Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Bernera
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I can't see this without thinking it's some sort of dead of winter artic scene. The view from a truck coming into the last outpost on the edge of a frozen lake.
An anti-landscape? An intriguing and thoughtful shot that does indeed have echoes of the comments above even if I don't really see that. I can see all the individual components as separate exposures and brought together. So the wet ripples in the sand belong to one day, the bightly lit caravans to another and the dark of the mountain and sky to a third. I'm not saying that they are, just how they strike one. It makes for quite a difficult image to acknowledge conventionally but it works very well, particularly the balance of the sand exposure to the dark at the back with the tidal ripples adding an extra dimension of texture. The caravans are an effective divider.
At first I thought that the imagery was dark but I recognize Scotland there.
I don't think we went to this particular beach but it reminds me of The Sound of Taransay and the picture I took of Nora.
I wonder if you used hyperfocal distance to get the foreground and 'infinity' in focus? I carry a graph for the E1 in my bag, but usually end up guessing and sometime OK and sometimes.........not! It is a facility I miss off my old prime lenses where there were markings to enable hyperfocal images to be taken quickly.
That texture in the foreground can almost be felt underfoot!
Rex: this was an old prime lens. A Rokkor 40mm circa 1980. Nicely marked scale. Light, Easy to focus. F2 max aperture. The whole outfit fitted in my jacket pocket. Just out for a stroll. :-)
John E: incident light reading. Film kept everything within the dynamic range. No processing after the scan (i.e the curve was applied in-scanner).
Matt: a beautiful summer's day in Scotland!
The vehicle which made the tracks is here: (link)
Tourists. In a larger version you can tell that the landie has alloy wheels!
Very peaceful. And I'm sure this is way north of the artic circle too. The tracks lead me straight through the caravan park. But those dark hills (mountains?) in the back certainly bring me right back. And that forboding sky. Very atmospheric. Not sure this is a good advert for a holiday in Scotland for most. But those who chase the light would be most inspired to visit.
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At first I thought that the imagery was dark but I recognize Scotland there.
I wonder if you used hyperfocal distance to get the foreground and 'infinity' in focus? I carry a graph for the E1 in my bag, but usually end up guessing and sometime OK and sometimes.........not! It is a facility I miss off my old prime lenses where there were markings to enable hyperfocal images to be taken quickly.
That texture in the foreground can almost be felt underfoot!
John E: incident light reading. Film kept everything within the dynamic range. No processing after the scan (i.e the curve was applied in-scanner).
Matt: a beautiful summer's day in Scotland!
Tourists. In a larger version you can tell that the landie has alloy wheels!