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Created for Macro Mondays, theme award. I thought lets go creative, using Helios 44M-4 with reverse front lens. Daughters gymnastics award.
Every street has paper lanterns, some more than others. These were on one of the side streets near Senso-Ji.
If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. -Albert Einstein
Macro Monday project - 04/22/13
"Geometric shapes”
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The weather was not so helpful for landscape photography the last days here in the Netherlands. A lot of rainy days and overcast skies. As I didn't want to go far away but I still wanted to be productive I searched for locations nearby. While searching the web I discovered the Dutch professional photographer Lars van der Goor. He inspired me very much. He photographs a lot of forest scenes in beautiful light which he processes in a very moody, artistic way . Here's the link to his website: www.larsvandegoor.. Take the effort to explore his website, his work is really extraordinary.
Now I happen to live in a quiet place with quite a big forest just a few minutes away from home. Usually I don't visit the forest in the summer but only in autumn for the stunning autumn colors. But after seeing a few beautiful pictures of a summer forest I decided to give it a go. Because the sunrises and sunsets were clouded I went during the day at the moments that it didn't rain. To photograph under these circumstances (cloudy) the normal shots of the forest were not special enough in my opinion. I remembered some of the experimental and creative ways one can use his equipment to create different photos. Especially moving the camera while pressing the release button and zoombursts. It is very trial and error, lots of clicks for a succescul photo.
For this photo I choose to put a big tree at the foreground and after multiple tries I got this result which I find satisfying enough for these dreadful days. It might be a little bit over the top for some people but I quite like it as an occasional addition to my portfolio.
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