Horizon(tal) VIII
Another interpretation of my first in this series of abstracts from this morning of fog.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens, ISO800, f8, 1/1,000th Processed in Lightroom 4 and Topaz B&WEffects.
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Ehpem, this series is glorious! It appeals to my love of minimalism (which I seem to have temporarily abandoned). A wonderful exploration and so many breathtaking images.
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Thank you Karen. I have been quite pleased with it too. It suggests ways forward for future pictures, but I expect it might be a while before I find the time and conditions for taking them.
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This image just sings “light”!
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Thanks Lynn! This is recovered light – it was in reality gray and dull. At least I now know what I can do with these gloomy winter days.
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A superb frame.
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Thank you Mike! Getting the framing right is tricky, since getting the position of the rail just right against the horizon consumes most of the framing effort. it is tricky to get the rest settled into the frame as well.
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This one is my favorite (so far): there is a bit of an optical illusion on the railing, where the narrow band of bright gold is just above the duller shade: it seems like I can see through the railing and those bands of color are actually a far horizon.
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Hi Melinda, and indeed, they are a far horizon. So you brain is filling in the hidden detail, which I guess means the photo is doing its job. I wonder if the very fine manufacturing line along the rail helps with that illusion. And the hints of current patterns on the water surface just beneath the railing.
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You have definitely struck gold with the railing in the morning fog. Nice.
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Gold for sure Ken – at least once it is manipulated from a dull bluey-grey.
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This is a fantastic image – you have excelled yourself here.
David.
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Thanks David! Excelling oneself is exactly the point of learning isn’t it? This is pretty much the first of the edits I did in this series, but I set it aside because I thought I liked the uncropped format better. But when I look at the few square ones I made again, I see how it works better in some ways.
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Terrific. You are in danger of becoming the photographic equivalent of Rothko, or someone of the same ilk. Keep them coming.
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Wow, thanks Andy. I remember the first (and only) time I saw Rothko paintings, there was an exhibit in London in the mid 70’s that I went to – what it a permanent installation of a room in the Tate? I was totally blown away by those enormous canvases of colour, and while I can’t quite see them in my minds eye any longer, they certainly stuck with me.
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There was a big Rothko exhibition a year or two back that I went to see in London. At the RA I think.
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