Danpbphoto wrote:
These are all simply beautiful work Dan.
Thanks!
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guidostow wrote:
Nice set Dan! What camera were you using for these?
JWSinger and guidostow, thanks!
These were done using my old Canon 5DsR. It still works! :-)
I still have 2 and they are my "go to body". I have a MF body that I have yet to master. No rush......I am olde!
Dan
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keepclicking wrote:
Dan, you have put on a clinic here for composition, lighting, and PP. Excellent work and easily earns my vote. Thanks for sharing.
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morris wrote:
Hi Dan,
You did a good job dealing with the smoke. It's been a frustrating year related to smoke. While I like all of your images the 5th stands out to me.
Morris
To all of you, thanks!
A few comments and reponses:
Danpbphoto, “beauty” is often what I’m after in my landscape photography. (That’s not always the case in my other work, such as street photography.) And part of it is the search for it in scenes that we might otherwise pass by if we weren’t searching for it.
guidostow, while the 5DsR is dated now in some ways, it is still a really solid camera for landscape photography and some other things. I’m gradually working my way towards whatever will replace it, but it has allowed me to consider that carefully and slowly. (I think that we’ll eventually regard the 5DsR as a classic of this era.)
keepclicking, thanks for that. I’ll bet that people would be surprised at just how much (expected, at the time of exposure) post-processing was necessary to bring these subjects to life.
morris, it took me years to finally come to terms with shooting in smoky conditions. They have always been present in the late summer in the Sierra Nevada, but we had a few extra bad years. I thought about how the smoke is, to some extent, part of the season’s natural scene, and that encouraged me to try to think of it as not just a challenge, but also as an opportunity. But it still is difficult sometimes!
I still have 2 and they are my "go to body". I have a MF body that I have yet to master. No rush......I am olde!
Dan
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To all of you, thanks!
A few comments and reponses:
Danpbphoto, “beauty” is often what I’m after in my landscape photography. (That’s not always the case in my other work, such as street photography.) And part of it is the search for it in scenes that we might otherwise pass by if we weren’t searching for it.
guidostow, while the 5DsR is dated now in some ways, it is still a really solid camera for landscape photography and some other things. I’m gradually working my way towards whatever will replace it, but it has allowed me to consider that carefully and slowly. (I think that we’ll eventually regard the 5DsR as a classic of this era.)
keepclicking, thanks for that. I’ll bet that people would be surprised at just how much (expected, at the time of exposure) post-processing was necessary to bring these subjects to life.
morris, it took me years to finally come to terms with shooting in smoky conditions. They have always been present in the late summer in the Sierra Nevada, but we had a few extra bad years. I thought about how the smoke is, to some extent, part of the season’s natural scene, and that encouraged me to try to think of it as not just a challenge, but also as an opportunity. But it still is difficult sometimes!...Show more →
I have also learned to use the smoke to my advantage both here in NYC and also out west. In NYC we have had some very hot days this summer with smoke and also high ozone levels. I ware a mask for the smoke yet I don't have the gear to deal with the ozone and I'm apparently very sensitive to it. Those days I've had to stay inside.
morris wrote:
have also learned to use the smoke to my advantage both here in NYC and also out west. In NYC we have had some very hot days this summer with smoke and also high ozone levels. I ware a mask for the smoke yet I don't have the gear to deal with the ozone and I'm apparently very sensitive to it. Those days I've had to stay inside.
Morris
The smoke is certainly unpleasant to breathe. On a few occasions in the Sierra I’ve had to resort to wearing a pretty serious filter mask, sometimes for several days in a row. But one of my favorite photographs of Mono Lake was made on one of those trips, on a day when the smoke was really awful.
It was realizing that the seasonal wildfire smoke — along with the resulting burn scars — is actually a natural (if amplified by humans at the present time) element of the season our here that got me to readjust my attitude and to try to look for beauty in the smoky conditions.
Another step along the way: One morning a few years back I had driven four hours in darkness to be in Yosemite Valley at sunrise… only to arrive to thick smoke from autumn management fires to thin the undergrowth. My immediate reaction was to consider turning around and leaving, but I headed into the Valley, passing one of my favorite locations to photograph… and seeing beautiful light/shadow beams cast into the smoke by the trees. I ended up with one of my favorite photographs of the Valley!
