Nature vs Man - Images
NATURE (landscapes) Album
This nature shoot was hosted in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whilst in this region I was able to capture some incredible landscapes, and most of which I was able to express movement very well. The 'Nature' part of the figure project is purposely for showing movements with slow shutter speeds, whether that be water, wind effecting the landscape, or lightning and thunder etc.
Image 1
This image displays the movement of natural elements, in this case, water. To create this image I used a remote cable release to achieve a stable, camera shake free image. I used BULB mode to allow for a longer exposure so I was able to create a silky effect within the water, helping demonstrate movement in the best way possible.
I used a lot of neutral density filters, ever so slightly, in Lightroom to create a scene which the viewer's eyes would be lead to the waterfall. By using neutral density filters, I could also eliminate some of the reflections and highlights located on the pebbles in the foreground.
I used a lot of neutral density filters, ever so slightly, in Lightroom to create a scene which the viewer's eyes would be lead to the waterfall. By using neutral density filters, I could also eliminate some of the reflections and highlights located on the pebbles in the foreground.
Image 2
This second landscape image that was taken with a smaller cropped DSLR sensor was created by using HDR, where I combined three exposures and blended them into one final image, this was mainly to boost the positioning of the rough terrain in certain parts of the foreground, creating more of a overall juxtaposition. However I did not apply too much of an obvious post processing effect onto the image as I wanted to remain the smoothness within the foreground and upper third, where the long exposure really expresses itself.
Again for this image I used a slightly delayed shutter speed of 1/45, the reason I never used a long shutter speed that may have been seconds long was because it was near impossible to keep the tripod still due to the wind speeds, and because the wind was so powerful there was no need to use such a long shutter speed to show movement within the scene. Therefore I used a shutter speed of 1/45 so I was enabled to keep the camera controlled and stable whilst still witnessing drastic movement in the sky and foreground within the frame.
Again for this image I used a slightly delayed shutter speed of 1/45, the reason I never used a long shutter speed that may have been seconds long was because it was near impossible to keep the tripod still due to the wind speeds, and because the wind was so powerful there was no need to use such a long shutter speed to show movement within the scene. Therefore I used a shutter speed of 1/45 so I was enabled to keep the camera controlled and stable whilst still witnessing drastic movement in the sky and foreground within the frame.
Image 3
This particular image fits into the project very well, as it creates a contrast between night and day. All other images produced in the project are in daylight, which is what would be expected however this image is a night sky scene. I used a very long shutter speed of around 2.5 minutes so capture an essence of the clouds in the sky drifting over the stars. I used a speedlite in the making of this image with three bursts within the exposure at a 1/4 power setting, this helped illuminate the foreground almost seemingly natural.
The hardest aspect of creating this image was focusing, I did not arrive at location prior to the sun setting so I was focusing the foreground and background in pure darkness. To solve this problem I used a model and a flash light to focus at the desired range, and a few test shots to confirm this.
The original plan for this image was to create a star trail but there were too many frequent clouds passing over, so the final 1 hour exposure would of been slightly pale and lacking a lot of visibility, but however, I was able to capture the movement of the clouds with very little wind at all.
The hardest aspect of creating this image was focusing, I did not arrive at location prior to the sun setting so I was focusing the foreground and background in pure darkness. To solve this problem I used a model and a flash light to focus at the desired range, and a few test shots to confirm this.
The original plan for this image was to create a star trail but there were too many frequent clouds passing over, so the final 1 hour exposure would of been slightly pale and lacking a lot of visibility, but however, I was able to capture the movement of the clouds with very little wind at all.