We spent a week at a farmhouse on Mosquitohead Road (ominous name, lovely place) whose land reached all the way to the water, this water, in fact:
This part of Maine is right by Port Clyde, in Wyeth country.
After discussing this photo with Lee Y. I decided to post it to Gather. Here are the details (see more below): I stacked a skylight filter, a Neutral Density 4 (ND 4) filter, and a Cokin adjustable gradient filter, which allowed me to keep the shutter open for 3 seconds while keeping the exposure under control. I used the wide angle zoom kit lens, aka smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL, set to 20mm. Note that ISO was set to 100.
This is pretty much the photo I wanted to take. I do have a stack with varying exposures that could be used for ultra-high dynamic range, and could but I don't know if I'll manage it. However, my inspiration, other than Ansel Adams, was a Norwegian photographer who worked wonders with the long exposure technique to give water a life of its own. See Thomas's blog entry here. Don't miss this photo! Don't forget Ansel Adams, either, and thanks to Lee Y. for the late night photo technique discussion (see Lee's great photos here).
Copyright © 2009 Nearlynothingbutnovels/James K. Bashkin
| Camera: | Pentax K10D |
| Exposure: | 3 |
| Aperture: | f/27.0 |
| Focal Length: | 20 mm |
| ISO Speed: | 100 |
| Exposure Bias: | +2 EV |
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Thanks for posting this to Texture Photographer
I should probably have mentioned Edward Weston and other early inspirations, too. I loved the f/64 club, and also the many great European photographers of the early 20th century, and more. Best wishes!
Is there a story behind that name?
Not to mention it makes my head swirl with what I might be able to do with the bits of new knowledge I've gained from you and from the info he gives irt each pic.
And thanks for the link and the mention ... 'preciate it much. :)
There is probably a Magic Lantern Guide available for your Olympus- you might want to try it, they are brief and packed with info that is practical, or at least mine was for the Pentax (I was a long time Olympus user, maybe 25 years with a manual OM-1n, and love their cameras, too).
Okay. I'll check out the Magic Lantern Guidebook. Thanks James. My first use of my DSLR was with the 4th of July fireworks. Quite challenging. But hey, you got to use it, to begin to understand how to use it.
The ME Super is certainly a camera that I know of, and I always read great things about it.
Keep me posted on the DSLR experience. Best wishes!