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The Moment Before Sunrise on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks for your visit and have a great Sunday Evening.
I want to start by thanking everyone who has been patient in following my work through it's spurts and lags. Some people were asking were I've been, and I get the sense that people are sort of confused about why I'm so touch and go about my photography. Although I feel the community on flickr gives me a wonderful drive to continuously create, I must admit have been somewhat intentionally avoiding it lately because I felt it was getting in the way of my creative growth. I am passionate about photography, but I have always done many creative things and I need to continue evolving into other realms. I see film as having the power to sync all my artistic passions into one medium and I've been powering ahead with it full force. I'm starting small- taking short videos to learn with as I have never been to film school and don't intend on going. I'll continue to upload them here as well as my photography which I plan on keeping up as I continue. But perhaps with a little less, how shall we say, flickrian-paced fervor as I once did. Photos are such quick and satisfying projects. They allow me to express myself in powerful yet simplistic ways. And they are actually experienced by others, often en masse, which is more than one can say about poetry, plays, and most other art forms that come to mind. I love the medium, but I also want more. So believe me when I say I am not stopping, I just am regaining my sense of balance a little bit :)
On that note, please excuse me while I go crash after this 18 hour editing bender...
A digital painting based on this public domain image:
public-domain-images.blogspot.com/2010/09/resurrection-da...
(This is the large version of Resurrection)
I am proud to announce that this image was successful in the Creative Vision category of the 2013 Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Awards.
Here's how it all started:
One of the many aspects of my preparations for my photography, is to find out what images of my subject are already out there. This usually gives me a good idea of what is possible, what to expect, and what has already been shot by other photographers - so I don't run the risk that I photograph the exact same thing, in the exact same way. Especially this last point is essential for me from an artistic perspective - there is no creativity in copying the photos of others. And also from a commercial point of view it is important to create original work - not a single publisher is interested in more of the same.
On my first visit to Namibia many years ago, it was not very difficult to create original images. Most people had never heard of Namibia, let alone that they had seen any pictures of it. The photographs that I shot of the surreal landscapes were mostly viewed with disbelief. "That must have been Photoshopped" was a frequently heard comment. Most of the pictures that I showed back then were original, because the subjects were, at that time, original.
Immediately after my first visit I decided to start with night photography in Namibia because no one else did it, and because the dry desert air and the lack of light pollution are perfect for it. Those pictures became very popular, and night photography has since been an integral part of our annual Namibia Untamed workshop - Milky Way shots, static stars and star trails. The result was of course that more and more photographers visited Namibia, more night photographs of Namibia were shot, and after a few years the novelty wore off. It was time for something new.
I had seen pictures of Deadvlei in fog, and I came up with the idea to try to combine fog and night photography in one shot. Easier said than done, because fog only appears four or five times a year in this desert area.
My idea was as follows: fog looks at its best when shot against the light, for example around sunrise. A fog picture that I shot in Madagascar, and that was published in National Geographic, was based on that very principle. But when it's dark there is no backlight, so I had to create the light itself. Using a very powerful flashlight I wanted to light one of the trees in Deadvlei from behind so that the branches would create shadow beams in the diffused light. I selected the perfect tree, the one with the most dense and upward pointing branches, and chose the best the composition for the shot. On every Namibia workshop I brought my big flashlight and kept a close eye on the weather forecast, waiting for that one chance. But whenever I was there, the fog was not. Until that one magic day in June last year.
The weather forecasts indicated that there was a chance of fog, so we decided to visit Deadvlei earlier than usual. In total darkness Daniella and I walked across the dunes towards Deadvlei, and when we got to the top of the last dune, I saw that this was the moment I had been waiting for for years. We quickly ran to The Chosen One and I set up my tripod as fast as I could - there was no way of knowing how long the fog was going to stay and I didn't want to miss this opportunity.
It was still dark, so focusing and framing was difficult. Daniella hid behind the main tree and set the flashlight to the highest output so that I could get my focus and composition. I then took a test shot to make sure everything was sharp and that the composition worked.
For the final image I had very little time - shooting too early would mean the trees in the background would not be visible, and waiting too long would mean it would be too bright to see the effect of the flashlight. I therefore decided to start shooting continuously as soon as I could see the trees in the background, and I constantly asked Daniella to try different output levels on the flashlight based on the results I saw on the camera.
It was a very special moment to see the end result on my LCD screen - the picture that had only existed in my head for so long, had finally turned into reality.
Nikon D4, AF-S 24-70mm/2.8, 15 sec @ f8, ISO 400, Surefire UB3T Invictus flashlight
If you're interested in joining me on our next Namibia Untamed workshop and learn more about night photography and composition, please check out my website for more information:
Squiver Photo Tours & Workshops
Hope to see you there!
Marsel
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This barred owl was seen perched on an oak branch, covered with resurrection ferns, in rural Osceola County near Kenansville, Florida.
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I had a request to put Scripture on some of my favorite images, so I will be adding some of my favorite verses. No comments are needed but if you want to, by all means, please do! Thanks for enjoying them!
Stained glass windows at Mother Cabrini Shrine
Windows designed by Fabian Zaccone in New York and fabricated by G. Pollini in Florence, Italy, installed in 1959
It's Easter Sunday once again. Originally posted this shot for Easter Sunday, 2016. I love the colours and liveliness in this church banner from Peace Lutheran Church in Abbotsford, BC. (www.plc-abby.org/)
I tried several shots looking directly in front of the banner, but it wasn't until I got beneath it and shot it looking upwards that I realized that that angle (POV) reinforced the action of being raised up (resurrected).
Happy Easter. May humanity & Creation also be raised up from the depths of hell we seem to keep getting ourselves into, like the wars imposed on us by various mad men, and the climate change we've helped to bring about.
When Mary of Magdala saw Jesus again--3 days after his crucifixion--she thought he was the cemetery's gardener. Perhaps she got it right! Perhaps her perception hinted at the beginning of a new creation set among the tombs of the dead, of an Eden being brought back to life!
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The Cathedral of the Resurrection.
St Petersburg - Russia
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Tribute in Light, New York 9/11/2008
My first evening in New York was even the most impressive with all the ceremonies and tributes to the victims of 9/11. This one was shot from New Jersey with a great view on Manhattan.
This bandstand was dismantled and put into storage. Years passed and it was believed to have been scrapped. It was eventually tracked down and with help from the Heritage Lottery fund it was beautifully refurbished and put back in Saughton Park in Edinburgh.
I worked in the park in the late 1960s for a few months after leaving school.
It's difficult to put into words just how good it was to see it again today.
This is a Single Image. No Image manipulation except the use of Selective Colour. The surrounding area of the Rose is actually branches & leaves. The effect is the result of shallow DOF at f/2 aperture.
I will post the original colour image later.
Its had a week in rice and it’s dry. It seems to work as in it works mechanically but I won’t know until I run film. It hit the bottom of the fountain so is there any impact damage? Does the selenium cell still work? I just don’t know. It should be simple but I’m hoping it works.
Like an open wound in the Earth, an unnatural gash it was. Remains and vile things weeping from the lesion. Tentacles sought out and gripped the cold grass. Something stood in the grave. The air held it's breath.
Деревянная приходская церковь Воскресения уже стояла на месте собора к 1629 году. В 1655 году была написана чудотворная икона Шуйской-Смоленской Божьей Матери иконописцем из Шуи, Герасимом Иконниковым. В 1667 году была возведена каменная церковь взамен деревянной, но сгорела в 1710 году. Строительство современного храма продолжалось в 1792-98 годах на средства прихожан. 19 сентября 1799 года епископ Владимирский и Суздальский Виктор освятил собор. Уцелевший во время пожаров чудотворный образ был перенесён в храм.
..."I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies..."- John 11:25
We had just pulled into Seward Alaska to camp for the night when I noticed that there was good sunset potential. I quickly ran around looking for a foreground object along the rocky shore of Resurrection Bay. This old stump was the best I could find in my haste. I put on an ND filter and took a long exposure to smooth out the rough water. Single image exposure, 13sec, f/18 ISO 50.
Snowdrops in St Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen city centre. The church is nicknamed the “Mither Kirk” (Mother Church) due to its age (it dates back to the 12th Century, with evidence of another church on the site before then). The churchyard is meant to be haunted by one of its occupants, but I’ve thankfully never met them!