Frans Gunterus, QPSA
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Crystalline Turquoise Lake – Jiuzhaigou, China
This is one of unique Tourism spots in China. Jiuzhaigou National Park of Sichuan Province. Well known for beautiful lakes, sceneries and waterfalls. I was visited the National Park in Oct 2016 and was so lucky took a lot of pictures. Most of these pristine sites were destroyed by earthquake on August 8, 2017. You might never see this beautiful scenery again. Unfortunately, the beauty of the scene looked flat in RAW. I crafted my imagination as a surrealism landscape image. Thanks for Judy Murphy who has educated me the word ‘surrealism’. I have submitted this image in French Digital Circuit 2020.
Canon EOS 6D, 24-104 f/4 L IS USM at 24 mm, ISO 100, 1/125 sec at F/8.
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8 comments posted
Lines and shapes are important elements of composition and in this image I see triangles, the strongest of shapes, everywhere: the sky reflection in the foreground, a group of underwater logs, the primary mountain, the sky above. They all support the dominant mountain and take you to it and the colorful foliage. The color palette is strong and so well saturated it keeps me in place exploring, rather than wandering beyond to the distal mountains. I keep studying what's underwater and how all the trees seem to glow with color. It's the juxtaposition of this color next to the steep severe rugged mountains that is the compositional hook for me.
  Posted: 11/11/2020 09:00:05
I imported your image to LightRoom and used the neutral density filter twice (1st mainly to reduce the saturation on the bottom left and 2nd mainly to decrease highlight and brightness on the top right)+ slight brushing on the middle hill.
  Posted: 11/15/2020 16:29:29
What a wild image! I feel like I've entered another world--like something in a Hollywood movie. I would like to know If you used a sky replacement because if you did, you did a great job of getting a similar look in the water reflection in the Right lower corner. However you accomplished this, the entire image is fantastic.
Todd   Posted: 11/24/2020 21:29:44