Tidal Stones - Raging Bull
THE SUBJECT:
Part of a well weathered and worn piece of black basalt rock surrounded by the interesting patterns made in the sand by the receding tide.
THE LOCATION:
Photographed on Lake Cathie Beach, NSW, Australia on summer afternoon.
THE MAKING of ‘Tidal Stones – Raging Bull’:
Having had some experience in shooting similar tidal scenes and processing them as abstract images I was on the lookout for any odd shapes, formations and/or flotsam left by the tide.
When I spotted this little scene the black rock was much larger than you see here but I could see the possibility of a bull’s head at the extremes of the rock.
This idea was finally realised when I flipped the image horizontally to make a mirror image of the original.
The original colour photograph was heavily processed using a “recipe” I made just for such abstract work.
Fuji S9600: RAW, f/3.7 @ 1/2000sec, ISO80, Hand held.
Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3.
UPDATE: 8-9-09
My raging bull was awarded a Merit in the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club’s August 2009 Competition in the Set Subject ‘Colour & Texture’ Large Colour Print Section.
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