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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: bns on August 19, 2014, 10:39:47 am

Title: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: bns on August 19, 2014, 10:39:47 am: 64°45'12" N 23°53'51" W

Thanks for looking.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: thierrylegros396 on August 19, 2014, 11:35:14 am: I would crop it to have less water and more light (and clouds) !

But it's a matter of taste.

Thierry
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 19, 2014, 01:40:57 pm: Don't crop! The light on the water is sublime.
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: Richard Pearlman on August 22, 2014, 08:54:13 am: I feel like the magic in this shot is not in the foreground but in the background. Those mountains in the distance have wonderful, dramatic light on them. In this situation, I would have tried a telephoto and focused in on the mountains in the distance.
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: HSakols on August 23, 2014, 09:53:17 pm: What crazy good light you folks get in the Northern Latitudes.
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: bns on August 24, 2014, 12:01:21 pm: Thanks a lot for the comments. Although I like the wide framing in this case, I attach here a version with a bit more clouds, while preserving the water with its light patches.

Cheers,
Boudewijn
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 24, 2014, 04:08:24 pm: Both versions are beautiful, but if I had to choose it would be the second one.
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 24, 2014, 09:18:05 pm: Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on August 24, 2014, 04:08:24 pm
Both versions are beautiful, but if I had to choose it would be the second one.
Likewise.
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: bns on August 25, 2014, 03:57:28 am: Thanks, I surrender happily!

Boudewijn
Title: Re: Water, clouds and a kiss of light
Post by: maddogmurph on August 25, 2014, 07:07:00 pm: Don't know, doesn't really do it for me. Although I do like the spot light and water reflections. Depth is nice.