Summerdawn

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 5, 20063,595 views35 comments

hi together,
this is our first posting after passively enjoying the photography on this site for quite a while. We are large format landscape shooters (4x5") based in Vienna, Austria, so the ESS gallery will be our main target. Being professional landscape photographers, trying to balance business and family life with two little children, doesn' t leave much time to post and comment, but we promise to give our best...
This one photograph (a very slightly cropped version from the original) was made in Lower Austria an area with many small ponds. The exact location was scouted out the day before and then shot one hour before sunrise.
Toyo Field 45 AII, 75mm lens, 0,6 ND- Grad Filter, VELVIA 50

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35 comments

Comment posted by Sean Depuydt on July 5, 2006 at 6:47 AM

Welcome! Excellent image. Beautiful colors and composition.

Registered on March 10, 2006, 24 Posts, 88 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on July 5, 2006 at 6:51 AM

Welcome to NPN. Hope to see many more of your images. This is a real beauty. The brialliant color FG grabs, then the diagonal canal seems to lead your eyes right to the mist covered pond. Absoultely beautiful. Well done.

Thanks for the technical info as well. Do you remember the shutter speed?

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Cameron on July 5, 2006 at 7:19 AM

Absolutely beautiful shot, lovely soft tones and a delicate pink sky to support the pink fireweed? on the bank. I'm very impressed.

Registered on August 6, 2004, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments

Comment posted by Juza on July 5, 2006 at 7:31 AM

Welcome on NPN! Very fine photo, I like the composition and the colors.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on July 5, 2006 at 7:43 AM

Welcome to NPN Verena and Georg. I like the subtle lighting in the scene and the splash of color with the fireweed? is a wonderful touch.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on July 5, 2006 at 8:24 AM

Eine sehr schöne aufnahme!

Willkommen.

BTW, I do have a book 'Naturjuwelen Österreichs', guess it is yours. How did you scan this?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Dallos on July 5, 2006 at 8:34 AM

I love the colors, great shot!

Registered on October 11, 2005, 91 Posts, 1590 Comments

Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on July 5, 2006 at 8:36 AM

Welcome!! What a beautiful image! Very tranquil, yet lively with the bright pink! Can't wait to see more!

Registered on February 21, 2005, 430 Posts, 5959 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on July 5, 2006 at 8:39 AM

Welcome to NPN! A gorgeous first post here. Great lines, colors, light and atmosphere. Outstanding!

Registered on September 17, 2005, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments

Comment posted by Brian VanDenzen on July 5, 2006 at 8:58 AM

You make quite an enterance with this beautiful shot!

Registered on April 17, 2005, 60 Posts, 1245 Comments

Comment posted by John Zinn on July 5, 2006 at 9:36 AM

Gorgeous shot!! Can't wait to see more!!

John

Registered on November 1, 2003, 41 Posts, 1743 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Dawson on July 5, 2006 at 9:50 AM

Welcome, wonderful image to start with

Registered on February 4, 2006, 364 Posts, 8872 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on July 5, 2006 at 9:54 AM

This is just sublime. Welcome to NPN and thank you for sharing such an amazing image.

Guy

Registered on November 1, 2003, 566 Posts, 15507 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Carroll on July 5, 2006 at 11:19 AM

Superb image. I understand your struggles about balancing the business and family life. In my experience, most who set aside time for both and use words like "balance" are doing a fine job. I hope we get to see many more posts because this one was a treat to view.

Registered on August 19, 2005, 132 Posts, 983 Comments

Comment posted by Michael E. Gordon on July 5, 2006 at 12:39 PM

Incredible! Welcome to NPN!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 90 Posts, 2482 Comments

Comment posted by William Vrolyk on July 5, 2006 at 3:44 PM

Welcome to NPN. I am looking forwards to seeing some beautiful landscape shots from Austria. I hope you will target the Man and Nature gallery too.

I enjoy the combination of colors and the quiet mood in this one. It is beautiful.

Will
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

Registered on November 1, 2003, 278 Posts, 3524 Comments

Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on July 5, 2006 at 5:37 PM

Wow, we are speechless and overwhelmed by all this encouragement! Thanks to all!
Bill, the exposure time was most likely a few seconds, since we stopped down to at least f32 or f45.
For those who wanted to know: the english name for the flower is , we think, Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
Prashan, yes we are the authors of "Naturjuwelen", so you must be the one who bought it, eh...

the scan for this version here was made at home with a simple flatbed. (canoscan 9900), the book version, of course, was drum-scanned.

Registered on July 5, 2006, 272 Posts, 2823 Comments

Comment posted by Kirk Greene on July 5, 2006 at 5:47 PM

Fantastic entrance to NPN! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful image and I look forward to seeing more.

Registered on May 12, 2004, 191 Posts, 1578 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Pelzmann on July 5, 2006 at 5:57 PM

Welcome! Wonderful Austrian scene that doesn't include the Alps!

I was born in the eastern part of Austria (Burgenland) and find that part of the country very under represented in photographs. Looking forward to many more of your landscapes.

Registered on January 26, 2005, 27 Posts, 265 Comments

Comment posted by Tomas Kaspar on July 5, 2006 at 6:39 PM

Welcome to NPN. Great to see someone from EU. I was born there (Czech), but wasn't back there for a while.

Very nice image. Love the colors and calmness of the photo.

Registered on December 26, 2005, 158 Posts, 736 Comments

Comment posted by Jose Suro on July 5, 2006 at 7:31 PM

Very, very nice! Beautiful color and perspective. The sky matches the flowers nicely and the mist sets a great mood.

Best,

Jose

Registered on June 24, 2006, 267 Posts, 2273 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on July 5, 2006 at 8:43 PM

Terrific image; the color and composition are top-notch and the mist rising off the water really enhances the mood. Look forward to more from Austria.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 176 Posts, 2302 Comments

Comment posted by Jody Grigg on July 5, 2006 at 9:01 PM

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Registered on February 7, 2004, 165 Posts, 1227 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on July 5, 2006 at 9:06 PM

This is great! Love the colors - green and pink and the mist on the water.

Registered on June 14, 2005, 147 Posts, 1550 Comments

Comment posted by David Senesac on July 5, 2006 at 11:50 PM

Red or magenta wildflowers in landscapes cannot be beat. These wildflowers with tall thin spikes obviously make for an ideal image with large format as it screams impressive detail. The distant cool air fog flow atop the lake and your choice of shooting the dawn earth shadow really is technically perfect. Your processing from the usual Velvia overly red saturation is quite natural looking and the way I like to see photographers use that film. I'd love to make such an early/late image anywhere near this good some day. Hope to see more of such incredible European scenery in the future. ...David

Registered on April 24, 2006, 167 Posts, 869 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Dolde on July 6, 2006 at 12:34 AM

Totally gorgeous !

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Comment posted by Klaus Bombach on July 6, 2006 at 4:55 AM

I like your composition and wonderful colors.Yes, lower Austria is nice too. Most people visit only the Alps. BTW I am the second buyer of your books.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 103 Posts, 430 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on July 7, 2006 at 3:31 PM

Welcome to NPN , Outstanding first post, would like to see moor.

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Kathryn Farrar on July 7, 2006 at 4:37 PM

Simply breathtaking!

Registered on June 29, 2006, 0 Posts, 20 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on July 9, 2006 at 2:13 PM

It doesn't look like a long exposure, but an hour before sunrise surely it must have been. The air must have been perfectly still.

An absolutely beautiful photo!

Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Salge on July 10, 2006 at 11:32 AM

Congrats on the EP, this is fantastic!

Registered on February 23, 2006, 269 Posts, 2210 Comments

Comment posted by Kirk Greene on July 10, 2006 at 11:40 AM

As I already stated this is fantastic. Congratulations on the EP!

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Comment posted by Marty Preslar on July 11, 2006 at 1:21 PM

This is just wonderful!!! The color of the flowers compement the sky perfectly, and the mist makes the scene dreamy! Bravo and congrats on the EP!!!!!!

Registered on June 10, 2006, 51 Posts, 111 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Finn on July 11, 2006 at 1:35 PM

Nice opener...hope to see more from you....

Registered on July 6, 2006, 51 Posts, 121 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on July 13, 2006 at 6:44 AM

Wonderful light, wonderfully captured.

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