Kirsti Näntö-Salonen  


Blue Desert by Kirsti Näntö-Salonen

February 2025 - Blue Desert

February 2025 - Kirsti Näntö-Salonen

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About the Image(s)

Our camera club?s monthly photo walk took place around a renovated industrial area that proved to be a hidden gem for night photography. The centerpiece is ”Big Blue”, a huge steel-plated building that represents a cube cut out of the ocean, with a mural of a blue whale in natural scale. At night, there is an undulating lighting in hues of blue, green and purple, like a ripple on the surface of water. This image was taken at the foot of the building, where an area of the yard is covered with lumps of glass. - Fuji X-T4 on tripod, 27.5 mm, f/10, 27 s, ISO 160. In Affinity Photo, I adjusted levels and brightness, and added some clarity in the foreground. Finally, I added a brightness gradient in the bottom part that I thought might help with the sense of depth? - Exposure bracket would probably have given more room for adjustments. Any improvement ideas?


5 comments posted




Jose Cartas   Jose Cartas
Another mysterious photo from you, full of geometry. If I read your description correctly, this is a photo of the ground, and what looks like the sky is the wall of the building. The bright sliver separating them is definitely necessary. I like the final product and wouldn't change anything.   Posted: 02/09/2025 21:06:55
Kirsti Näntö-Salonen   Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
Thank you, Jose! You are right: the "sky" is the bottom part of the wall. I could not figure out if the source of the intense fluorescent light was somehow embedded in the wall, or underground, or a reflection, but the effect was fascinating.   Posted: 02/10/2025 05:02:29



Mervyn Hurwitz   Mervyn Hurwitz
As usual you are so imaginative with your presentation. This one could easily have been a Van Gogh! Or one from Picassos Blue period!
I wondered if it lacks a center of interest but decided that it doesn't need one.   Posted: 02/10/2025 15:48:48



Kirsti Näntö-Salonen   Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
Thank you so much, Mervyn! My first idea was that it would serve as a background for a composite, but then I started to think that it actually might stand on its own.   Posted: 02/10/2025 16:44:25



Tony Au Yeong   Tony Au Yeong
Intriguing and sureal. I have no idea of what it is till after seeing yours and Jose's description. In fact, the blue color is lovely, especially with some green hue mixed with it.   Posted: 02/22/2025 08:43:59



 

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