Here's Looking at You...(For Saeed)

Posted by Eric Fry (Houston, TX, United States) on 14 July 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual.

Not exactly a beach photo, but the inspiration for it came while I was walking along the beach. The inspiration was from Saeed's photo Colours... How in the world did I get from Saeed's photo to this? As I was walking on the beach, tired of taking shots of birds, and thinking about the great colors and lines in Saeed's photo, it came to me to compose something with what was available to me. I looked around and decided to gather some shells to use in still life shots and as backgrounds for other objects. Thank you for inspiring me to step outside of my usual field of subjects, Saeed!

I was just playing around a bit with the composition and camera settings here. I've also downloaded some presets for Adobe Lightroom that have some pretty extreme process settings. While this preset isn't one of the more extreme examples, it is quite a step outside of the way I would normally process an image.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you all have a great day,
Eric

Check out the photography of a friend of mine outside of Aminus3:
Brian Dykes' Blue Echoes Photography - Beautiful nature and city images from the guy that turned me on to Adobe Lightroom

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Comments (15)

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

Thank you,Thank you and Thank you... DEAR ERIC A.FRY...!!
do you know what is my feeling!? may be i'm foolish,but i feel that you give me an OSCAR prize!! HAHAHA :))
OH Thank You Eric... Thank you SO MUCH for your KINDNESS about me and your shot is really GREAT and really COLOURFULL and I LOVE IT!!
Cheers to you Dear Eric,Cheers to COLOURS!!

14 Jul 2008 5:30am

@saeed: Thank you, Saeed, for all of your support and the inspiration that I get from your great photography! Your photo today is absolutely incredible! I love the way that the perspective of the arches can seem to change direction when you concentrate on it.

Take care, and cheers to you and your great work!

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

S T U N N I N G! I love your composition and the colours, amazing, well done!

14 Jul 2008 5:41am

@Kylie Greenan: Thank you so much, Kylie!

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

This is absolutely beautiful ... the colors are gorgeous!

14 Jul 2008 6:00am

@Ana Lúcia: Thank you very much, Ana Lúcia! The new presets for Lightroom that I downloaded recently do some striking things with colors and lighting.

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Nice DOF!Great details!Well done!

14 Jul 2008 8:10am

@shahab: Thank you very much, Shahab!

Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom

Funny and interesting composition

14 Jul 2008 9:14am

@Peter Miller: Thanks, Peter! I was intending on making some sort of alien face with the shells, but after I looked at it in processing, I decided that it looked more like a seashell Ganesha. I think Putter may be a bit more accurate with the Marty Feldman comparison, though!

Veronelle from Lens, France

miam, miam.............nice composition

14 Jul 2008 10:51am

@Veronelle: Thanks, Veronelle! I think the processing added quite a bit to the composition, as it looked quite drab before...

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

Experimentation and free thinking are always good... Looking forward to more. This one worked well.

14 Jul 2008 11:08am

@Earnest: Thanks, Earnest! I'm doing some processing experiments and have some ideas about doing some high-key photos on top of a bed of white shells.

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

COOL COMPOSITION, WELL DONE

14 Jul 2008 12:49pm

@Dimitrios: Thank you very much, Dimitrios!

Putter from Belgium

Reminds me of Marty Feldman for some reason. :) Well done, nice colors!

14 Jul 2008 2:00pm

@Putter: Oh, man, that's hilarious! I hadn't thought of that! Thanks for the compliment and for giving me a good laugh and smile today. I really needed one!

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Good use of what's available, though I'm surprised you could find this many intact shells on the beach these days. I grew up in the South Padre area and the beach used to be covered with all kinds of wonderful shells, including Sand Dollars and Starfish. Last time I was there I didn't see a single intact shell larger than about .5 inches in diameter.

14 Jul 2008 9:02pm

@Twelvebit: Thanks, 12! There were thousands of good shells on the beach that day, as there had been a pretty strong sea breeze blowing in for a few days. We don't ever get any Sand Dollars or Starfish this far up the coast, though. The most exotic around here is the occasional conch or snail shell.

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

a visually 'trippy' image! all those bio-morphic lines and curves! love the lighting and curves!

14 Jul 2008 9:25pm

@dj.tigersprout: Thanks, DJ...It would make a pretty cool album cover, huh?

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Interesting work, and its very good to 'step outside' and find inspiration in other subject matter. This is a fine example of experiment and creative idea.

14 Jul 2008 9:44pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thank you, Richard! It was a bit of fun doing this, and I'm looking forward to doing some more serious things with it

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

A great idea Eric, and the image is razor sharp too.

14 Jul 2008 9:46pm

@Observing: Thanks, Mike! I notice some funny ghosting at the top of the image, I need to go back and look at the original to see if it's from the image or the processing.

Barry from Kingwood, United States

Eric- Thats my favorite of that series. Really Cool!

15 Jul 2008 12:00am

shahin from tehran, Iran

niceeee

15 Jul 2008 3:52pm

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