Storm over Aarburg

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted May 5, 201480 views4 comments

Aarburg is a small town by the river Aare in Switzerland somewhere between the two big cities of Berne and Zurich. This photo was taking during a heavy rainfall on a spring evening

D800e, 24-70mm/f2.8 @28mm, f11, 71sec, iso100

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on May 7, 2014 at 5:59 PM

Beautifully composed scene Bill. Great exposure of the image, I like the stars around the street lamps. What makes it really pop for me is the architectural elements are all very crisp with a lot of detail and then the river, the sky, and the foreground boats all are soft with some motion blur. Really well done in my book.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 8, 2014 at 1:37 AM

Bill, superb work, well crafted. Personally, though, I don't see the necessity of the boats being part of the composition.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 8, 2014 at 8:13 AM

Thanks for your feedbacks
@Philip Hodgkins: I see what you mean and I agree with you that this image would also work well without the boats in the foreground as a pano crop

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Comment posted by Kent Staubus on May 9, 2014 at 10:36 PM

I think the b&w helped by removing what had to be distracting color, and put more emphasis on the sky.

Kent in SD

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