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- Theodore Dreiser.
Another image of the beautiful Christine falls from Mt Rainier National Park. In my earlier posts about our visit to the park, I have talked about how our trip to the park coincided with a storm. The storm pretty much covered the entire park in clouds, and the whole time we were there, we couldn’t even seethe main attraction of the park, Mt Rainier itself. We were not discouraged, though and the reason for our bright outlook was the sheer number of beautiful waterfalls around the park.
The stormy overcast conditions were perfect for waterfall photography. Christine Falls, located on the eastern side of the park, and with such a beautiful setting, we could not afford not to visit the waterfall. While the scene at Christine falls is gorgeous, it’s the only composition you can make here as I am not sure getting to the fall's base is even possible. After taking the standard composition, I tried some variations in attempting to frame the waterfall with a tree near the viewing platform. I intended to give a certain depth to the scene. The technical details are pretty straight forward. I used a polarizing filter and a three-stop ND filter to slow the shutter speed and cut down the foliage glare.
Some days I have to pinch myself as a photographer living in a city like London. It's ever changing skyline is a delight to explore but there are some iconic locations that whenever I see them, and trust me I've looked at this composition of the Millennium Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral literally hundreds of times over the years, that just keep pulling at my eye. I've taken a variation of this shot literally tens of times, probably more, but every day is different. Different skies, different light, different cameras, different lenses, different focal lengths - it's always worth shooting again.
This was taken back in October and I was shooting this old Leica lens on a mirrorless Olympus camera for the first time. It may sound like an expensive setup however it is anything but. The Olympus is a ten year old 16 megapixel camera, not very impressive by today's standards, and the 90mm lens, while it may have Leica written on it is at least 50 years old and can be had on eBay for around a hundred pounds (I paid £85 for my copy). I can't describe the pleasure I get from handling these old manual focus lenses, it's so different than using a modern auto-focus lens. They aren't particularly sharp in comparison but then I ask myself, how sharp does sharp have to be? I know many will disagree but for me this picture is sharp enough and the joy I get from using that old lens far outweighs any disappointment I may have of producing a picture that is not razor sharp. My joy of photography is as much to do with the taking of the pictures, the getting out there and walking with my camera, as it is to do with the pictures I produce, strange as that may sound. Perhaps that's why film photography has become such a staple in my life.
Olympus OMD-EM10 Mkii
Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8
As I've mentioned before, one of the things I like about shooting panoramas is the possibility of 'discovering' alternative compositions after the fact. This one was obvious and quite easy, as it happened to be part of a single, discreet frame. So, I thought I should frame it :-)
COmposition - il Progetto
Estrapolare dal contesto volumi, colori e forme creando soggettivamente una nuova armonia autosufficiente e dotata di un forte impatto estetico, mantenendo comunque riconoscibili gli elementi della scena di appartenenza; da un mondo nasce un altro mondo.
COmposition - the Project
Extract from the context volumes, colors and shapes by subjectively creating a new self-sufficient harmony endowed with a strong aesthetic impact while still retaining the elements of the scene of belonging; from a world a different world is born.
Compositionally Challenged Holiday Buffet - Playing with Shadows
Hammered brass sconce lit with Christmas lights.
Spent a great weekend in Salzburg, Austria together with my family. Also visited my friend Kurt and we had great fun on Sunday morning! It was a real pleasure chasing the first sun of the day through beautiful Salzburg with him. We also took some pictures... :)
WTC Path Station, Manhattan, New York
... this place presented amazing compositions, was a delight to photograph
COmposition Series
Extract from the context volumes, colors and shapes by subjectively creating a new self-sufficient harmony.
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Created photographic sculpture. China Camp Village, San Rafael,San Pablo Bay, Marin County, Northern California, USA.
This was my favorite comp. From this angle, the intricate curls of the garlic stems show up well. Those stems can't be straightened - they grew that way and are pretty rigid.