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Courtmacsherry bluebells
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Thanks to Mark for pointing me to the woods at Courtmacsherry, I spent an enjoyable couple of hours there today.
In a thread over in the general Q&A earlier I mentioned a blurring technique used by Alain Briot to some good effect. The woods seemed to be a good subject for this, so I gave it a go.
No Photoshop filters used, just basic tonal and saturation postprocessing. Exposure information is a half a second, f/16, ISO 50 and a good vigorous vertical shake while the shutter was open.
I rather like it.
Cheers,
PeterI rather like it too. Very well executed shot, wonderful colours in
a very simple palette. I can see why you’re pleased with it…There’s also a couple — I’ve forgotten their names, but they were in the press recently — who also do this sort of thing
— they might be from Scotland — I think this technique gives a good ‘impression’ of being there and works well with
this image.This works for me Peter.
Ballyannon woods in Midleton has quite a few bluebells at the moment. Nice ferns mixied in with them too. There are the inevitable briars but it doesnt spoil it.Very good Peter, I really like it. I was impressed with those images you linked to also.
I tried something similar myself a while back, but wasn’t convinced that I got the ‘shake’ quite right. Did you simply place your camera on a tripod and then use a single motion either up/down or did you do this handheld and basically mimick a general shake? Weird question… I know.
J
John –
It’s tricky to get the motion right. It has to be done handheld, and the motion has to be specific to the subject. Here, the vertical lines of the trees were the main form, so I used a single downwards motion of the camera to achieve the blur, trying to rotate the lens upwards as I did so to maintain the horizon line in roughly the same spot.Takes quite a few tries to get right, and I have other images of the same subject that I like as well, although they look quite different.
Thanks all for the comments.
Cheers,
PeterLovely effect, nice to see this done in camera rather than PS. Only niggle I have is the overall colour tones are a bit upset by the bright top right. My eye keeps drifting there and stains at the white.
That’s a beautiful ‘painting’ and an interesting technique. I was only looking at some bluebells last night, thinking that I must get out to photograph them. I reckon there’s only another week left before they’re gone.
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