High-Key Landscapes.
The following two images is a combination of intentionally overexposing the image, then taking the image into Photoshop for a touch levels/curves to brighten the scene and help to remove any existing gray in the background.
© 2008 – Michael Brown
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“Adagio Series”
My son and I went out for a day of shooting around the ponds at the Clemson Sandhill Research and Education Center located in the Columbia area of South Carolina.
It certainly was the cloudy day I had been looking for, … but a bit on the wicked side.
Light gray skies, quickly turning to a very dark gray, … back to light gray then to dark gray again with some wind and rain, … then a touch of sunlight and quickly back to dark gray.
It was enough to keep the photographic mind busy!
Because of the existing conditions, I decided to abandon the up close abstracts I was searching for and to concentrate on some small high-key landscapes in and around the pond.
© 2008 – Michael Brown
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“Adagio Series”
Maybe not everyone’s taste, … but I enjoy creating them.
Give it a try sometime!
Michael Brown – Photographer
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Michael Brown – Photographer
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This is my blog journal, a journal about the art that can be found in nature, about macro photography, and other topics of interest! I’m just a typical American boy, from a typical American home in South Carolina, and one who enjoys exploring all the possibilities of capturing artistic abstracts in the world of macro. This journal has been created not only as a outlet for my thoughts about the world of nature photography, but hopefully as a place where others may visit, … and maybe learn something from it. Currently I am working with various clients and art buyers throughout the US.
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I like the first photo here, the second one seems a bit too “crowded”. Thanks for sharing the technique, maybe I’ll try it one day. And maybe I’ll start to like overcast sky…
These are so beautiful. They are gentle and soothing and elegant.
I also like the top image, but believe the bottom image would be wonderful cropped up from the bottom (more of a pano). Your point though that one needs to keep the photographer’s mind at work is very true.
Thanks gang, ….. and “whoops”!
I just noticed that the information I gave on how I accomplished these photos has now vanished.
Don’t know what happened there, but I will see if I can retrieve the original content.
Michael
I like your “creations”…it gives a focused importance on your “subjects”. As a pond owner, I feel both representations are accurate… just a few plants here..and perhaps over there a mini jungle going on. I’d like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!
Splendid work Michael, wishing you all a very merry Christmas :)
End of the year thank you, Michael, for sharing and instructing us through your gifted eye. Heartfelt wishes for a beautiful and peaceful New Year.
I really like both images, the first for its starkness and the second for the crowded aspect. Both are very soothing because of the overcast day. I think that this might be my first time on your site. Thank you for sharing.