photax
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Post by photax on Dec 11, 2009 16:41:40 GMT -5
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Post by nikonbob on Dec 11, 2009 20:19:02 GMT -5
Mmmm, ice wine you gotta love it. Autumn seems so long ago as it was -20c here today. I really like photos 2 and 3.
Bob
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Post by PeterW on Dec 12, 2009 8:14:47 GMT -5
Mik,
I like the first picture from your foggy weekend. It really captures the sort of misty day when you find you're getting damp even though its not raining.
I like the composition. To me it's a restless picture even though everything is still. The curving track, the tapering grass bank on the left and the sloping line of trees on the hill in the background all lead your eyes to ...
Some pundits of conventional composition might say it needs a figure or a house as a focal point, but I want to go along that track to find out where it leads.
Anticipation can often be more effective than realisation because anticipation never has an anticlimax.
PeterW
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Post by Randy on Dec 12, 2009 11:29:04 GMT -5
Great photos. The scenes are very much the same here along the shores of Lake Erie. We have grape vinyards from east of Buffalo NY to Geneva OH.
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Post by pompiere on Dec 12, 2009 17:18:43 GMT -5
Then they start up again over by Sandusky and the Lake Erie Islands. I didn't see any in Cleveland.
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Post by herron on Dec 13, 2009 0:39:15 GMT -5
I really enjoy photos 1, 3 and 4. Number 1 looks a touch underexposed, but the ambience of the shot, and the composition, are first rate!
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Post by photax on Dec 13, 2009 5:39:28 GMT -5
Hi Folks ! Have many thanks for your kind comments. At this weekend I tried to demonstrate my son ( he has a Nikon D-80 and rather would have decided to stay at home ), that there is no “bad weather” for photography: If there is a camera, there will be a picture ! We started our tour, taking pictures of plants and birds in complete dense fog, you could not even see the next tree. I like these conditions, because you are able to photograph nature details in front of a neutral background. The weather cleared up slowly, while taken picture nr.1, but the sun still was missing. The track in this picture leads to a Iceland-Pony horse breeding farm ( Pic.5): I attempted to find a square image section, as a reminiscence to my Rolleiflex 6x6 times. I must admit, that I never was an expert in composing square format pictures, but I thought the fog in this picture will bring out some pastel colour shades. MIK   |
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Post by nikonbob on Dec 13, 2009 11:52:06 GMT -5
I think what most people think is bad weather and unsuitable for photography can actually be the best. This is especially so for periods when the weather can't make up it's mind which way it is going to go. I guess I mean the shoulder periods between good and bad weather. All you have to do is motivate yourself to go out and that can be hard to do. So, yea, I'd have to agree that there is no really bad weather for photography just for us humans.
Bob
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Post by herron on Dec 13, 2009 13:40:39 GMT -5
I agree. Some of the best lighting (other than just before dawn or immediately after sundown) is found on foggy, cloudy, rainy days. Direct sun is harsh and the shadows can be unforgiving. Looking at these images seems to prove the point!  |
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Post by John Parry on Dec 13, 2009 14:25:04 GMT -5
I like 2 (you should have cut the leaf off though!) and 6. Fog and mist give great opportunities for unusual shots. This is where primes come into their own - even a 3.5 zoom loses too much light to be able to deal with action shots in those conditions, but you've done very well with these. Well done!
Regards - John
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