kevindar wrote: Frogfish wroteLofoten. This was only the second time I'd seen the Aurora (first was a couple of days earlier in Reine) and I was (still am) in total awe. This night was insane with the Aurora stretching 180 degrees, horizon to horizon, at times and in three colours. Amazingly the intensity was incredible, and to our great surprise, considering this was taken on 4th September (note the time on the EXIF is Shanghai time so +6 hours).
Sorry but my logo is right there in the middle - hope it's not too distracting ! And no the Aurora doesn't produce flying dragons
Your processing seems to have taken a different turn Phillip ! Far more contrasty. Why ? A change in software or processing techniques ? I like both styles BTW.
Thank you very much MedicineMan and philber! Don't know if it's just a honeymoon phase, but currently I'm enchanted by the Monolenses. Most of my photos wouldn't count as pictorial, but like I wrote earlier; Monocle lenses were the main tool for the Pictorialism movement which started around year 1900 and one of the internationally most well-known photographers was Alfred Stieglitz. For those who are interested here are photos - all new although some look very old - from a recent Pictorial festival in Russia where this style is still very much alive: https://youtu.be/9N3O-UWGsZo
Not all are taken with Monocles, but many of them are.
Watching these makes me want to go to northern Russia!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4494/37488992120_8920316096_o.jpgYour processing seems to have taken a different turn Phillip ! Far more contrasty. Why ? A change in software or processing techniques ? I like both styles BTW.
I try to experiment with my processing to improve my technique. Before I never used the shadow/highlights tint and I am probably overdoing it a little at the moment
Got my lazy butt up this morning and shot sunrise and a few after. Yesterday, the sunrise was too cloudy. Today, no clouds. Sigh....is a happy medium too much to ask for? At least there was some fog on the water at the lake....