Palms in Firey Sky
It’s fun to play with filters and see what you get. Sometimes it is worthwhile but often we just say YUCK! and hit Ctrl Z. There are times when we get something so wild we just have to keep it. Our photo-artist has taken what is an unusual image to start with and made it out of this world. This looks like something out of a 1960s SiFi film long before CG effects.
I like the pattern of the palm trees with the first two doing their own thing. The fact the photographer added an inferred effect to the plants just adds to the overall effect of other worldlyness. The graduated colors in the clouds from orange to purple works well. The clear band of sky wondering through the image helps to tie the trees together. It is also interesting how all the palms extend from the bottom of the frame except the one on the far left which protrudes out of the center of the left edge of the frame.
This is a fun photograph.
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January 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
This was captured yesterday in the farmlands of Ventura just before the rain. The sky was stormy and I thought those palm trees looked very majestic. The infrared effect came by altering the RGB curves and using a negative effect.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Great image and use of filters. I like the composition.