Cyclists Towards Nowhere; an "Impressionist Shot"
30-September-2022: in the wake of the previous photo, about the rapid and incisive "brushstrokes" of a tormented, irregular and fast-moving sky (taken with long poses), I found other subjects on the spot, like this cycle path along the embankment that blocks the remarkable high-tides of the Gulf of Trieste to the low lands of the flat Grado peninsula.
The painters current of 19th century could not have had this inspiration, since the streak of the sky is visible only with the collection of light made by the 60 seconds of (over)exposure set for this shot and this streak is even more elongated thanks to the movement had during the minute of shutter, increasing the sense of depth.
Certainly, with strong winds at high altitude, you can have skies of this type even in broad daylight, but what makes me a bit perplexed is the fact that even the painters of other currents who aimed (and aim) for maximum realism in their paintings have never been able to produce a realistic sky (in my eye's opinion), despite the fact that landscapes, animals, buildings and people seem to be photographed.
The sky is difficult to reproduce... Sometimes even with a 21st century digital camera.
Cyclists Towards Nowhere; an "Impressionist Shot"
30-September-2022: in the wake of the previous photo, about the rapid and incisive "brushstrokes" of a tormented, irregular and fast-moving sky (taken with long poses), I found other subjects on the spot, like this cycle path along the embankment that blocks the remarkable high-tides of the Gulf of Trieste to the low lands of the flat Grado peninsula.
The painters current of 19th century could not have had this inspiration, since the streak of the sky is visible only with the collection of light made by the 60 seconds of (over)exposure set for this shot and this streak is even more elongated thanks to the movement had during the minute of shutter, increasing the sense of depth.
Certainly, with strong winds at high altitude, you can have skies of this type even in broad daylight, but what makes me a bit perplexed is the fact that even the painters of other currents who aimed (and aim) for maximum realism in their paintings have never been able to produce a realistic sky (in my eye's opinion), despite the fact that landscapes, animals, buildings and people seem to be photographed.
The sky is difficult to reproduce... Sometimes even with a 21st century digital camera.