Sunday, September 11, 2022

The Other Photos

These are the other photos that I experimented with whilst I was waiting for the light to reach the clock tower as we discussed in yesterday's postGolden Light on the Tower.

You saw this ↓ section of falls/rapids previously, but I used my longest lens this time – 400mm – fully extended. I wanted to focus on the brightest part to the lower left of centre, below. This was as close as that lens could get from across the river.

I did crop that photo ↑ into this ↓ rendition, but it still doesn't accomplish what I was hoping for.

By the way, that ↑ shot (for it is the same photo in both images) was at 5 seconds. Usually, moving water is taken at a lesser speed, but 5 seconds in low light worked well enough in this case.

This ↓ is a different section of the waterfall at 2.5 seconds, just a little farther to the right of the previous photos.

Meanwhile, along with taking those ↑ pictures and also waiting for light to reach the tower, I happened to look way off the other direction and saw light on the church. Like the waterfall pics, above, it as taken at full 400mm zoom.

I like it, but there are signs — 3 to be exact. After some work in photoshop ↓ they were gone.

It looks good to me.

16 comments:

  1. You are so patient with all this! Well done.

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  2. Sweet church photo, especially the cleaned up version!

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  3. Awesome! You sure do have a lot of fun with your photos.

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  4. I love the lighted door pics!

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  5. There is an evil satisfaction in editing out signs and other annoyances like power lines. I like it that you always label an edit. I think that should be done. I was amused by complaints, a few years ago, about an advertisement for the Winterlude in Ottawa that showed a photo where the Parliament buildings were seen above the canal. (The buildings don't show in real life.) The edit was roundly scolded.
    As we have, I think, discussed, I like my water crisp, not moving. But your light spot photos are beautiful, nonetheless.

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  6. The lighted door is comforting and very inviting.

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  7. Like you, I like to get rid of the extraneous. It distracts and ruins the mood. I used to practice with water shots, but have not tried that in years. These are all album worthy.

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  8. I love the light in the doorway.

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  9. I LOVE your water photos. Photoshop is so helpful!

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  10. The church is the best. Well done.

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  11. Looks like you like taking photo
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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  12. As usual, your photos are absolutely captivating . . . truly BEAUTIFUL! Thank you for sharing with us. Wishing you well, my friend! Have a wonderful week!

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  13. You live in such a beautiful area. I'm so impressed with all you do to document it.

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  14. It is not easy to stay steady for 400mm on a long exposure. Yet, the higher aperture leads to diffraction in which I see none here.
    Beautiful shot you got here.

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