blacks and whites Etherscape [The gate of heavens]

Three wooden poles, probably the remains of an old dwarf, emerging

from the still waters of the Etang de Vaccares, the largest lake in

Camargue, France. Taken on a rainy evening of mid April. The ethereal

effect comes from a very long exposure - about 4 minutes - combined

with the rain: the long exposure has perfectly smoothed the surface of

water and motion-blurred the clouds in the sky, whilst the rain

provided a sort of natural flou filter to the entire image.

 

Your C&C are as always welcome, thanks in advance.

 

Details: Eos 50D, Zeiss Distagon *T 28mm f2,8, B+W 110 1000x ND, GND

soft 2x. 4 minutes f11

stunning photo, looks very good in BW

Extremely well done, thank you for the descriptive details. The center highlight seems blown out.

I like it Paolo, great subtle toning, i do hope the old dwarf is ok.

 

Dave.

Ahahah David, that's the funny side of writing in a foreign language! I was totally sure that dwarf was the same as jetty, but the correct word is wharf of course (had to check the Merrian-Webster though)

Well, what else to say? Thanks all for commenting on the "poles of the dwarf" picture...

:D

 

 

Sorry Paolo, i know i shouldn't have, but it was too good to miss, from now on i'll post all my photo's in Italian, now that would be a laugh.

 

best wishes, Dave.

No need to apologize Dave, I laughed for a good five minutes after checking that word. ROTFLxROTFLxROTFL!!

 

Cheers,

Paolo

Seemingly so simple, yet so hard, and so beautiful. Great vision really. Congrats,

Unbelievably simple yet strong image. Blurry horizon may look bizzare but definitely adds an abstract feel to the image that I appreciate very much. Glad to have seen, thanks for sharing.

Very elegant Paolo. Nice. I like the diffuse horizon.

It is a beautiful, elegant image. Nicely done. Dan

Wondrful shot, even better than its color version! Complimenti, come sempre una qualità eccelsa!