I go there very often with the dog - no cars, no noise, few people, its a beautiful walk... and I always think that its useless to take the camera with me, because I've been there so many times already with the camera. If I'd search my catalogue for the keyword "Heilbrünnl" I'd get hundreds of photos. :-)
And then... I don't know... am I beginning to see differently? Or do I see things that no one else can see? It occurred to me today that beauty is around us, all the time, and perhaps its a photographers "job" to kinda, well, it sounds harsh, but, "rip it out" of its hiding place in "context" and ambience so that others can see it. Or is it completely incomprehensible why I'm taking photos of trees? :-)
The third picture is an experiment - I saw the last rays of afternoon light on the trees, and the colors were simply terrific - but the tree shapes were not so terrific (at least in my opinion). Remembering the last time I faced a somewhat similar scene I tried to deliberately make an out-of-focus photo, but it didn't work - but panning did. I like the result:
And there's something I forgot to mention when I first wrote about panning: when you're experimenting with panning and/or out-of-focus photos its a good idea to configure the camera for "shutter priority" (instead of focus priority) - otherwise the camera won't let you take the photo maybe, because it recognizes that there's nothing in focus.
And depending on the camera this can be configured for single or continuous autofocus separately, or single AF means focus priority, and continuous AF means shutter priority. Separating the shutter and the AF comes in handy here, too (I'm using it all the time - the shutter only locks the exposure).
Wow... you can take walks through this beautiful forest every week!? I'm jealous... Really amazing stuff. Great job ripping the beauty out of there ;)
ReplyDeleteI think you can see image what other can not see to make great pictures. It's true; it shows!
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