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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 04, 2023, 07:10:29 am
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Chiesa di Colle Santa Lucia, the Dolomites, Italian Alps.
5:11 am
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Breathtaking composition and you have this exquisite light with you!
Well done.
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Absolutely magnificent!
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Yes, breath taking indeed,..
Lovely angles, especially the last one where my imagination begs me to climb the skeet.
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I would add that it's probably my favorite photo of this location.
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Great shot.
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Wow. I really can't say more.
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Good stuff, Slobodan
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+1
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Gorgeous!
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Chiesa di Colle Santa Lucia, the Dolomites, Italian Alps.
5:11 am
Well that was certainly worth getting out of bed for wasn't it?
You know the feeling we can sometimes get, after spending lots of time, effort and money, putting ourselves in exactly the right location, at exactly the right time and under the best possible conditions and then in the briefest of heart pounding moments, it all comes together and pays off big time? I think is the absolute essence of what landscape photography is all about and is what we are all continually striving to achieve.
Because you only require one shot in your life like this one, to experience that feeling and when you do get it, I guarantee you will become instantly hooked and have an insatiable craving to experience more of those feelings, for the rest of your life.
Sorry for waxing on a bit too lyrical there for a moment, but you all know exactly what I mean don't you? ;D
Dave
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but you all know exactly what I mean don't you? ;D
Indeed. Well said, waxing lyrical that is ;)
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Well that was certainly worth getting out of bed for wasn't it?...
Yes, Dave, and thank you for the lyrical moment.
This is one of the many shots done during a Hans Kruse workshop* (a LuLa member, btw) in the Dolomites.
Really easy. You just have to typically get up at 3 am, drive for one hour in the pitch darkness, on hairpin-turn, hair-raising roads, often hike for the next half an hour or more up the mountain**, with 10 kg backpack, then hurriedly set up the tripod and camera, waiting for that magic moment... which sometimes materializes, sometimes not.
I made 10 (bracketed, thus 30) shots in the span of 23 minutes, as the drama in the sky was developing. Here are the four selected (the third is the same as the OP):
* highly recommended
** not in this particular case, there was a parking nearby
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Lovely!
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A very fine serie! Even better than just one image…
Hans Kruse takes away your night rest but it delivers !
The Dolomites are made of some sort of limestone - dolomite!
To walk there is magnificent but there is no water- that - you have to carry…
Btw where is Hans?
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... Btw where is Hans?
Hans is alive and kicking quite well. Busy with workshops.
On the other hand, I noticed that not too many older forum members are still here or post often.
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Excellent! Stunning subject and, to my eye, perfect processing.
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Hans is alive and kicking quite well. Busy with workshops.
On the other hand, I noticed that not too many older forum members are still here or post often.
try "photopxl"
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What I think makes this image attractive is the sequence of the structures that culminate in the tower jutting into the sky.
mark
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Nice Church they should add some guest rooms and a Resturant
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Nice Church they should add some guest rooms and a Resturant
Yes, there is a McDonald's kiosk just next to the altar!*
* Just kidding... blasphemy! Oh, Lord, please forgive Americans for their gluttony ;D
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I'm glad some are willing to wake up that early to give us these shots, I'm more of a sunset guy ;D
In your series I like the first equally.
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... In your series I like the first equally.
What's different in the first, is that the church is lit. The lights go off as soon as the sun appears. It happens sometimes that just as I finish setting up the tripod, cable release, etc. and ready to press the shutter, the lights go off in that same instant. Bummer! :D
The reverse situation happened in Slovenia last November. After shooting a church at sunset, and when the last rays of sun disappeared from distant mountain tops, clouds moved in, it is getting darker and darker, so I said "that's it for today" and started collapsing the tripod and packing. And then I noticed they turned on the lights on the church. So I shot just one frame hand-held, 200mm, 1/30s, f/2.8, ISO 2000:
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Nice, I appreciate when they provide the lighting although it can be hit or miss, depending on what kind of lights they are using.
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From a distance, it looks like a lit candle! Superb shot, bravo.
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Breathtaking composition and you have this exquisite light with you!
Well done.
+1
Thierry
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Hans is alive and kicking quite well. Busy with workshops.
On the other hand, I noticed that not too many older forum members are still here or post often.
Thanks Slobodan to respond to the question. And he is right, I'm not very often on the Lula forums anymore, but maybe I should. So I just saw some activity for my website from the forum and thought I would pay a visit to the forum.
I hope all are doing well and enjoy shooting. I do too and spend a lot of time on my workshops and sometimes also on looking for new destinations, but that is hard given the ones I already have and time spent on workshops.
I'm also getting older, but so far my health is very good and as long that is the case I will do my workshops and other photo excursions rather than becoming a coundh potato 😊