Hudson River Light
by Wayne Jones
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Thanks for all your comments on my last post. Last night I mentioned after shooting that vertical composition,
"for the next 34 minutes, the changing sky kept me spinning around with my boat, discovering new compositions."
Here's one of the other shots I found. It was amazing how much the clouds and the sky changed in that time.
What I like about this one is the sun glowing through the clouds. It reminds me of light depicted by artists of the Hudson River School of painters such as Thomas Cole and Albert Bierstadt. Maybe that's partly because this is the Hudson River. This water is fresh out of the Hudson headwaters in the Adirondacks, about 150 miles upstream from where Cole started painting landscapes in the Hudson Valley, but the light is still inspiring 190 years later.
Canon 5D3; Canon 24-105 mm.
1/200 sec. @ f/11; ISO 640
Hand-held from canoe
Comments
18 commentsIt's clear what inspired those people. The light is incredible. The sky is magnificent in a natural way. It's not overly dramatic the way western skys are often depicted yet it's so full of meaning. Just a few hot spots that could be cloned out. But everything starts with that bright area of the sky. It's the origin of all the beauty throughout the image. Really fine image with a lot of emotion.
Nice exposure, held the highlights, just beautiful.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
btw: the images or mention of the Adirondacks I immediately think of you and John Benway bringing that area to life with some wonderful work over the years. Called John a couple months ago after he had some major heath encounters, I hope he is doing better by now....
Albert Darmo
Exquisite light here, of course emanating from the sun behind the clouds. I certainly echo the thoughts of a painting. Although I think the scene doesn't need the left 1/4 or so, I like the comp as presented because you have that feeling of depth which is added by the water and the lead-in perception of the water and the converngence of the tree lines.
A beautiful scene, beautifully captured.
Lon
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I think the reason why some feel that the left is hurting the image is perhaps due to the saturation of those greens. The image has a strong center of interest on the right and those greens are pulling you away. Removing the left side weakens the overall composition IMO. The left is a fine counterpoint to the right.