Taken on the Mendocino headlands, May 2000.

Pentax LX, FA*85mm F1.4, Bogen 3221W and Proball head, Cokin graduated grey filter, Kodak Elite Chrome 100 Extra Color.

-- Mark Erickson (maericks@netcom.com), June 23, 2000

Answers

The colors in this image are amazing. I was looking for some strange multicolor filter to explain them and find you used only a grey filter. The film (which I haven't used yet) must have an outstanding palette. A wonderful result.

-- Carroll Hughes (hughescck@citcom.net), June 23, 2000.

This shot its simply wonderfull.It keeps me coming for more,everytime I see it.Exposure,color,composition it's right on.Congrarulations for an excellent pictur

-- Carlos Borges (CaPimeSPS@aol.com), June 23, 2000.

While I must admit I love the color there are a few little thing I would have liked. One is the rock in the centre. I would have liked to see a little bit of space on the right of it. You have just cut the end off the rock. So a little space here would have been nice. The other thing and this is personal and not everyone may like the effect that is when I see the purple in the ocean and such it gives me a surreal feeling and to go with it I would have like a longer exposure in this shot. Make the sea look as if it's a lifting fog. I'm talking at least 15 seconds here. I just think with the soft pillowy look of the ocean at that type of shutter speed and the fantastic colors would have made it even better.

-- Keith Anderson (andos@pacific.net.au), June 23, 2000.

I was looking for some strange multicolor filter to explain them and find you used only a grey filter.

But it was a Cokin, known for strnage multicolors, even in their single color filters!!

Filters aside, this is a nice peice of work with the range of color and the variation in saturation.

-- Chris Gillis (chris@photogenica.net), June 24, 2000.

Beautiful shot, Mark. Something to think about if you want an 8x10 full frame print: I like the print just as well with the bottom 20% cropped.

Nice work.

-- Jeremy E. Pursley (wincomp@acceleration.net), June 24, 2000.

Beautiful work. I hope, with the conditions that were present that night, you experimented with many different compositions. I, for one, would love to see more.

-- Mark Castiglia (markus777@earthlink.net), June 26, 2000.

A bit of brightness at the bottom left keeps pulling my eye there and then out of the pic along with the right downward diag from the rock shadows. I might try framing off the bottom part of the pic, below where the rock on the left meets the left frame edge. Otherwise, bring in a little digitalized purple in there and darken that out. BUT - I really like the picture, it has power and is a very spiritual photo. Also might try bringing the bottom frame up to eliminate all the light colored water from the pic. Then the rocks are just a dark mysterious area that could be mountains perhaps, and they you just rise out of the mystery darkness into the royal purple. Great pic. John.

-- John Womack (pathways@earthlink.net), June 26, 2000.

Magical. Wow. Excellent!

-- Christian Deichert (torgophile@aol.com), June 26, 2000.

I'm just jealous!!!

Keith, while I also love the whispy water look of a long exposure, I believe that Mark's freezing of motion contributes this time. Look again at the differentiation of the choppy waves in the ocean compared to the relative calm of the inner waters. The forementioned color further helps to emphasize this.

-- Mark LaGrange (mark.lagrange@nml.com), June 29, 2000.