This is what I was up to on Friday while visiting another topo map location discovery. Autumn is giving way to winter here...
This is what I was up to on Friday while visiting another topo map location discovery. Autumn is giving way to winter here...
This is what I was up to on Friday while visiting another topo map location discovery. Autumn is giving way to winter here...
Mine for today...
This was shot a couple of weeks ago when mother nature was kind enough to allow me a couple of hours of non-rain to go out and play with my new 5DMk2 and 17-40L combo.
This is in Discovery Park in Seattle, by the way
This is one of my favorites from my recent trip...
On the lake yesterday...
Very nice, snyder7. I like how the clouds sort of frame the top of the lighthouse, and the logs of course make good leading lines. I think I'd like to see less of the grass covering the lighthouse, but perhaps you needed the grass to hide something there?
Extraordinary...sea, sky and all points in between...beautiful Phrasikleia. Thank you for sharing this.
As this scrolled up my monitor, I thought, holy cow, a wrecked jet engine ! Made me laugh when I realized how stunned I was ! Nice snap.
BJ
Hey Phrasikleia,
I indeed was hiding a fence behind the tall grass. However, I did set up my composition that way because I was very attracted to the movement on the grasses due to high wind and so the composition was 80% determined by capturing those grass bushes rather than hiding the fence.
Thank you for commenting though!
I've loved every shot you've taken of this beautiful hill. If I ever make it up to that region, I hope you'll tell me where it is! I would love to photograph it myself someday.
This current module of study I'm doing on light and composition is really helping me to get more from my pictures. I suppose, that now I'm looking with more discerning eyes at things, and that's only going to increase as time goes on and I have more technique / skills / knowledge available to me!
That sounds like a good approach, IMO. Light is the alpha and omega of photography... potentially a fascination that will last a lifetime. It opens doors to new ways of seeing, unlike the reliance on 'tech solutions' and reaching automatically for some 'effect'...
Thanks. To be honest, I'm having trouble getting to the remoter places that I love best, so I'm mostly having to stay local. But instead of fretting about the places I can't get to, I'm enjoying the experience of finding pictures closer to home... where the landscape is intimate rather than dramatic. If you come over here, I'll be happy to show you some wonderful places. Of course, it will probably be raining...
Speaking of understanding and working (or playing) with light pre-camera, as has become my new mantra! What are your thoughts on light meters? I just ordered the Sekonic L-358, with the intention of getting the 1 degree spot sensor for it a bit later on to spot meter distant shots.
I'm trying to get to a point where I don't have to do much with Lightroom or Photoshop to any pictures as the real work has been done before even pressing the trigger. This I'd say is the secret to the great works of those I mentioned (and those I forgot to mention) in the previous post and from the documentaries I've been watching it appears is definitely the secret of the old masters!
I have to say I really enjoy the composition and technique of the posts from you folks I've quoted below. I look forward to the day that my eye and ability is as good as yours!
Fcortese, AlexH, Cheese&Apple I get inspiration from yours too! I like the more quirky style observations that you guys do quite regularly, than postcard scenes I suppose. That's more in the vein of where I'm headed as a style I guess.
ijohn, thanks for the compliment. I never thought I'd be an inspiration on the photography end of things. I still view myself on the front end of the learning curve. I have always felt that the great people who contribute on this site and who so willingly share their expertise make it the main site I go to multiple times during the day to help me learn and grow as a photographer. The people who contribute to this site is what makes it so great, IMO.
November is not the best time for photography in these parts. The beautiful Fall foliage is now decaying to mulch, we're post-Halloween, pre-Christmas, without snow and the weather is dreary even at the best of times. The upside to this is that I feel motivated to push myself beyond what I perceive to be my comfort-zone.
This weekend, I spent a wonderful afternoon in a local greenhouse...
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Centennial Park Greenhouse by Cheese&Apple on Flickr
Unless you're shooting film, gadgets like light meters are not going to make a major difference for most types of photography.
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Good job on catching the mist and sun rays--not easy to do! Have you considered a crop that might get us in closer to that atmospheric goodness in the background? Just a thought!
I'd take exception to this one part of your response. Incident meters are, to my mind, one of the more important tools a photographer can have in their bag. Many (most?) amateurs rely on the in-camera metering, which is a poor substitute to understanding what the light really is and exposing correctly for it. In-camera meters, unless in a spot mode, use any one of a number of averaging techniques, which is a compromise that almost always gives a poor exposure.
Of course you are absolutely correct about timing - but put someone in the right place at the right time, and they still have to make a decision about exposure. Too often people simply rely on the in-camera meter to tell them what exposure to use, rather than measure the light, and then make some informed creative decisions about the exposure.
BTW - these latest photographs you've shared are beautiful.
Thanks! Like this? Or with the same aspect ratio?