Very nice autumn light in Valserine forest.
The camera shake technics removed many distracting details and just kept light and shapes.
Showing posts with label abstract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abstract. Show all posts
Thursday 3 November 2011
Dark silhouettes in the golden forest
Very nice autumn light in Valserine forest.
The camera shake technics removed many distracting details and just kept light and shapes.
Saturday 29 October 2011
Flaming autumn
Two days ago, i returned to Valserine forest to get a little more of the beautiful autumn colours before all the leaves are gone.
Between some more typical forest images, i took the time to play a little more with my camera shake technics.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
The most beautiful season
Monday 24 October 2011
Friday 21 October 2011
Weekly commented photo # 42 - Autumn sky
At the end of last week, i spent two afternoons on the top of a little rocky hill just over our village.
It offers a nice overview on the surrounding landscape and for strategic reasons, it was chosen one thousand year ago to build a castle.
Today we can only see two or three parts of some impressive big walls. You can have a look at this image posted about one year ago to have a better idea of the place.
When i went there last week, i was most interested in the autumn trees, mostly lime trees, than by the old stones.
Fall colours were particularly beautiful in the early evening light but as often, the place was really windy. Although i could get a few nice classical autumn scenes during the short times with no wind, many images were ruined by non aesthetics blurred leaves.
So, i decided to go for more abstract images like my Autumn in the forest posted a few days ago or like this one.
If Autumn in the forest was done with a long lens and moving rapidly the camera during the exposure, i used a really different method for this Autumn sky.
I took a wide angle lens, put the camera on my tripod looking up to the sky through the leaves, selected the multi exposures mode and took three shoots rotating slightly the tripod head between each.
I just had to work a little on contrast when i processed the raw file to give this final image.
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Autumn in the forest
Autumn colours on the forest ground with green grass and different hues of fallen leaves.
Moving camera during the exposure.
Friday 14 October 2011
Weekly commented photo # 41 - Autumn in the garden
Yesterday in the end of afternoon i went to my garden with the idea of making photos for my stock of the red cherry leaves fallen in the green grass.
I spent a few time trying to find beautiful compositions but after a few minutes i was bored just with the idea of such common images. That's not in my habit but that was my mind yesterday.
So i left the tripod and started to play with motion blur, just looking for nice colours and shapes.
With this kind of images, it's impossible to devine at shooting time what the final photo will exactly look. Many details can only be seen when processing the raw files on a serious display and may ruin an image you first imagine to be a keeper.
So, as usual in such case, i did many and many images, changing shutter speed, focus and the kind of movements i was giving to the camera. I also tried to blend some really blur photos with in camera multi-exposures. It gave some beautiful, colorful and very abstract images.
The photo posted above is the result of a single exposure. The blurred and textured effects are not due to any software manipulations but only to camera shake and a very slightly out of focus subject.
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Abstract autumn colours reflected in the river
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Forest canvas
It could be an impressionist painting but that's really a photograph.
Done in Valserine forest with a long lens and slightly moving the camera during the exposure.
Thursday 8 September 2011
Boxwood abstraction
Another image done in my garden with moving the camera during the exposure.
Dont forget to have a look at the large view :)
You can check my other abstract photographs here.
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Pure abstraction in Fornant river
Melting white water, golden stones and green moss in Fornant river with moving the camera during a few seconds exposure.
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Iris impression
Yesterday evening i wanted to go to the Chéran area to make images of the forest along the river. But at the last moement i felt really too tired by the strong heat we have here for a few days and so i decided to stay at home and spent a few time in the garden with my camera.
Sunday 21 August 2011
Weekly commented photo # 33 : Blowing sunflowers in Provence
For the beginning of the year, i post a weekly commented photo every friday on this blog. When i know in advance i won't be online on friday, i prepare a scheduled post.
Last week, all was ok until thursday but in the evening i had a call for an unexpected and urgent work which kept me far from any computer on friday. A good thing for the business but not for the blog. So this week, you should have 2 wcp posts :)
This image was sleeping in my stock for about 2 years until it was licensed on past tuesday. It was done in july 2009 while i was making images of the rural Provence landscapes around Mane and the Prieuré de Salagon.
In the early morning after a serie of classic sunflowers fields and closeups and before the light was too strong i decided to try something a little different.
I choosed a field of nicely oriented flowers, took a long lens and started to take photos, panning my camera during the exposure.
Peoples are often surprised when i say i usually use a tripod for such images but i find it really helpful to lock movements in all directions but one. It also helps to keep an "almost same" composition when i make multiple tries for the same image.
When you move your camera during the exposure, you can't really control what comes in the frame. You can get annoying objects, too important shadows, burned highlights and many other unwanted things. So making multiple tries is certainly the most reliable method to get a correct image. I usually make the first review in the field on the camera back screen to delete the obviously failed images and the final selection is done in the office after examination and comparison of every file.
An advantage of digital photography for such images is that you can make as much tries as you want without wasting your expensive film. But don't think making a huge amount of images is free neither cheap. Reviewing, editing, storing, publishing is really time consuming and when you're self employer your time is probably one of your highest cost.
Thursday 18 August 2011
Another abstract shot in Valserine forest and a few words about William Neill Impressions of Light ebook
An image done six days ago in Valserine forest after a serie of more classic photographs.
Impressions of Light ebook by William Neill
William Neill is a very well known american master of nature and landscape photography. I follow his blog and look at his images for a long time and i think his work really deserves his reputation.
Impressions of light is the first ebook i bought from Neill and the first thing i've to say is that i don't regret my 10$
- The photographs are really exquisites and inspirational.
- The ebook itself is very well done.
The images are displayed on a full ebook page and look awesome on a large screen. When the reader clicks on a photo he goes to an information page where he can find a thumbnail plus a few more technical datas. Clicking on the thumbnail drives him back to the original photo page.
If you have 10$ to spend, do not hesitate :)
Monday 15 August 2011
Ghost trees in Valserine forest
On past thursday, i spent a nice time in Valserine valley making classic forest images for my stock.
After that, the light was low enough to have a little fun with this kind of images :)
Monday 13 June 2011
Rainbow light
That's not my usual kind of photo but ...
On friday evening, i was making some landscapes images when a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky. The place where it was hitting ground was not very exciting and although i also have a wider view, i find this one more beautiful.
Monday 30 May 2011
Mossy trunk abstract in Valserine forest
All my visits to the Valserine valley look the same.
I spent there a little more time on Saturday and once more i was not the right place at the right time.
In the forest, i found some trunks nicely covered by moss and after a few stock shots i started to play, moving my camera vertically during the exposure.
That's an easy game but it doesn't always give interesting results. I was quite lucky with this one.
Thursday 28 October 2010
Autumn colors blown by the wind
A really fresh image done at the end of this afternoon in a mountain i start to explore, seeking for nice landscapes. From this point of view, this afternoon was not a success so before the light was really too low i decided to make some closeups of the autumn foliage. I think this one is my fav.
Monday 31 May 2010
The living mimosa tree and 5 sites to discover
A few technical words about the image for peoples interested in this kind of things : It's a long (about one minute) exposure of some mimosa branches done with a Hoya ND 400 filter. And a little note for first time reader : if you click on the image, your browser will open a large view in an other window.
The five sites to discover :
It's a long time since i've published the last of my 5td (five to discover) post.
Here are 5 sites about photography i strongly recommend :
Guy Tal and Ian Plant are two very talented and creative landscape photographers and they both write interesting thing about photography. Jon Conforth is also a stunning landscape and travel photographer.
If you like beautiful nature and landscapes images, you will have some great time browsing their galeries.
Flak Photo is a webmag dedicated to contemporary photography with a very simple an beautiful layout. A nice way to discover the work of some emerging photographers.
Luceo Images showcases the work of 6 contemporary photographers and also helps emerging photographers through the Luceo Student Project Award.
Thursday 15 April 2010
Golden rush
An abstract one in the Abatesco river in North Corsica. Mixing water motion and a little zooming effect.
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