Volcano That Roared by bmac62
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
More work with photo editing filters.
I took the subject photo a couple of years ago with an early model Sony Cybershot. I hope to get back out to the same spot very soon with my recently aquired Olympus DSLR.
Most editing programs have a good selection of filters some of which I like much better than others. This photo has been texturized with a filter Photoshop calls Sandstone.
CHANGE 1: I originally texturized both the picture and the frame. This has been changed to just show Sandstone texturization on the picture.
If interested, this one really needs to be opened to full-sized view.
So, what are we looking at here?
At 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in the Northwest state of Washington erupted.
Shaken by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, the north face of this tall symmetrical mountain collapsed in a massive rock debris avalanche. Nearly 230 square miles of forest was blown down or buried beneath volcanic deposits. At the same time a mushroom-shaped column of ash rose thousands of feet skyward and drifted downwind, turning day into night as dark, gray ash fell over eastern Washington and beyond. The eruption lasted 9 hours, but Mount St. Helens and the surrounding landscape were dramatically changed within moments.
Thanks for all your thought provoking comments on my recent postings.
Bill
P.S. The smashed tree remnants in the foreground were pulverized by the blast from the eruption. My POV is about 10 miles away from the summit as I recall. To this day there are tens of thousands of tree trunks laying neatly side-by-side in a uniform pattern away from the direction of nature's blast. AND the valley between my POV and the mountain is now 600 feet shallower thanks to the pyroclastic flow of molten debris and mud from the top of the mountain.
Comments (10)
Your image is so cool. 5+.
Great pic! Just a post-editing thought... I might texture the picture (as if it were canvas/sandstone) and not texture the framing. Hope you're well!
a famous volcano.nice effects
Beautiful landscape and wonderful work.
I like the painterly effect here, Bill. Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx
Wonderful capture and effect, Excellent well done..
As I say, I don't normally like much postwork, BUT, this one I really quite like the effect. Gives a kind of 'painting' look. Well done. Rob.
Great shot!
I do like Photoshop's ability to texture things, and I prefer making my own textures as opposed to using the default ones included in Photoshop. They are easy to make, and add to your Photoshop. This does look like a painting! Very nice. I would have lessened the texturing effect just a tad, but that is just my view. This way it keeps the image as the most noticeable thing first off, instead of the texture monopolizing the whole thing. (I hope I said that in an understandable way.) I don't think you overdid it, though. Just a suggestion for future things. The texturizing can be adjusted in multiple ways. I also remember when Mt. St. Helens went off, and our friends were living in Oregon at the time, and the ash drifted to their town and covered their patio. The ash was even found in parts of California, to give an idea how powerful that volcano was! The volcano is building up for another one right now, but hopefully that won't happen for a long while, if ever.
Very nice canvas effect. I have stood in that same spot. It is an awesome place indeed.