Luminous Landscape Forum

Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on September 15, 2012, 02:56:41 pm

Title: Moods of the River
Post by: churly on September 15, 2012, 02:56:41 pm
A few from an ongoing series that I have been working on.  A labour of love more than anything else.
CC welcome.  Thanks for taking a look.

(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v56/p1124919442-4.jpg)


(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v67/p1124919986-4.jpg)


(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v57/p1124920430-4.jpg)


(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v66/p1124920826-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: wolfnowl on September 16, 2012, 01:36:42 am
She has many moods alright!  The last one is rather intriguing.

Mike.
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: sdwilsonsct on September 16, 2012, 03:48:53 am
2 and 4 for me, esp 4.
1: I have also tried a bunch of these stop-motion shots. Few are interesting. We perceive water as flowing anyway...
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: tom b on September 16, 2012, 04:28:26 am
The second image reminds me of an exhibition in Paddington, Sydney which had black and white images similar to yours. It was one of my favourite exhibitions and so when I was in Tasmania and I saw similar patterns I made this sequence (http://www.tombrown.id.au/monochrome/river_patterns/album/index.html) of images.

Nice set of images.

Cjeers,
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: francois on September 16, 2012, 08:28:12 am
Love the last one (#4) but #2 is very nice, very graphic.
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: petermfiore on September 16, 2012, 01:51:31 pm
Love 2 and the inner light in 3.

Peter
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: churly on September 16, 2012, 08:05:08 pm
Thanks to all for the comments.

Scott - I have been enjoying some of my water shots as fast shutter speeds 1/500 - 1/1500) but the images tend to carry a lot of detail and they have to be viewed on at a larger format.  I agree that #1 is not that interesting at the scale available on the web but I quite enjoy it on a large screen.  I am convinced that the size vs optimal viewing distance issue is dependent on image content.  Does that register at all with what you have seen with your shots?

tom b - thanks for including the link.  This kind of image is fun to play with.

Peter - It is the translucent character that I like about this one as well and what I was trying to capture for the 'mood' series.  I came back to this riffle later in the day and the light was completely different.  Like I mentioned to Scott, I think the motion of the water comes through better at a larger size.

Cheers - Chuck
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: sdwilsonsct on September 17, 2012, 02:49:34 am
Quote from: churly on September 16, 2012, 08:05:08 pm
I quite enjoy it on a large screen.  I am convinced that the size vs optimal viewing distance issue is dependent on image content.  Does that register at all with what you have seen with your shots?

Hi Chuck,
My travels limit me to viewing on a laptop, but I can well appreciate that size matters. The main thing, however, is that you like what you shoot. It is very helpful to receive feedback here and elsewhere, but I don't think this should constrain the approaches that we enjoy.
Title: Re: Moods of the River
Post by: PDobson on September 21, 2012, 11:52:32 am
The second one really caught my eye. You took a subject that we're all familiar with and turned it into something interesting. I'd love to see it in print.

Phillip