Vanishing Act (Larger View Available)

HI Alf,

The proper lens setting allows the mood to be enhanced by the fine details piercing through the fog.

Well shot my friend.

Best Regards, Mike

Well Alf if you don't do the mileage your are not going to get the photos.Out of the latest 3 i like this one the most,i think the composition is better and the depth in all those layers is brilliant,wonderful muted atmosphere.

excellent work Alf

My best regards

This one has practically no processing at all. RAW conversion and

crop top and bottom to give the pano effect, other than that you are

seeing exactly what I did, and of course what the camera did. Your

thoughts and comments are aways appreciated. Thank You.

One picture at the time - I'm still comprehend the previous one!

Let's say two pictures a week? Your images are so good that, really, let us enjoy for some time until other one come (my opinion, of course).

But, same problem I see and with Bela Lazslo Molnar - he also (in my opinion) is a great landscape artist who just present his great pictures on almost daily basis. I can't comprehend - let alone response - to that amount of beauty.

Also, I understand the Urge!!!!!!!

it's not the overall colour cast. the scale of this one and the way big and small interact seem much more visually mature. best, j

it's so good.  i love subtle colour.  jamie

The larger view is a long dream, a journey in a mysterious land.  Beautiful Alf!

Another amazing image.

Many years ago, when flyfishing took precedence over photography, scenes like this were the everyday occurance, yet I took them for how I saw them, a damn cold early morning.... waiting for a bite.

 

Through your lens, you bring back many memories, for which I thank you........

Best regards

Many Thanks for your thoughts and kind words.

Shooting with a wider aperture becomes easier when the light is gentle, and the light of dawn was just that. I did take a couple of shots, just before first light, and they took on that strange blue tone that seems to appear when light is very low.

Cheers Mike!

 

Alf

 

HARRY

 

Good to hear from you I hope you are keeping well!

I guess you know all about travelling : - )

Glad you liked this one, other than the crop it is virtually untouched.

Sincere Thanks & Best Regards

 

Alf

 

NEBOJSA

 

Many Thanks for your most generous and encouraging words.

Generally speaking, I do only tend to upload one image at a time, but as there were three distinctly different images from the same session, I thought I'd allow a comparison to take place and just see which image proved most popular.

I do usually also tend to leave the same images for 2 - 3 weeks before uploading more. I just don't have time to upload more : - )

Its very pleasing to know you enjoyed viewing them.

Best Regards

 

Alf

 

JAMIE

There can't possibly be two Jamie Krafts .........or can there? No I didn't think so. : - )

But just pondering why the comment on 2 different names? I'm not complaining, but just curious.

I too like the subtle colour......so subtle almost monochrome

Many Thanks for oyur input Jamie, it is always much appreciated!

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

 

GIUSEPPE

I am so pleased that the mystical element was communicated to you effectively.

 

Many Thanks & Best Regards

 

Alf

 

 

GRAYHAM

 

I know just what you mean about encoutering the misty water at dawn as a fisherman.  The eager anticipation of catching a fish heightened by a leaping trout, or in my case a the crashing of a huge carp in a reed fringed lake.

It is most gratifying to read that this image re-awoken those moments for you too.

Sincere Thanks for your thoughts and positive feedback, very much appreciated!

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

 

 

 

 

 

I find this to be very much like a fine painting, and though I can't pretend to be an art connoisseur I can only describe it as very Asian.  Beautiful... Mike (the other Mike) ;-)

Beautifully seen and executed.  The bit of greenish brown along the shore, especially along the left adds a bit of color depth that enhances the image.  Thank you for your recent comment by the way, best regards, rek.

people complained bitterly. Harold

Despite the weather conditions Alf, this series of captures to be most Peaceful and soothing. The many accolades are well deserved.

I must admit "Asian" isn't something that I would have thought of when viewing this. But then I know where it was and how cold it felt : - )

But I do like your interepretation, I'm now looking at it with new eyes!

Sincere Thanks & Best Regards

 

Alf

 

RICHARD

 

Thank you for your thoughts and positive feedback.

There wasn't much colour at all, but I think you have recognised the bit of subtle colour, and I have to admit it does make a difference.

Best Regards

 

Alf

 

JAMIE

 

Well......two heads are better than one !

BR

 

Alf

 

GAIL

 

It was a very peaceful morning, a touch of frost and a silent ghostly hush, interspersed occaisionaly by a busy woodpecker. Worth the travelling and loss of sleep : - )

Many Thanks Gail, I appreciate your comments.

 

Alf

 

two heads are bigger than one??

Errrm no, but thats what I mean't to say : - )

 

Alf

errrm. not entirely not. j

Alf, your work is terrific and inspires me to keep shooting.  This is such a perfect blend of reality meeting dreams...at some moments clear and real and the next vague and compelling me toward the parts where the fog is thickest.  It is as if I am drawn deeper hoping the mist will part if I stare longer.  Simply gorgeous.

 

Things change, so do moods, thankfully : - )

 

Alf

 

DANA

 

Many Thanks for your observations and thoughtful feedback, very much appreciated.

 

It was quite mesmerising standing on the banks of the lake at dawn and just watching the changes taking place, the light and shifting mist as it rose from the water and moved like a chorus of ghosts over a silken surface, the trees momentarily peering at me then vanishing again before my eyes, it is most gratifying to read that you shared that kind of view.

Best Regards

 

Alf

Is indeed a series that delight the eyes with a splendid large view,I like the mood sent by this composition,excellent idea for this format,I have nothing to say than admire your work and looking this with pleasure.

Sincere Thanks for your thoughtful comments!

 

I cropped to the pano shape as a result of the top and bottom space being fairly devoid of detail, though I am thinking that I might try this again with slightly more space allowed for the foreground.

Best Regards

 

Alf

that's why they call it '''Moody.'' j

Great atmosphere, nicely seen and shot.

Many Thanks for your thoughts and kind words!

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

This is another great landscape image! The fog creates almost ethereal atmosphere. I think this would look awesome in large format print.