you say, but it is equally wonderful that you appreciate them. A beautiful image. I defo feel like I can reach in and pick one of those pepples right out of the shot. Sooo true! Gotta love nature. I am surprised when I meet someone not fascinated by the beautiful details that surround us. They are gifts like you say, but it is equally wonderful that you appreciate them. A beautiful image. I defo feel like I can reach in and pick one of those pepples right out of the shot.

]]> By: Lana http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23494 Lana Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:44:17 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23494 You'd appreciate the beaches along Lake Erie, where the rocks are dotted with 400 million year old fossils. Love this shot, btw. There's something particularly wonderful about wet rocks. You’d appreciate the beaches along Lake Erie, where the rocks are dotted with 400 million year old fossils.
Love this shot, btw. There’s something particularly wonderful about wet rocks.

]]> By: Tomas Turecek http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23492 Tomas Turecek Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:36:47 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23492 Excellent photo, Mark, with vibrating colours and a "real" feel. It really looks like I could reach out and grab one of them. The post is interesting, too. We men are drawn to stones and rocks since the very beginning of our kind. Look at the obelisks and menhirs which we used and to which we gave special powers and meanings. You mentioned walking along the pebble beach and I must say that there is only few such peaceful activities as as walking on the pebbles, looking for different shapes and colours, hearing them rattle under your feet and sense the humidity and peaceful sound of waves hitting the beach. Excellent photo, Mark, with vibrating colours and a “real” feel. It really looks like I could reach out and grab one of them. The post is interesting, too. We men are drawn to stones and rocks since the very beginning of our kind. Look at the obelisks and menhirs which we used and to which we gave special powers and meanings.
You mentioned walking along the pebble beach and I must say that there is only few such peaceful activities as as walking on the pebbles, looking for different shapes and colours, hearing them rattle under your feet and sense the humidity and peaceful sound of waves hitting the beach.

]]> By: Mark http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23488 Mark Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:02:52 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23488 Thank you Bob. The raw file was certainly quite flat in tonality. Lightroom helped liven it up some, but I really needed the finishing touches in PS to make it complete. That's quite amazing you found that many hearts - must have been a great beach. Thank you Bob. The raw file was certainly quite flat in tonality. Lightroom helped liven it up some, but I really needed the finishing touches in PS to make it complete.

That’s quite amazing you found that many hearts – must have been a great beach.

]]> By: Mark http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23487 Mark Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:59:16 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23487 Thanks Jack. I haven't had much chance to play with DeNoise much, but I do like Detail quite a bit. The Pictured Rocks area, and that entire shoreline of southern Lake Superior is one of my favorite spots in Michigan. Thanks Jack. I haven’t had much chance to play with DeNoise much, but I do like Detail quite a bit.

The Pictured Rocks area, and that entire shoreline of southern Lake Superior is one of my favorite spots in Michigan.

]]> By: Mark http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/rock-collecting/comment-page-1/#comment-23486 Mark Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:55:03 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1828#comment-23486 Thanks Carl! Thanks Carl!

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