Posts tagged “gold”

An hour full of golden hues

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As described in the previous post, on januari 14th 2012 I was in luck for a great sunset lasting over an hour.

While the previous post was all about using my newly aqcuired ND500 filter eating up 9 stops, in this post I wanted to display one image from the timelapse series (roughly 450 images in all) illustrating the beautiful golden hues that iluminated the skies before and after sunset. I had set up the slider so that the camera could move low over the surface of the water creating a strong 3D effect for the time-lapse. While I picked this image, truth be told, each and every image of the series was a pleasure to see while back at home.

Can you image these colors just refusing to dwindle? Just gorgeous!

Nikon D700 24-70/2.8, ISO 400, f22, 1/30s, Slider

Wide FX again!

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It was a pleasure after too long, back to FX and the accompanying anti-crop feeling. Having used the DX format for years I still was not really happy with the cropping, on wide-angle shots that is. For telephoto sure it works a treat, but for anything a bit wide I felt ‘forced’ to use too short a lens with trees toppling over, and perspective too extreme in situation I did not want that. On the beautiful ‘cold gold morning’ I was first using my newly acquired D700 and felt freed again. It just feels better.

I might even go as far as that I fell a bit in love with this picture. I just looked at it with a big smile on my face. Everything seems to fit, the warm sun surrounded by the golden hue, the fog obscuring the horizon adding some mystique, and the crispness of the Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea, Pijpenstro) in the front. They all came together in a good feeling of the morning. Maybe what could be added is a bit of the underwater world… Well, we always have something to wish for don’t we.

Nikon D700, 24-70/2.8, f16, 1/400s, ISO400, handheld

Gold, Cold, Morning!

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Wow, that was a good morning. For the last weeks I had been biking to work seeing all the gorgeousness that comes with this season. The cold nights and relatively high temperatures during day breeds morning fog and dew. Lovely mornings in the making. Getting up early (yawn) I wanted to beat the sun to the morning and get the usual heathland in a hopefully not so standard way. When I arrived there was lots of fog over patches of water spilling into the heathland.

While nice before the sun awoke it became almost golden after sunrise! All the fog radiated with this golden hue. After stepping just a bit too far into the water I got wet feet. Well, if its worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. Stepping into the water up to my knees into the (really) cold water I reached a spot with a pleasing visual composition. This provided both wide landscape shots and tight crops of pure color. Carefully composing the scene including the sun, it’s reflection and the fog provided an image showing the gold essence of the morning. I still have a smile on my face!

Nikon D700, 70-200/2.8, f11, 1/3200s, ISO400, handheld

Najaar 2009 – Autum 2009

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While I had only a short time during spring this year the morning that I did get to go was a nice one. It wasn’t much to start with though. Only when the sun was higher did it let itself see through the disappearing fog. An unexpected golden hue was the result, and all of a sudden images were to be made all around. Part of the results of this morning can be seen below.

Laatste licht

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Nikon D200, Sigma 10-20, iso 200, polarizer, Feisol Tripod

Maart 2009

Hoe mooi het blauwe heikikker festijn ook kan zijn, elk jaar komt er weer een einde aan. Dit jaar kon ik het onder ‘genot van een nat pak’ zelfs in mooi licht op de plaat zetten. De sfeer was ook mooi, een laag zonnetje raakte nog net het wateroppervlak, terwijl de kikker dood tussen zijn aankomende nageslacht lag. Een afzwakkend koor van hoopvolle mannen deed de rest.

Het laatste licht voor deze heikikker is dan ook een symbolische keuze. Niet alleen mooi, het past ook bij de inhoud van de plaat.

Story of life

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Voortplanting 101 - Maart 2009

Gisteravond 20 maart was een dag met de belangrijke aspecten van het leven van de heikikker, een mannetje op zoek, paren, eitjes, en uiteindelijk nadat de daad gedaan is ook het overlijden. De serie kon ik onder genot van een nat pak, mooi licht en de orchestrering van een rustig borrelend koor op de plaat zetten.