Update: Just shot a light painting (kraken vs. sailing ship) in the middle of this frame - please do check it out if you have a moment and are feeling indulgent! For Those In Peril On The C (Kraken Light Painting)
Happy 2011 - hope everyone is having a great start to the year!
One from December's final flurry of snow, deserving of a few notes. I was set up just testing my new ND500 (9 stop ND filter) on a footbridge, when out of nothing a brief, but striking, winter sunset lit up the sky. With people tramping back over the bridge in their icy wellingtons and only a brief moment of colour, I only got one meaningful shot. Perhaps I should have taken the risk and whipped off the filter, but hoped I could pull off a good shot with it to give a nice smooth river as well as the colour.
This one worked except for two issues; the snow was a little too dark to really make an impact and the bluish colour cast from the ND500 left it looking rather strange. I've manually juggled the snow to try to solve these issues, without creating too unnatural effect. This is a little on the edge, but the nearest I can get it to something that balances the two sides of the coin.
The biggest failing I would say is my correction of the blue tint - it is a little patchy on the snow and took a little out of the corners of the sky (e.g. left behind the lower tree branches).
In terms of the purple and magenta tones - I actually desaturated these slightly to blend the image better. It was stunning light, and the (overall underexposed) shot really caught them at their height.
Holds its own on black!
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the weekend.
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Mental Balance 7 months ago | reply
This is a masterpiece! Stunning image!...
Dizzy - Photos 5 months ago | reply
Absolutely stunning! :)
SheilaMink 3 months ago | reply
Fabulous colors! A gorgeous scene!
Luigi Schirru 2 months ago | reply
no words...amazing!