The Other Photographer

Excellent capture...Maxa.

 

Regards(Bobby).

MEHMET

 

Thank you for looking in and for your very kind comments.

 

CALVIN

 

You are very kind, thank you for taking an interest, much appreciated

 

EDUARD

 

Thak you so much for your visit and your comments.

 

BOBBY

 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you are keeping well, your comments are very much appreciated.

 

 

Kind Regards & Seasons Greetings To All

 

 

Beautiful misty scene with a delight of colors, reflections and atmosphere. High quality photograph, Alf. Congrats!

again its great :)

DAVID

 

Sincere thanks for your visit and valued comments, much appreciated!

 

BECK

 

Thanks for looking in, much appreciated.

 

Warm Regards & Best Wishes To All

 

Alf

Alf - I have one word for this photo - "exquisite." I love the power and the drama of the understated. The photographer adds the perfect touch... you nailed this one!!!

Hey!! I think that's ME over there! :-)...

 

Great shot Alf. The ethereal lighting, the detail and the composition are excellent; but that one little touch of light on the other photogs face turned this from a landscape silhouette to a portrait. Very well done.

 

A Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year to you and your family... Mike

 

 

SANDRA

 

Sincere Thanks for your very kind comments, I really appreciate you taking time to stop by.

 

MICHAEL

 

I knew it was you all the time, I was just seeing if you owned up! : - )

 

Thanks for stopping by Mike, I really appreciate your comments.

 

 

I wish you Both a Very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year

Alf, Nice and interesting shot. I have to wonder what he is taking a picture of. You have nicely captured the feel of the morning and the reflection in the water. Hope you have a wonderful holiday season. - Charles

The tranquil atmosphere with the reflections are visually arresting. Surrounding the main character there is also a clever grouping of elements in 3's which makes this composition even more intriguing (eg. the white floating devices on the lower left of the photographer, the benches on the background and the naked trees.)

CHARLES

 

Thank you for looking in, the "other photographer" was taking pictures of the landing stage he was standing on and the half visible boats in the thick mist, to the right, but just out of view of my shot, I have some very similar shots and I will post them when I get a bit more time.

 

Best Wishes To you and yours Charles and a peaceful New Year!

 

ADAN

 

Thank you for your kind comments, it is you that should be congratulated on your powers of observation as the groupings of 3's is quite coincidental, the shot was spontaneous, I was actually photographing the boats to my right ( out of view of this shot) when I decided to look round and take this shot.

 

Best Wishes To All!

 

Alf

Very moody and beautiful. I tried to take pictures of fog many times but never with such success.

Thank you for your comments, I think the success or failure of a "foggy" or misty image depends mostly on 2 elements the intensity or thickness of the fog / mist and intensity of the light, this particular image was taken early morning, so the prevailing light wasn't too harsh. My advice is to keep trying but concentrate on early morning or late evenings, and see if that works.

 

Kind Regards

 

Alf

Very nice image. But I think it can be improved by straightening it ever-so-slightly and by adjusting levels a bit to give it more clarity and 'punch'. What do you think?

 

AC

Thank you for stopping by, I have checked the horizon and the landing stage for being level and straight, and they seem fine to me, if there is any margin of error I think it would so imperceptable that it's unlikely to matter. As for a clarity of the image, my first instinct was to adjust the contrast and indeed the first version I processed was a lot clearer, however in making the image clearer it lost most if not all of the character and mood and indeed the appeal that the misty element contributes.

Thanks for your thoughts and idea's Andrew.

 

Kind Regards

 

Alf

Alf, this is wonderful!

with regards

Alf,

I love the mood, and scenery of this shot!

The story behind this shot makes me laugh though :)

Yesterday I drove  to what I thought would be a quiet place to shoot my photos..As it approached the time for the sun to rise, people started arriving one by one to this spot I had chosen..A fisherman came first, gathered his equipment together, and waded out into the water to do his fishing...I thought " no problem,  the fisherman will be the extra bonus of interest to some of my shots".. After a few minutes of walking around and getting some shots in, I realized that  another photographer's hiney was already firmly planted on the rock that I was planning to sit on to get the angle I needed for my next shots ..

Best Regards,

Lisa

 

Many thanks for your interest and kind words. I know exactly what you mean, trying to find an area devoid of people is becoming incresingly difficult. I even took some street shots not too long ago and from the other side of my subject there loomed another photographer with his lens pointing straight at me, it was like "Gunfight at the OK corral"  we kind of circled each other warilly and I think the original subject eventually became secondary to our cat and mouse game.....which thankfully ended in stalemate rather than bloodshed : - )

Best Regards

Alf

Alf, This really caught my eye tonight. Love this, everything about it. The mist is one of the key components. Interesting to me how the trees actually add weight to the pier. The glassy look of the water. The fact that there are no loud colors, and leaning to blue, reminds me of Kodachrome. It could have been derived from the sixties. That certain look.

Many thanks for sharing your thoughts and comments, very much appreciated. I found that this was one of those photo's that the more you tried to process it, the less flattering the result.  Consequently I did very little other than a smal amount of sharpening.  It is an interesting aspect as you have pointed out, the trees in relation to the jetty. Also I think the position of the "other photographer" was fortunate, in as much as he was clear of the trees and so his profile has a decent amount of separation.

Cheers Don!

 

Best Regards

 

Alf