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Photo of the day: August 2012
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rattlesnake ledge-9381 by HowardASnyder, on Flickr
Greetings everyone! I took this photo on a hike last weekend to a place called Rattlesnake Ridge near Seattle. CC welcome
Thanks!
Time keeps on slippin'...
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Education time: Ok, 30 sec exposure @ f/16 = Polarizer + your trusty .3ND filters?? When I grow up in photography, I'd like to be close to where you are now. Do I sound too much like a slobbering fanboy or groupie????
Time keeps on slippin'...
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Beautiful again! Love how we can see into the water with the polariser, yet still manage the reflections in the upper-portion of the frame.
Hehe
you'd absolutely love it in NZ, and I cannot begin to imagine what kind of magical photographs you'd return with. We're quite lucky here, it's only a stone's throw away from NSW.
f/10, 1/200sec, ISO 100
Canon 5D Mark III + Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II
LR4 -> Photoshop CS6 -> Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
Three light setup: Two (2) Paul C. Buff Einsteins, One (1) PCB ABR800 ring flash, triggered by PocketWizards.
Full lighting breakdown here: http://www.ocabj.net/behind-the-shot-veronica-lavery-on-2012-07-08-in-los-angeles/
This is driving out from Tekapo, such a beautiful drive along the lake.
I know the area you mean when you mention Queenstown though, this shot does look like it could come just out from there.
The mini-4WD was filthy after this - the fine dust made it's way well into the door cavities, made sure it was clean before returning to the rental depo
^^Fantastic shot, a really nice contrast between the colours of the boat and the light-modelled background, dark clouds and mountains.
Thanks, TheDrift. That was a great day (they are both from Tuesday before last). If only all days could be like that one...
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rattlesnake ledge-9381 by HowardASnyder, on Flickr
Greetings everyone! I took this photo on a hike last weekend to a place called Rattlesnake Ridge near Seattle. CC welcome
Thanks!
Since you asked for C&C, I'll throw in my $0.02, for what it's worth (probably about $0.02). The scene has some good visual interest with light showing behind the trees and nicely picking out the moss-covered mound. You have a clear foreground, middleground and background (log, mound, trees and beyond), so the photo has some good depth. The tall trees in the background seem to gesture toward the source of the light on the mossy mound, which sort of puts those two realms of the photo in dialogue. As is often the case with woodsy locations, however, you had a lot of 'clutter' to deal with. There are stray branches intruding into the scene, a lot of strong lines that don't necessarily play well together, and the large area of leaves catching light just above the mound is competing with it. Maybe you didn't need to include quite so much in the frame. That moss-covered mound is very interesting, and I wonder what sort of composition you could have found a few steps closer to it.
Education time: Ok, 30 sec exposure @ f/16 = Polarizer + your trusty .3ND filters?? When I grow up in photography, I'd like to be close to where you are now. Do I sound too much like a slobbering fanboy or groupie????
You guessed the polarizer right, but I don't own a 0.3 ND filter. I find that a single stop isn't enough to bother with a filter. If you meant 3.0 ND (ten stops), then yes, that's what I used. And over all of that I had a 3-stop GND. Filter madness!...
...don't try this at home, kids! Hmm...I like the idea that I could have my very own fan...does this mean I get my own rumors site too? I can see it now: people trying to predict when the next photo will be coming out and complaining that the photos are overpriced and lacking features... OK, on second thought, never mind...
Beautiful again! Love how we can see into the water with the polariser, yet still manage the reflections in the upper-portion of the frame.
Hehe
We're quite lucky here, it's only a stone's throw away from NSW.
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I hope that someday I get the chance to find out.
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Kayaker on the Ocoee River. 1/4000 f2.8 ISO 200 @ 10.5mm
Good job on getting us right in the thick of the action. You practically put us right in that kayak!
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Kayaker on the Ocoee River. 1/4000 f2.8 ISO 200 @ 10.5mm
10.5mm? You (and your camera) must have gotten wet.
Great shot
I liked the top pic particularly, 'cos the composition just seems perfect: ie nothing to add, nothing to take away, nothing improved by moving an imaginary frame over the image. It ticks all the boxes - 'leading lines', colour palette, lit mountain contrasting with shadowed areas, etc - while not being mannered. And there's a definite Ansel Adams vibe...
The bottom pic just doesn't look right to me. At the most basic level, it kinda looks like two (or maybe three) images joined together... and they seem to remain separate (ie none of the diagonals that hold the top pic together so well). It feels unbalanced, jarring, but I can't put my finger on quite why. Maybe it's just me...
I liked the top pic particularly, 'cos the composition just seems perfect: ie nothing to add, nothing to take away, nothing improved by moving an imaginary frame over the image. It ticks all the boxes - 'leading lines', colour palette, lit mountain contrasting with shadowed areas, etc - while not being mannered. And there's a definite Ansel Adams vibe...
The bottom pic just doesn't look right to me. At the most basic level, it kinda looks like two (or maybe three) images joined together... and they seem to remain separate (ie none of the diagonals that hold the top pic together so well). It feels unbalanced, jarring, but I can't put my finger on quite why. Maybe it's just me...
Many thanks for your thoughts, Doylem. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment at length. I'm not surprised that a long-exposure daytime photo would look jarring to you, since it's a very stylized look that is far removed from your own approach to landscapes. I agree with you that the top pic you quoted 'holds together' in a classic, almost textbook fashion, with diagonals coming from each of the four corners to converge on the 'subject'. For what it's worth, I'll explain my thought process with the balance and composition of the second one. As I see it, the top and bottom are knitted together by the reflections of the trees and distant mountain, which all direct the eye down to the green pool of submerged rocks. The mountain is of course the primary point of visual interest, but I see the pool of rocks as a secondary one that gives visual weight to the lower right part of the frame. I also liked the luck of getting some shapes in the clouds that lead in from the top and echo the curving shapes in the lake bottom, which to me further connects top with bottom. That's how I see it, anyway!
Sicilian Cats
Nice!
Now, since this is the internet, we can haz cats (Taormina Public Gardens, Sicily):
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Canon EOS 1000D/0.005 sec (1/200)/f9.0/200 mm/ISO 640
Little slovakian village tries to keep the tourists out
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Nice!
Now, since this is the internet, we can haz cats (Taormina Public Gardens, Sicily):
Canon EOS 1000D/0.005 sec (1/200)/f9.0/200 mm/ISO 640
Thanks! When they "skirt" the class five rapid on this section, they come right along the bank making it easy to get in as close as you want. It's a waiting game, but one that is worth it.
Thanks!
Yeah, I've always wanted to get that close. I braved the splash, and just went for it. Luckily from shooting skateboarding all my life my "tuck and cover" move is pretty responsive.