SEARCHING IMPRESSIONS OF LIFE: reflection

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Reflections

Before posting the third installment on the Black-winged stilts, a photo I shot a few months ago but that had been almost forgotten in the draft folder. I actually like this shot very much, but I was trying to alternate subjects when I started posting pictures of the Great Egret and I left it there by mistake.

This one was shot at sunset, just after the sun had gone below the horizon, with very little light. The bird had stayed far until that moment, when it finally flew closer to my position and I was able to take a few shots before it got too dark to shoot. I tried to capture the last remaining warm brush strokes from the setting sun and include the wonderful reflection in the steady water. Post processing helped bringing out the colors from the original shot that came out quite dark.

EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III@840mm f/6.3 1/800sec ISO 500

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Autumn Impressions

Like when we are feeling a little tired and cold, and we look forward to going to sleep under a warm, cozy blanket: so I like to imagine trees in the fall. The skilled brush of God paints their leaves when the first chill starts filling the air, and they wear their wonderful coat to get ready for the well-deserved rest. Colors and reflections become magical and they are pure joy for the eyes and the soul.

I am so excited when the season turns and Nature presents us such wonderful beauty, and I can't refrain myself from going out and trying to capture as much as I can with my camera. Framing what your eyes see and what your brain perceives it's not as easy as it seems, and often the shot can't make it. But the beauty of Nature in the fall is so amazing, that it's difficult not to catch at least a glimpse of it in your photographs.

Here are some autumn impressions, taken last and this year.