Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Bob_B on December 12, 2016, 02:04:49 pm
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Watching the wind whip the clouds and water one cold late afternoon. Your comments and thoughts are, as always, welcomed.
Thank you for viewing.
Bob
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Very nice!
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Thank you.
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Hi, Bob,
Nice, but I'm Puzzled with 2 things.
The branches are slightly to sharp compared with other parts of the photo.
The lake is so tranquil and the moving clouds don't fit it.
Do you have another shot with a faster exposure time?
Long exposure times are always challenging ;)
Of course, it's my point of view ;)
Have a Nice Day.
Thierry
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Good one, and well-processed: the toning adds to the impression of cold.
Jeremy
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I like the exposure time, it has smoothed out clouds and water, leading to the sense of tranquillity. I am not a big fan of including the tree in the foreground, it robs the rest of the image of some impact.
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Thank you Thierry, Jeremy and Paulo. I appreciate your thoughts and comments.
To set this photo in context, there was a blustery wind that would swirl around the lake creating 'wind streaks', but very little else, i.e., waves were nonexistent due to the limited fetch. Those streaks are the dark areas on the water. The tree is sheltered from the main force of westerly winds by its position in a small cove, and was not greatly wind-shaken on this date. At the same time, the upper winds were moving the clouds rapidly across the sky (right to left, as viewed... if my memory is correct). I decided (for better or worst) to use a long exposure to capture this: 14 seconds with a 9-stop ND filter. (I do have faster exposures, and will get one processed and posted in a subsequent post.)