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COmposition Series
Extract from the context volumes, colors and shapes by subjectively creating a new self-sufficient harmony.
Everybody has different approach to a photographic composition. You may approach a composition in different ways, depending on how it catches the eye. You may see the subject from a far, approach and circle it doing little framing actions with the hands looking for the right angle, position and elevation. One may instantly see the potential and hover backwards and forwards trying to find a good stance for the tripod. Let’s face it the ways are endless, they say creativity feeds the soul. However with this scene all I was interested in was a tazza e caffe. I was attracted to this fallen tree las potential for parking my bum, I was tired I needed a coffee and a snack and this trunk was as good a place as any. However I was not totally thoughtless in my approach, just as I would be very careful on where I placed my feet in wet sand, here I was extra vigilant on the surrounding vegetation, pity I didn’t have the same idea about the frost covered tree trunk. Maybe I should have dealt with my carelessness with Lightroom, but where’s the fun in that, can anyone see where I was sitting?
Before exploring Lüderitz and Kolmanskop, we drove all the way south to the second largest canyon in the world: Fishriver Canyon. I didn't even know about this canyon before this trip, and since we still had a few days left after our initial rough planning, we both agreed to go there. We looked at the possible accommodations and found a government-run campground on the south side and a lodge on the north rim. As we hadn't read the best things about government-run campsites and were planning to camp most of the time anyway, we opted for the lodge and didn't regret it.
The drive there changed from paved roads to gravel roads, which had some sandy sections the further we got. At one point, we had to drive up a small hill and back down a steeper section that led to a narrow gravel road that crossed a dried up river a few times. We drove on and on, wondering if we were still on the right 'road', but a glance at the offline GPS map showed that we were heading in the right direction. After driving through some really impressive wide open landscapes, we crossed an “airfield” (which was basically a flat gravel field) before finally reaching the parking lot of Fishriver Lodge after a little over 3 hours of driving. As we entered the main building, we noticed the really beautiful glass façade which gave a breathtaking view of the canyon as the lodge is situated right on the canyon rim. We were then asked onto the terrace where we were given a welcome drink, enjoyed the view and thought about using the pool, but we both felt it wasn't quite warm enough (as it was winter there, the temperatures were moderate).
We then checked in, got the keys to our cabin right next to the rim and carried all our stuff from the car to our room (which was quite funny as we had all our stuff in cardboard boxes covered with plastic bags to protect it a bit from the sand that got into the back of our car during the drive, unlike all the other guests who arrived in fancy clothes and with normal suitcases). We then made ourselves a coffee and enjoyed it on our terrace while taking in the stunning views. I then wandered around the area a bit looking for possible sunset compositions, but as the sun got lower, I realized that its angle was far from optimal as the sidelight left most of the canyon in shadow and only illuminated a small upper portion.
At a certain point, I noticed that the colors on the side facing away from the canyon began to explode. I quickly ran to our cabin and told my girlfriend to get her camera. In the rush, we even forgot our tripods, ran around like headless chickens (as Mads Peter Iversen would put it) looking for compositions and found this lone quiver tree. The colors became more and more intense, and I can tell you: I have never seen colors like these before. Apart from one cloud that I cloned out as it was right behind the tree, I didn't edit this image at all (which is quite rare as raw files are usually very flat and require some contrast adjustments). The show went on for quite a long time as there were no mountains in the distance that could block the sunlight, but eventually we went to dinner and enjoyed one of the best meals we had on this trip. After dinner, we went back to our room and realized that the curtains were different than when we left. We thought that someone might have broken into our room, but when we went to bed we realized that the staff had brought warm water bottles as it can get chilly at night (which they hadn't told us). With that, we ended our day and couldn't be happier as we stood right on the edge of the second largest canyon in the world and witnessed one of the most colorful sunsets we had ever seen. I hope you like it!
We show that when supersymmetry is broken by strong dynamics, a form arises from sizeable mixings of gross bold shapes.
Usually I use the 14mm f/1.8 for my night captures, but on this trip with the Milky Way rising so low on the horizon, I started out by using the 16/35 f/2.8 here at the Fisher Towers. This allowed me to get various zoomed compositions and exposures. As this was zoomed in at 20mm for this capture, and the lens could only be opened to f/2.8 ... I increased the ISO to 10,000 and the shutter to 8 seconds to reduce star movement.
I think the results turned out pretty cool and something to consider doing more of when the location arises to use the 16/35 lens.
[Explore 04-21-08]
still "hanging out" on the patio…. waiting to move back inside the house once the new roof is installed.
COmposition Series
Extract from the context volumes, colors and shapes by subjectively creating a new self-sufficient harmony.
Candid shot of a Capitol Hill Arts Workshop student in my Washington, D.C. photo class. Single dot focusing was on the rim of the student's lens but special attention was on the background, framing the subject in the doorway and using the photo of the wall to balance the image.
Framed tit in a triangle on the lower thirds line with parallel lines to it's body. This picture has many compositional elements including the bokeh to separate the bird. Quite chuffed with this after watching a composition video. Shame the bird is in the centre rather than in the lower third right to use the leading lines Let me know what else is missing as it is quite fascinating to learn.
COmposition Series
Extract from the context volumes, colors and shapes by subjectively creating a new self-sufficient harmony.
Challenge #227: Triangular Composition
Don't know if this is what you wanted Brenda. You said something about finding implied triangles from nature or other sources. Guess if you've got a good imagination this will work!
Imagen creada a partir de una imagen propia del Park Güell (Barcelona), una imagen de Pixbay y una textura de Anna Lenabem: Background - ocean 2.
Photocomposition created from one of my images of the Park Güell (Barcelona), another image from Pixbay and textured with an Anna Lenabem's texture (Background - ocean 2.).
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