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Social distancing hasn't been that difficult to be honest. We live in a remote place in a sparsely populated area, and we're not really the most sociable pair in the world. Add to that I'm an accountant who does landscape photography to deal with the slings and arrows of an oddly chosen career - I was good at maths at school but lacked the imagination to do anything more interesting or rewarding - and you get the picture. Like many of us, I'm happiest when alone, or in the company of a very small number of carefully chosen companions.
Still, social distancing for the last 8 weeks has meant not going out with the camera, and I resigned myself to that fact happily, in support of those who are doing far more important and often dangerous work to keep the nation operating in some sort of way, and to save lives of course. Finally, we are allowed to head out, with caution of course, but it's in the nature of many of us as photographers to head for places at times when we can spread out and point our cameras at views like this.
It was nice to catch up with Lee, who I've not seen since we headed down to the tip of Cornwall at the beginning of March to scope out Kenidjack Valley. This time last year we were planning an adventure to Iceland with enormous excitement. Now, we're just pleased to be at large on our own stomping grounds. It might be all we get to do this year, with plans for wider adventures on hold, but I won't complain. How could I when I have places like this half an hour's drive from the door?
St Michael's Mount rewarded us for two months of patience, with the setting sun over nearby Penzance lighting the subject beautifully. A chance to revisit old haunts and see them anew.
Keep well everyone - keep safe.
After days of rain we finally had really great weather at Lake Langisjör!
You can find the first part of my travel report on my blog, the second part will follow very soon! Watch the video!
Nach Tagen des Regens hatten wir am See Langisjör dann endlich auch einmal richtig tolles Wetter!
Den ersten Teil des Reiseberichtes findet Ihr auf meinem Blog, der 2. Teil folgt sehr bald! Schaut Euch das Video an!
www.flipbook.schaake.de/blog/2017/10/20/island2017bericht
Viele Grüße Michael
Kaokoveld | Namibia
Can you spot the car... this route, as so many others we took, is really the definition of Solitude.
Portraits that speak for themselves. Amidst the hustle and bustle of the street, freezing time in a genuine smile that undoubtedly becomes one of the most vivid memories of this trip.
A breathtaking view of adventurers ascending the sharp ridge of a colossal desert dune, their silhouettes contrasting against the golden sands and deep shadows. The vast, untouched beauty of the desert unfolds beneath them, as each step leaves a fleeting mark on the timeless landscape. This mesmerizing play of light and shadow captures the spirit of exploration and resilience in one of nature’s most stunning landscapes.
We didn't really get very far this summer. But then again I don't suppose many of us did. As the beginning of August arrived, we didn't really lament the fact that we'd cancelled our fortnight on the Costa de la Luz a few weeks earlier. We'd agreed that high summer and mandatory face masks in South Western Spain didn't really appeal. It will still be there when things return to whatever the new normal is. At the moment we are possibly or probably or maybe or not going to Northern Portugal at Easter instead. Perhaps. Besides which, we've loved being at home in Cornwall with its stunning coastline and a better than average spring and summer where the weather was concerned. All in all we were happy to be at home. I've never felt quite so connected to the county I've lived in since I was 9 years old as I do right now.
But then my friend Emma, who'd dragged me out running over the clifftop coastal path at Crantock one Sunday morning mentioned that she'd just returned from the Somerset Levels. So it seems, it's a place that most visitors to the West Country ignore on their mission to get down to Devon and Cornwall - it does get very busy at home in the summer. And so the promise of a quiet place, combined with a Government initiative that promised half price restaurant fare from Monday to Wednesday each week throughout August resulted in us bookiing 4 nights in an Air BnB in the hitherto unknown village of Middlezoy. Somewhere familiar, but at the same time completely new. Our visit coincided with the hottest few days of the year as temperature gauges popped under summer skies. Ok, so 34 degrees may not sound a lot for many of you in more exotic locations than ours, but in the UK those sort of temperatures are jostling for the opening story on the 10 o clock news.
On the Tuesday, some inexorable pull found us at the rather too popular Cheddar Gorge, a place rammed full of visitors, many of whom didn't appear to know what Social Distancing meant. It confirmed our suspicions that we probably should have gone somewhere else. So after another one of those pocket pleasing half price lunchtimes at the Bath Arms we decided that the coast and some cooler air was needed quite urgently and we repaired for Burnham on Sea and its famous lighthouse. And there we sat for at least 3 hours in our camping chairs, watching the endless procession of people passing one another with friendly nods as they attempted to separate their respective canine companions along the way. I had a feeling that the sunset was going to be worth waiting for, and barely moved more than a few yards from my chair to set the camera on its tripod as the golden hour arrived. The joy of lazy summer days. OK, so a lady decided to walk straight into the shot to take one of her own on her phone and gave me a thumbs up after she'd finished. As you can see I cloned her out of the shot to reflect my corresponding feelings of bonhomie. I decided to leave the couple on the shore though. "Telling a story" is what people who are cleverer than me say.
Finally I just noticed that I've left my logo on this one. I didn't really intend to do that, but I've written the background tale now and I want to move on. Five points for the first person who recognises it.
Early morning in Southern Utah. The sun rises over Goblin Valley State Park. The blue of the shadows in the valley combine with the red of the rocks or make a strange purple tint in the shadows. The sun pours gold onto the landscape. The sphinx-dog looks to the west. Every rock shape looks like something.
There is not a whole lot to add to this shoot. Once the sun started coming up, I was shooting like a machine gun. Every way you turn in Goblin Valley is a great shot. Early in the morning was so much more spectaular, as you will see in upcoming shots. As an advance peak- smoke rising from the HooDos as the dew steams off, and frsot gems along the ground. You won't see either in the heat of the day.
But the Hoodoos are the real draw here. There is so much avriety. When you shoot to the west, you wonder what you are missing to the East or the South! You really have to edit in your eye, becayuse you can't shoot everything.
This shot interested me for the obvious dog profile. And the sphinx-like body. This was stille arly enough I was getting a lot of color contrast between the shadows and the sunlight. The red rock definitely enhances that color contrast. A little twist up on the vibrance and the contrast is much more obvious.
This was my second feild trip with my D810, the first being Bryce Canyon the weekend before. This was shot with my workhorse Tamron 24-70, which is a great all-purpose lens. Polrizer? Not in this shot! A polorizer will do nothing when you shoot direct into the sun. And I do like shooting into the sun!
So, how to shoot into the sun? Well, first remove ALL your filters. Hopefully that leaves you a very clean lens. If your lens isn't clean, clean it! Any dust will show up and, more often than not, screw up your lines. Now to get the sunburst, you ahve to do two things. First, shoot all stopped down. You need the smallest aperture possible. (You can open up one stop, but the effect will be less).
Second, the whole sun will not burst. You need a tiny part of the sun peaking out from something onscuring it. WHat I often wuill do is put the camera on a tripod (ALWAYS!!!!), and then move it until the lens is covered by the shadow of the object. Then get behind the camera and make minor adjustments until you get the burst. Expose for the general scene, NOT for the sun.
There you go. Now getr out there and shoot something!
Prints of various sizes are available on the Fine Art America website, as well as the artists Pixel site (davekochphoto.pixels.com/) and the artists personal site (davekochphoto.com/).
I really loved the trail up Angel's landing with its breathtaking views, amazing rocks, and great trail.
Depuis le koli koli de Sidemen, le regard se perd dans les rizières.
Les palmiers découpent l’horizon, tout est calme… presque suspendu.
Pas de bruit, pas de mouvement — juste cette sensation d’espace et de vert partout.
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Architecture the light #24
Hong Kong, 2021
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Tong lau (唐樓) is one of the important cityscape and architecture styles in Hong Kong since the late 19th century.
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One of the best places I have experienced with a strenous hike to camping on the wilderness alpine lake with divine light during sunset and you are just grateful to be a landscape photographer