Saturday, November 24, 2007
Evening on the Prairie
Well, not quite a sunset scene, but same time of day, looking another direction. This is Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park.
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I had the Oh Wow feeling when I saw this. I don't rate it as a sunset by the way! Do you sell bottles of that light, if so I'd like to order some!
It is an ordinary scene that is lifted out of ordinariness by the light and the detail in the foreground.
Strange as it might seem I'd like to see more sky.........or less.
I've just clicked through from the email with Rex's comment (just in case it was a sunset really...). First reaction - doesn't look like a photograph. This is neither a bad nor a good thing, but a reaction.
Christina, were you the one writing about not being sophisticated a bit earlier on? I find your treatment of colour quite sophisticated enough! Subtle, harmonious, consistent, relaxing, interesting. Your photography is everything Velvia is not.
Looking at this image and trying the different two crops like Rex mentions, I would really eliminate a lot of the sky but keep that dominate cloud in the center. It was change the emphasis to the foreground, but with the sky as a complement and maintaining interest. Just my thoughts. Very nice.
I find your treatment of colour quite sophisticated enough! Subtle, harmonious, consistent, relaxing, interesting.
Ditto
Your comments are deeply appreciated. This forum seems to be one of the few where subtlety is appreciated -- so often when I post in the larger nature forums, I get comments that my images need to go "brighter".
I often think that even some of the most "celebrated" images I see in those forums are over saturated and too bright. I've wondered in the past if that has anything to do with my monitor set up, but since posting here, I have come to believe it is a probably just a matter of taste.
The sky has a feel of Africa to it. Wherever it is, the patch of blue, ever so small, transforms it. The vegetation in the foreground is interesting and I'm intrigued by the pole, on the right by the trees, with the same colour as the flower. As to the sky - what you need is a really wide angle lens!!! There are a lot of permutations possible here but this one is OK by me.
I didn't know that there are 'prairies' in Florida.
John -- most people don't know there are prairies here. The state has both wet and dry prairies -- this one is a dry, fire-dependent prairie. Used to be 3 million acres of it pre-development. This beautiful, seldom-visited preserve is about 54,000 acres. It is the most diverse habitat in Florida and one of my favorite places.
Currently, my widest angle is 24mm, and I did take many photos of the sky on this evening.
"so often when I post in the larger nature forums, I get comments that my images need to go "brighter"."
Are nature photographers still going for that Velvia look? I'd have thought the world would have moved on. It's a shame because the subtler approach yields something that sticks in the mind so much longer.
This really is a beautiful image. Prairie, yes, but those grasses don't look anything like what we have around here.
In a good way this is a photograph of nothing. It is so deep that I think the visual sense is overwhelmed by the other senses trying to get in on the experience. No single item to focus the eye on so you really do have to look at the whole. That little band of trees in the distance make a strong break. There's also a solitary tree in there a little further forward. Again, it just blends in enough to be missed.
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It is an ordinary scene that is lifted out of ordinariness by the light and the detail in the foreground.
Strange as it might seem I'd like to see more sky.........or less.
Ditto
I often think that even some of the most "celebrated" images I see in those forums are over saturated and too bright. I've wondered in the past if that has anything to do with my monitor set up, but since posting here, I have come to believe it is a probably just a matter of taste.
I didn't know that there are 'prairies' in Florida.
Currently, my widest angle is 24mm, and I did take many photos of the sky on this evening.
Are nature photographers still going for that Velvia look? I'd have thought the world would have moved on. It's a shame because the subtler approach yields something that sticks in the mind so much longer.
This really is a beautiful image. Prairie, yes, but those grasses don't look anything like what we have around here.