A lower stance with a less back ground would have offered more depth of field and deeper shadows. Possibly the use of a ND or Polarization filter would have helped this shot. I suspect that if you adjust the "haze" value, the image tones and plant separation would be darker.
Love this one, Mark, just as is. It reminds me of Hiroshi Sugimoto's seascapes. You have a way with moody monochrome landscapes.
I was about to say that for some reason your German images tended to be particularly good in this regard - BEFORE I read your text that this IS a German image! Honestly. Maybe it's the softer light, but the difference has struck me for a long time in your work, as some of your north American images don't grab me as much as the earlier German work I first noted you posting.
Thanks Chris! Germany was far far more atmospheric. Moody mornings of mist/fog were very common and I do miss those mornings here in Utah. The air in Utah and the west is far dryer, the light harsher but it is high desert.
A lower stance with a less back ground would have offered more depth of field and deeper shadows. Possibly the use of a ND or Polarization filter would have helped this shot. I suspect that if you adjust the "haze" value, the image tones and plant separation would be darker.
Cheers.. All a matter of taste really but thank you for your comment.
Love this one, Mark, just as is. It reminds me of Hiroshi Sugimoto's seascapes. You have a way with moody monochrome landscapes.
I was about to say that for some reason your German images tended to be particularly good in this regard - BEFORE I read your text that this IS a German image! Honestly. Maybe it's the softer light, but the difference has struck me for a long time in your work, as some of your north American images don't grab me as much as the earlier German work I first noted you posting.
Thanks Chris! Germany was far far more atmospheric. Moody mornings of mist/fog were very common and I do miss those mornings here in Utah. The air in Utah and the west is far dryer, the light harsher but it is high desert.