Actually, Jostein’s right; I shouldn’t claim that my way of seeing water is universal, because most people seem to love the impressionistic viewpoint that he captured so well in those shots. -T
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:08 PM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to everyone who bothered to look and/or leave comments! :-) > I suppose the river will freeze over at some point, but I don't think > it will stop running all together. In summertime, by the way, this > place is a nice spot for arranging bikini shoots. At this time of > year, the sun is only above the horizon between nine and three, and > barely over the treetops as far as this scenery is concerned. So > motion stopping shutter speeds are not an option when you need DOF and > low noise. > > Tim Bray's observation that "water doesn't look like that" is very > interesting. What does water look like "for real"? Are > motion-stopping, short exposure times any closer to reality than long > exposures? I'd say not, because our eyes can't register details > apparent only for a few milliseconds, any more than it can exactly > imagine what a flow will look like in a long exposure. Some people > like one and dislike the other, but to call dibs on what water > *actually* looks like doesn't make sense to me. However it's > interesting that we perceive such a simple thing as flowing water so > differently. > > Thanks again, > Jostein > > > Dave Brooks wrote: >> Beautiful > > Jack Davis wrote: >> Nice, Jens! >> Won't that watter stop running when >> winter truly arrives? ;) > > David Savage wrote: >> Love No. 9. >> I think I need to organise a bikini >> beach shoot to help warm you poor >> frozen souls up. > > Gasha wrote: >> Nice! >> Rest of Europe is still without snow... >> Gasha, still waiting winter > > Christine Aguila wrote: >> Gosh, these are beautiful. It so much fun to see work >> made with the 645D--so glad you bought the camera, >> Jostein! The lines, composition, and textures in this >> gallery are wonderful. Really great! > > Tim Bray wrote: >> Beautifully seen & composed & exposed.> But you know, I've never been able >> to like the >> long-exposure approach that turns the water >> into a homogeneous white smear; water just> doesn't look like that, it >> should be visually complex. > Knarf wrote: >> Beautiful gallery, Jostling! Happy Holidays to you and yours. > > Larry Colen wrote: >> Nice photos. You must have a really good camera! > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
