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I think this captured moment doesn’t need words. The Glory of Mountains – undescribable.
Captured New Years Eve 2010 at 12pm – nature is a good companion. ( :
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Canon 1Ds MarkIII / 97mm / f16 / 274s and 30s / ISO 100 and Iso 3600/ Double exposure/ Photoshop adjustment: bring back to dark tones of sky because longterm exposure made it look like daylight.I tried to reflect the real scene close as possible. It was a bright full moon night . so you hardly can see the stars – the “bad” side of longterm exposures is, that it never shows how we humans are seeing the scene. The sky in my file was much brighter -so i tuned it down. This is how nature looks at night . (excluding the flowing clouds) ( ;
It was freeeeezing cold and i had a lot of trouble to get up the mountain iwth the car the road were covered with ice. I can tell you one thing: up is easier than down ( ;
Here you can see my old post of night photography in case you missed it.
https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=32790&hilit=stars
https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=35128&hilit=calaidoback to Homepage http://www.calaido.com
* My Bodyguard took an image of me during that night ( ; with his lovely mobile. at least you can see a strange creature in an awkward position. Legs had to be short to avoid movement
Beautiful as always Madeleine! Has an almost fairytale like quality to it.
very good, worth the trouble-
The stars seem a bit out of scale at this resolution,
shouldn’t be an issue at a larger scale-I like the blue-
Prussian with a splash of white?Very impressive, as ever.
MadeleineCalaidoWeber wrote:
a strange creature in an awkward position. Legs had to be short to avoid movement
Sorry to hear about your legs :shock: :)
Hey Madeleine,
Well, you know at this stage that i’m a huge fan of your work… I can always tell by your images the amount of work you put in to get them, your probably one of the hardest working photographers i know.. And me being a lazy photographer, you certainly inspire me to get off my ass and get out more… Again, i love this image, you’ve mastered the art of capturing the Kerry landscape….
BTW, that mobile picture reminds me of a scene on a documentary i saw last week on National Geographic!
take care,
AlanNot only the photo is a winner, but the effort you put into it is admireable
Hi Madeleine,
To my eye this is a lovely photograph.
I love the colour and the athmosphere it conveys.
I would think that images like this are seldom to be had by accident and require a lot of
effort and knowledge to produce.Well done.
I was just wondering how you managed the time travel to New Years Eve 2010? :)
Sorry in advance for being a smart a***. :oops:Cheers.
John.
Thank you all for your lovely comments. There is no other way than being touched by this stunning mountain as it happened to me as well.
Joseph: yes the reduction ate many pixels but we hadn’t many stars at this night because the bright moon was interfearing their performance. KERRY BLUE ( ;
Robert: yes yes my english… but it makes people laugh. the best english accident i’ve ever had was this: went to the butcher and asked for “chickentits”. The butcher disappeared and couldn’t work for 2 hours.
Alan: luckily and obsessed photographer doesn’t see himself/herself “working” but it was pretty dangerous down the hill. I asked my bodyguard why he had to drive so fast down the hill. He answered: I don’t drive, we are slipping aaaaahhhhhhh”…but I had the picture already in the camera ( ;
Ok Alan i think it is important to tell me the title of the documentary- somehow i have the feeling it will be a strange title B)
Peter and John: i think one can split the result of a landscape photograper in
1) “blessed accidentally captured moments”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calaido/4348111116/2) “using all intelligence to be at the right place at the right time based on hardcore calculation”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calaido/4375955356/3) “being brave but not stupid (a little bit) to get the unseen moments”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calaido/4383580624/But overall you can say: there is nothing you can do when mother nature is having a bad hair day or you just click the button when nature is creating a new masterpiece, © earth and sky. ( ;
Brendan: when we returned from the mountains, we had trouble to pass the drunken crowed fighting with each other – I think it was a good choice.
John: ( ;
Madeleine, i can’t tell you the name of the documentary, but to put you at ease, i will tell you that the subject of the above mobile photograph is alot more pleasant on the eye than the subject of the documentary was ;-)
MadeleineCalaidoWeber wrote:
Thank you all for your lovely comments…
Robert: yes yes my english…Madeline, you must be aware by now that it is a peculiarly Irish trait to deliberately mis-understand
what someone is saying — and then turn it inside out — quite different from German! Think of
it as a bit of craic — there’s quite a lot of it around here.
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