Roman Pool

Trever1t · Apr 22, 2012

Spent the day driving home from the desert, decided to cut out and hit the PCH and drive up the coast. Purposely shot quite a few sets of 5 frames, edited in ACR-->Tiff-->Photomatix.

Here's the first, I'm wiped out and off to sleep.

Hearst Roman Pool 1 by Trever1t, on Flickr

Majeed Badizadegan · Apr 23, 2012

Fantastic compositon, subject and processing

Bynx · Apr 23, 2012

If thats the pool at San Simeon Im looking forward to seeing more from there. Youre off to a good start.

Trever1t · Apr 23, 2012

Rotanimod said:
Fantastic compositon, subject and processing

Wow, I'm honored

Thank you!

Bynx said:
If thats the pool at San Simeon Im looking forward to seeing more from there. Youre off to a good start.

Yes it is, I drove up from Cambria yesterday and fired off almost 400 frames...many more views to share after I edit the wedding.

Bynx · Apr 23, 2012

For me it was a trip of a lifetime and you can casually just drive up for the afternoon. Sure puts things into perspective for me.

Trever1t · Apr 23, 2012

lol, not so casually. I was shooting a wedding in Victorville, a small city literally in the high desert and didn't want to drive back that 6 hour stretch of boring road so cut west and drove 10 hours but with much more beauty (my opinion) up the coast. It's only the 3rd time in the 20+ years I've lived in California and certainly memorable for us as it was for you

Just wait till you see the rest of the images but it's going to be a few days before I can get to them. Back to the daily grind, HAPPY MONDAY!!!

vipgraphx · Apr 23, 2012

Excellent! That is one crazy shot. Looks like a super slick floor but you said it was a pool...thats crazy..Good job!

PixelRabbit · Apr 23, 2012

Wow, incredible I've looked at this a couple times now and it keeps me drawn in and looking around, love 99.9% of it.
The one thing that would make it 100% for me would be to crop a bit on the left to get rid of the start of the arch there or add in an equal amount on the other side (it is a nice detail to find) to give it perfect symmetry.
Regardless, beautifully done

jwbryson1 · Apr 23, 2012

I love this but is it leaning just a tad to the right?

Trever1t · Apr 23, 2012

PixleRabbit, you noticed a detail that I had overlooked! If I have one bad habbit (photographically) it's the little details I miss.

jwbryson, no. I thought it was leaning left

Actually I did check it both vertically and horizontally and it's square but it does give me some feeling of eccentricity too

PixelRabbit · Apr 23, 2012

I have been known to posess the same bad habit

I think after we stare at it for a while during editing we stop seeing little details. At least that's my story and I'm stickin to it lol

nmoody · Apr 23, 2012

Looks great Trever1t! Lets see some more from the coastal drive =)

18.percent.gary · Apr 23, 2012

Excellent use of HDR. The strong cobalt blue is very intense yet suitable for this type of shot. Very well done!

vipgraphx · Apr 23, 2012

is this the same place?

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Trever1t · Apr 23, 2012

without a doubt, same. I don't know how he got that view, I have a lot more images of this pool to go through, maybe I have one view similar. Won't have time until next week to edit them though...damn, if you mouse over his shot he explains he got a private tour!!!! Lucky SOB!