Brooding Sunbeams

bryanj87

I went back and revisited some images I got while in the PNW a few months back. This was taken at Rialto Beach, near Forks , WA, where the film "Twilight" takes place. Having just seen the movie, I decided to give this image a darker feel instead of warm and happy sunbeams. A 3 image HDR, tonemapped and given a slight dose of Nik Silver. Comments and suggestions welcomed.

Dwayne Oakes

Cool photo Bryan ! Thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

redleash

Very nice! Looks like it would make a great movie poster! I think you've given it a very nice treatment.

schmoo

Gorgeous and perfect! I love the subtle tones and the great light. It's nice to see the Forks area does indeed get a little bit of sun!

dlplumer

I like it. I might play with the FG saturation/hue a bit.

bryanj87

Thanks everyone.

Dan, what do you mean specifically? Make it more green or less?

dlplumer

bryanj87 wrote:

Thanks everyone.

Dan, what do you mean specifically? Make it more green or less?

I'd have to play with it to be sure Bryan, but my inclination is to desaturate it a tad (jmo). From the tree trunks up I love the picture, but the green grass distracts me from the rest so I might try less saturation.

joshhuntnm

love it. Love the picture, and love what you did with it in post.

coscorrosa

Excellent mood on this shot! Hopefully the "twilighters" don't stick around too much longer, they make too many footprints on my beaches...

dlplumer

coscorrosa wrote:

Excellent mood on this shot! Hopefully the "twilighters" don't stick around too much longer, they make too many footprints on my beaches...

Well excuse me for offering an opinion.

Scoupe

Really strong composition. I like Dan's idea of seeing how it looks with the green desaturated a bit. The vertical transition of green to gray is cool and seems to compliment the other vertical movement in the photo, so I wouldn't totally lose the green.

Either way, very nice image.

coscorrosa

dlplumer wrote:

Well excuse me for offering an opinion.