I like to remember photos from this series from Greece. The angle is very interesting, since I was above the birds, taking photos from a ferry. There was a great number of seagulls nearby and it was pretty tricky to isolate one or two. Anyway, I had a great time trying to make a photo worth keeping, and I think this is the one! What do you think?
Usually something is wrong. The light is wrong. Or the water. The duck is definitely moving too fast. But probably I’m doing something wrong. I guess this time everything went well.
Of course, no duck photo can be posted without THAT hilarious “duck song”:
Lemon Jelly – Nice weather for ducks
Light played its game. The TV set produced the greenish glow, while the yellowish source is a simple light bulb in the next room.
A small water cascade of a stream somewhere in Austria. A slightly prolonged exposure (1/6) did the magic.
The title says it all, it is a detail of a ceiling ventilation system outlet in a large fair hall. I accidentally looked up and there it was.
These little bubble-balls get bigger and bigger if soaked in water. Pretty useless stuff that turned out to be very nice for photography purposes. The palette is so mild and calming, right?
At some point I really wanted to make a nice shot of wheat. There were several previous shots that were nice, but this one was somehow just what I wanted.
Mesmerizing mountains and hills in eastern Serbia, near Majdanpek
This series of posts does not represent a true Project. It was more of a stubbornness mission and a learning curve. In June 2011, I wanted to learn to take nice, clear lightning photos. So, I just needed to stay tuned at my window/balcony for a really flashy summer storm :D.
This was my first successful take on this subject, it was June 2011. I was confused about the reddish tone of the photos, totally forgetting about the white balance! 😀 Oh, yes, there is another thing – I wanted to do it without a tripod. The idea is always to get lucky and take a shot at the exactly right time. I used the daytime ISO 100 to achieve contract and then set the exposture to 5 seconds. So, 5-freaking-second exposure without a tripod. What you get is many photos for deletion and a couple of very nice ones. Several seconds is enough time to catch 2-3 lightnings at the same photo, if the storm is severe enough, and you don’t need to stack several photos and edit stuff in Photoshop.
Check the shots out!
