Cliff Vertigo Photo

Photographer’s Note

Taken from the same vicinity as the Sussex cliff shot I posted recently. Lying in tall grass, leaning over the cliff, this is what I observed. The colours were amazing. I apologize for the lack of sharpness.

weswang, singuanti, jstewart, Tue, jjbach, Galmeida, HOBO, riclopes has marked this note useful

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weswang (18223) 2005-04-20 20:30

Hi John, It looks like a good place to relax. I like the bird’s eye view of the red sand beach under the cliffs, the white wave and the blue ocean. The stone stands at the middle of the ocean made this place very special. A nice composition with good color contrast, and nice ocean wave texture. Well done.

pipapelada1 (11) 2005-04-20 20:30

blummin eck, i like that!

annagrace (2463) 2005-04-20 22:36

From the thumbnail I thought this was a satellite photo! Really gorgeous colors. Did you add a filter of some sort afterwards?

singuanti (15240) 2005-04-20 22:38

Hi John, no apologies are required. I'm trying to figure out where you were shooting this shot from. I love the fantastic colors though. Nice shooting John!

Emile (20125) 2005-04-20 23:28

Very interesting shot, and interesting to know from where you took the pic.
Great composition with very good colors and contrast.
Well done.

jstewart (1081) 2005-04-20 23:34

Interesting if one views it as an abstract. If one views it as a view then the coarse pixelation really irritates. So I guess it depends which mood you are in.

KevRyan (22418) 2005-04-21 3:08

I have no problem with posting low resolution images myself to TE BUT this is such a wonderful colour study and such a graphic image I'm finding it a little hard to appreciate the image as much as I would like because of the quality - but a great observation and idea - very beautiful. However- just a little distance from the computer screen and all that changes - have people here never stepped back to look at a painting in a gallery!!?

sarju (5308) 2005-04-21 3:30

Nice to see you again John
I love your composition ... and the fact that you can really see the marks of different tides on the beach ... seems like a magical place you been to ....
but I am not really happy with the exposure settings .. I might would have liked to overexpose the shot a bit to get the details of the ocean ... but i am not sure though ...as i would have liked to get a clear picture of beach and waves for sure ...
neways very good unconventionally composed shot ... cheers
thanks for sharing

naxius (16679) 2005-04-21 4:09

Superb colors John!
This beech seems to be like it was paradise!!
Very good POV and DOF.
Bravo!!
Alexandre

alexlie (5359) 2005-04-21 7:36

Hi John!
Really interesting view. This cliff is great. I like your composition. Good job!
Regards

Graal (58720) 2005-04-21 9:26

Hi John,
unusual point to shot. Here colours gallery, very nice. Good composition and contrast. I like it. Well done.
Regards,
Aleksander

Wirraway (1985) 2005-04-21 11:01

Great perspective John, amazing colours, very well done.

Regards Ian
Brisbane

toni_al (15476) 2005-04-21 13:42

Jolie falaise, ce vraiment une grande impression de vide
Belle composition
Salutations
Toni

Fis2 (46395) 2005-04-21 15:34

Hi John!
Your photo is interesting. I like the frame and colours. Very impressive picture!
Regards
Krzysztof

alvaraalto (5303) 2005-04-21 19:06

Hi John,
Beautiful contrats between the green/blue see and the Orange/yellow/white coast.
Great POV too
groet Rob

Tue (25608) 2005-04-21 19:24

Wow, a great view! Very impressive nature! I like the colours, very well done! :-D

jjbach (9111) 2005-04-21 20:36

Breathless view John, very impressive! Excellent angle and point of view. The colours are great. Well done!

Regards John

Galmeida (12559) 2005-04-22 11:20

Hi John, is really a high vertigo of depth. Nice view, great colors and a different approach. Very well captured and framed.

Best Regards.
Fernando

cam (8880) 2005-04-22 21:33

I like the movement of the water and the contrasting color of the sand.The sentinel on the right give a vertical feeling that increase the vertigo effect.Nicely done by a courageous guy.
Charles

HOBO (5244) 2005-04-23 1:46

What a view, John! Forceful colors, from dark to bright, a joy to look at.

jofiction (114) 2005-04-23 3:36

Hi John,

love the view and the many different colours you can see in this photo. good composition. good job.

Jo xx

robiuk (10763) 2005-04-23 18:31

Fantastic POV and composition. Great!
One thing I don't understand - why do you make scans instead of downloading pics directly from camera onto your computer? Haven't you taken this photo with your D20?
Robi
PS. ooops, sorry - just noticed the date when the photo was taken...

Steft (5962) 2005-04-24 5:25

Yes, the sharpness is not so very good. Was it because you had to zoom in so very much to get closer? But the rest of the photo is fabulous. You had a very good point of view. I like the composition with the beach to the left and the cliff in the water. The colours and the lines are very nice.

MvS (4163) 2005-04-24 15:59

John,
Lack of sharpness does not bother me so much in this one. Great colours and POV is what I see!
Thanks,
Magnus

Stepan (27175) 2005-05-01 13:28

You pov is incredible and makes a very rare picture. I regret the lack of sharpness too.
Stéphane

greg64g (11193) 2005-05-20 10:57

Hello John,

What an impressing view ! colors are so nice, i like it a lot. i discover your porfolio who is very impressive.
cheers
greg

rolling_stone (58) 2005-07-23 15:52

Photo is very good. Good composition, good idea, good colors and everything else except for the sharpness :(
That's why my mouth smiling only a bit.

riclopes (33135) 2006-03-08 3:36

Hi John,
I took same time in visiting your amazing gallery. I love to see the first posts of members that are here for some time and are a reference to my work. It have been fun to see yours...
I love sights from above and feel the sense of vertigo in such wonderful POV as this cliff. The colours are really impressivly beautiful and either I see it as a view or an abstract work I just love it, even if its not a perfect one in technical issues. I found your reply to John Stewart very interesting and I have been some doubts about me preferences, as I wrote it in my last post of the surfers of Carcavelos beach. To choose my preferences in here I would have to see a less sharpen one in ws to compare. Anyway, I just love this image. Congratulations for your superb work and thanks a lot for sharing it so well!
Ricardo

banyanman (7737) 2006-05-07 12:05

I get shivers looking at this John, not so much from vertigo but thinking about you lying on the edge of the cliff - don't those cliffs ever crumble at the top? The lack of sharpness, which has been much debated above, does disturb me a bit, but I took Kev Ryan's suggestion and stood a few feet back from the computer screen and from there it looks magnificent - so full marks for composition and bravery! Cheers . . . David

jafadabret (40323) 2006-05-07 12:13

Un tableau d'une grande beauté, John, avec des couleurs sublimes. "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." disait le grand poète de chez vous.
Jacques