Not a Landscape
by Mark Seaver
Here's a 40 shot stack of ice on my backyard pond last december where the main lighting is the reflected light from our neighbor's brick house. Without that orange light, I think this scene would be much less interesting. The overall scene was roughly a foot wide. (5D3, 180 mm macro L, f/14, 1/25s, iso 200, tripod and cable release)
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8 commentsThis 40 image stack is amazing in just the quantity of takes here. Needless to say nothing ever envisioned possible with film. Along with the number of takes here I guess it also provides a bit of "trick" to my eyes with regard to dimensions. I see this being a very good sized area of a yard or pond, when in fact your comment states about a foot wide. Excellent example for this weeks theme and I'm sure others will have more to share here.
btw: thanks for the comment on my image in Landscape. I too see the rescue of the young folks not looking good. I've had some real brain twists and soul searching after hearing about it on day one. What bothers me is being maybe one of the first people to pass the scene at 0500 on the morning they came up missing. As soon as I saw the car on the news and where it was parked I immediately had a da ja vue attack and recall of seeing another car parked along side it. I sincerely hope this was not an abduction thing or worse yet taking of life thing. I was surely in hopes there would have been an update by now........
That said, I really like the lines and colors in this image. I am a fan of the abstract look at nature because the photographer uses those designs to make a statement within a rectangle box, allowing the dictates of the qualities of light and crop to influence our minds. Well done and well seen.
Albert Darmo