Keefer Lake Narrows at Sunset
This was one of those days when I purposely photograph to break the rules of composition ... in this case ... "never center your horizon." It is a good exercise in seeing and I highly recommend it especially if you are in the "photographic doldrums." I am impressed with advances with the ability of the digital medium to capture shadow detail. I think just a few years ago it was a poor cousin to film in this regard and now it has caught up or exceeded film's capabilities - certainly colour film although perhaps not B&W just yet ... the operative word being 'yet'. I'm not a big fan of HDR and don't do it myself, however, I admit some folks are using it to great advantage ... I find that most overdo it though and often end up ruining potentially good images with overzealous application of the technique.
Keefer Lake Narrows at Sunset
This was one of those days when I purposely photograph to break the rules of composition ... in this case ... "never center your horizon." It is a good exercise in seeing and I highly recommend it especially if you are in the "photographic doldrums." I am impressed with advances with the ability of the digital medium to capture shadow detail. I think just a few years ago it was a poor cousin to film in this regard and now it has caught up or exceeded film's capabilities - certainly colour film although perhaps not B&W just yet ... the operative word being 'yet'. I'm not a big fan of HDR and don't do it myself, however, I admit some folks are using it to great advantage ... I find that most overdo it though and often end up ruining potentially good images with overzealous application of the technique.