Wednesday Landscapes, 5 December 2018

You are invited to upload one or more of your landscape photos and, if you’d like, to accompany your image with some commentary: challenges you faced in making the image? your intent for the image? settings? post-processing decisions? why you did what you did? the place and time? or an aspect you’d like feedback on? And please feel free to ask questions of others who have posted images or to join the discussion. If you don’t feel like using words, that’s OK too—unaccompanied images (or unaccompanied words, for that matter) are also very much welcomed. As for the technicalities, the usual forum guidelines apply: files < 1 MB; image size <1000 px maximum dimension.

Carbon_dragon’s question from last week prompted me to dive back into my archive to see how often I went for low-key fog photos, and I found this high-contrast, low-key image. Going low-key on this one wasn’t a difficult decision—I’d exposed to protect the brights so it was already dark, and leaving it that way helps to keep attention away from the obnoxious foreground.

This was taken with an Agfa Billy Compur 6x9 folding camera. I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of detail but i like the quality of the image. I'm also happy with this photo because I had to run to catch up with the canoeist and managed to get the timing right on the paddle! The camera was on a tripod and I used a cable shutter release. Film was Ilford FP4+ 125 and was developed with Kodak D76.

Cape Breton Highlands.

Setting moon at dawn, Grapata State Park, Big Sur coast. The Belt of Venus or anti-twilight arch is the pinkish band above the horizon, and is caused by backscattering of reddened dawn sunlight.

From aboard the MV Uchuck III on the 2-day Kyuquot Adventure Cruise inward bound in the Esperanza Inlet.

You are invited to upload one or more of your landscape photos and, if you’d like, to accompany your image with some commentary: challenges you faced in making the image? your intent for the image? settings? post-processing decisions? why you did what you did? the place and time? or an aspect you’d like feedback on? And please feel free to ask questions of others who have posted images or to join the discussion. If you don’t feel like using words, that’s OK too—unaccompanied images (or unaccompanied words, for that matter) are also very much welcomed. As for the technicalities, the usual forum guidelines apply: files < 1 MB; image size <1000 px maximum dimension.

 

Carbon_dragon’s question from last week prompted me to dive back into my archive to see how often I went for low-key fog photos, and I found this high-contrast, low-key image. Going low-key on this one wasn’t a difficult decision—I’d exposed to protect the brights so it was already dark, and leaving it that way helps to keep attention away from the obnoxious foreground.

 

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Outstanding use of light to its fullest advantage, Leslie.

A b&w version of the color version I posted on last week's thread . . .

A second, shot near Phoenix, AZ, in the McDowell- Sonoma area - - -

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I'm most impressed by the backlighting of the dog, resulting in a very thin outline of highlights.

One more . . .

Following Leslie's theme on Hi-Key fog

Camera: D700; Lens: Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8; Focal Length: 17,00mm; Exposure: 1/10sec; Apperture: f/13; ISO:200

This is the same waterfall I posted last week but from a different angle. It was in the middle of the day and the sun was very bright so I squeezed into a crevice and shot this image from the shadows. The first time I processed this image I tried to bring out a lot more detail in the shadows. After seeing Leslie's post and reading her comment I to try this. I thank it is good enough to post.

I decided to offer a fog image comparison. The fog became very dense during my outing and it was 6:30pm on an early March day, so natural light was just about gone. There was a car dealership nearby that put out a lot of light, so there were interesting possibilities. The first image is slightly cropped, but otherwise straight from the camera. (Canon XSi with the Canon 70-200 f4 @f4 1/40sec, ISO 400, WB in camera daylight) It's very blue and not very interesting.

The next version of the image was tweeked with the Canon software. Adjustments were made to exposure, temperature, contrast, tone, and saturation. It's more interesting, though nothing like what I saw in the field. The lights at the car dealership may have helped with the pink tones. The pink tones may also be coming from noise.

Fog can be your friend. Embrace it and be fearless in your approach.

I decided to offer a fog image comparison. The fog became very dense during my outing and it was 6:30pm on an early March day, so natural light was just about gone. There was a car dealership nearby that put out a lot of light, so there were interesting possibilities. The first image is slightly cropped, but otherwise straight from the camera. (Canon XSi with the Canon 70-200 f4 @f4 1/40sec, ISO 400, WB in camera daylight) It's very blue and not very interesting.

 

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The next version of the image was tweeked with the Canon software. Adjustments were made to exposure, temperature, contrast, tone, and saturation. It's more interesting, though nothing like what I saw in the field. The lights at the car dealership may have helped with the pink tones. The pink tones may also be coming from noise.

 

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Fog can be your friend. Embrace it and be fearless in your approach.

Both images are quite atmospheric (bad pun). You're so right about fog.

Both images are quite atmospheric

Yepper, me with my head in the clouds, or fog on the brain.:)

Textures in the sand.

Winter shot of Ioannina castle at a distance.

Camera: Nikon D700; Lens: 70-300mm f/4,5-5,6; Focal Length: 140mm; Exposure: 1/1600sec; Apperture: f/5,6; ISO:200