Sunset at the Blue Lake - Winter version

Taken this evening, after 5 days of snow. The Cervino (Matterhorn) is

always an amazing piece of stone.

Your C&C are as always welcome, thanks for your time.

 

Details: Eos 50D, Tokina ATX-Pro 12-24 f4, B+W 100 ND 10 stops,

GND 2 stops soft, tripod. 80 secs @ f11

Paolo! Really Beautiful! 7/7 (a).

Paolo, some might say the blue and magenta are a little strong. Not too strong for me. I love the color and it looks real enough, at least the blue. The magenta makes it ART! It is stunning stuff!!

Hussein, Mark, thanks for your comments.

 

Mark, everything was already there, I have just enhanced saturation and contrast (much less than one could tell actually). Yes, colours are strong but I love them, and I'm very happy that you love them too.

 

Cheers,

Paolo

Good shot.

I love the colors here. You also nailed the exposure pretty well. The ripples in the snow in the foreground also add interest to the scene.

 

Daniel

Indeed a nice shot! Good use of filters,.. impossible to see the transition line of the grad.! Long exposures are great for making a "painterly" look. And also to "squeeze" out stronger colors. Colors seems 100 % natural to me, Well done!

Thank you all again for your comments, that's highly appreciated.

Atle, it's really easy to avoid the grad line to show up in the picture, particularly with very long exposures such as this one. You simply have to slowly move the filter up and down. This can be done with the filter handheld, but I prefer to use the holder and gently slide the filter up and down pulling and pushing it from above.

 

Cheers,

Paolo

It is a beautiful image with wonderful colors and textures. Nicely done. Dan

Wonderfully exposed Paolo, I find the movement of the clouds captivating with the stillness of the scene. Colour saturation looks very natural and everything falls into place beautifully. Congrats, you bagged a real winner here. Straight into my favourites (my first one too) Regards, John.

Excellent colors & light ^^^ Warm regards

 

***Ali***

beautiful colours and exposure paolo, really nice image.

Very nice colours and composition.

Its an invitation to have fun in a beautiful landscape. Congs. BR Joerg

Absolutely mesmerizing and fantastic! I love the repeating forms between the snow bank in the foreground and the mountain in the distance.

I really like the colors and composition. I usually like movement in clouds produced by a long exposure (often via a strong ND filter). Here, I'd also like to see static clouds, especially if they weren't taking up too much of the sky. You captured the peak at the perfect moment -- not obscured by the surrounding clouds. This is such an inviting place.

Beautiful foreground interest, glow on the frozen lake to THE mountain and then the great sky! One in a million shot. Love it!

Looks good.

Caspar Knox

Caspita Paolo una foto che non passa certo inosservata.........la composizione è favolosa, come l'effetto cromatico...bella l'idea della lunga exp in modo da rendere lenuvole ancora più accattivanti.........insomma un lavoro davvero eccezionale

 

complimenti

 

 

Simone

It's a piece of art.

maybe have a magenta dominant, maybe for the filters??

Hi Paolo.

 

Outstanding capture!

Composition is both captivating and serene at the same time and gives a real good sense of this place.

Beautiful light!

Greetings Paola - Do you have any trouble moving the camera when you move the filter in the holder? I've tried it with mine, and have difficulty smoothly doing so. Any technique suggestions would be welcomed. If a holder is not used, the filter must stay parallel to the lens or the image quality suffers. I have only pressed the filter against the rim of the lens for short exposures, which tend not to suffer from camera shake as a longer exposure might. A dream-like scene.

 

Harry

Thank you all for your many, precious comments on this picture. I consider this picture my best among the recent landscapes I took, so I'm particularly happy that it met the liking of so many.

 

Harry, I think that hand holding the filter is not an issue, when the exposure time doesn't exceed a few seconds. But with very long exposures such as this one (80 seconds) it can really be challenging holding the filter for a so long time. So I've just slightly modified my filter holder (I use a common Cokin P holder) by loosing the clamps that holds the filter in place. If you push back and pull forth the clamps a few times, you will see that after that the filter can easily slide up and down while still being hold by the clamps. In this way it's really easy to bring the filter with two fingers and gently moving it up and down. You probably transmit some micro-shake to the camera, but thanks to the eternal exposure time this does not translate in any visible blur in the image.

 

Thanks all again,

Paolo

Well done image, I agree the magenta is a little strong, but I like it, well composed and nice sharpness for such a long exposure.

 

Ross.

Thanks Paolo- I'll give that a try. I use Hitech filter holders and the slots are pretty tight on the filter.

 

Harry